<p>Ok i just got a 4 on Calc AB...</p>
<p>I wanted to do Multi-Variate Calc Junior year... but i might I think it might be wise to take BC. Also if it matters i got a 100/100 in AB Calc...</p>
<p>What do you guys suggest I do Junior year? BC Calc or MV Calc?</p>
<p>I thought you have to take Calc BC as a prerequisite to MVC.</p>
<p>oh i didnt know that… Well i know taylor and maclaurin series which seem to be the only new topics in BC vs AB.</p>
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<p>This suggests that your school has grade inflation. In any case, Calc AB roughly corresponds to Calculus I, Calculus BC to Calculus II, and multivariable calculus is often called Calculus III. You need to do BC first.</p>
<p>Parametric and Polar functions and application of calculus of them in Calculus BC are important and necessary in the later sections of MVC.</p>
<p>Actually, there are plenty of other topics in BC that aren’t in AB like calculus of parametrics/polars, integration techniques, etc</p>
<p>At my school, You can go straight to Multivariable from AB if you want. It is possible but I wouldn’t advise it. First of all in college if you are taking math, you will have to back track and take Calc 2 then Calc 3 again. The content of multivariable is not very difficult. It was much easier than BC because you aren’t learning much more new material just adding a second variable. Since you are going to be a Junior next year, I suggest BC then multi senior year. That way, you will have the full single variable calc background before doing multivariable, and you will also be able to take the BC exam next year and not have to backtrack.</p>
<p>btw my school doesnt have grade inflation at all, my calc teacher just sucked… In fact our valedictorian has a 93/100 (our school doesn’t weight and there are 50 kids per class).</p>
<p>Any way if I were to take MVC I would do it at Brown U (i’m 20 mins away), but i’m not sure if they have prereqs. Also, it seems like I could learn polar functions and parametric equations (the latter which I sort of already know) in a rather short amount of time…</p>
<p>^ You would likely not succeed going from 4 on an AP test (AB, moreover) to Calculus III at a top university.</p>
<p>At Brown University, your 4 will only place you in second semester Calculus.</p>
<p>[Brown</a> University Mathematics Department](<a href=“http://www.math.brown.edu/~banchoff/CalcPlacement.htm]Brown”>http://www.math.brown.edu/~banchoff/CalcPlacement.htm)</p>
<p>you got 100% and a 4</p>
<p>i got a C all year and got a 4</p>
<p>your school inflates grades</p>
<p>It doesn’t inflate my sister got C (in the same class as me) and got a 1. I had highest score the the AP exam. Also, I only got a 94 in chem but I got 770 on SAT II (highest in class), yet someone got a 97% with 710. Also my english (honors) teacher gave out a 93 as the HIGHEST grade.</p>
<p>A 100% is uber rare at my high school</p>
<p>Someone from my school made USAMO and only got a 94 in Calc.</p>
<p>By the way the only reason i got a 4 was because my teacher sucked… i had highest score in the class and i’m a sophomore</p>
<p>Also i’m good at math (7 on AIME) I should get a 5 with a competent teacher.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what your qualifications are. You got a 4 and that’s it. You cannot blame anyone else but yourself.</p>
<p>I’m taking BC Calc exam next year (will get a 5 on AB sub score and 5 on BC most likely) and i’ll take LA and/or MVC at Brown.</p>
<p>Senior year: Fourier analysis and Differential equations</p>
<p>You sound like you’re showing yourself off.</p>
<p>i’m not…</p>
<p>You got a 4, meaning you essentially got a B in Calculus I. Now you wanna skip Calculus II?</p>
<p>You should take AP Calculus BC next year unless you wanna self-study all the materials this year and before the school year starts take 1-2 AP Calc BC exams. If you score well into the 5 range (not borderline 4-5) I’d say go ahead and learn MVC. </p>
<p>Calc I (AB) - Sophomore
Calc II (BC) - Summer or Junior
Calc III (MVC) - Junior or Senior
Linear Algebra - Senior or undergrad</p>
<p>I’m unsure which career path you wanna take, but engineers generally don’t need to go much further then MVC and finance majors don’t need to go much further then BC.</p>
<p>You want to be an Applied Mathematics or pure mathematics major?</p>
<p>I want to be a finance major or Electrical Engineer</p>
<p>On your chance thread it says your taking AP Calc AB senior
year. And how is a 94 in chem a B+?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/956292-chance-urm.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/956292-chance-urm.html</a></p>