<p>I am going into Computer Engineering this fall and I have been wondering how good I will do in math areas. I went to a Private Catholic HS which is currently ranked in the top best HS in the nation. But I am still worried. I have always been good at math my whole life, but when people say Calculus is hard or Differentials is hard makes me nervous. Here are my math classes with my grades through HS. Grade scale is 85-92 is B and 93-100 A. Let me note that H (Honors classes here are considered AP in public schools) *Note I took Pre-Algebra in the 7th grade and Algebra in the 8th grade, but they made me re-take it because I moved.</p>
<p>Freshman Year - H. Algebra 93
Sophomore Year - H Geometry 92 and Conceptual Physics - 93 (More of an introduction to physics.
Junior Year - H Algebra 2 - 91 and H Chemistry - 92
Senior Year - Adv. H - Trig/Pre-Calculus - 91 and Honors Physics 91</p>
<p>I didn't want to jump right into calculus so I am re-taking Pre-Cal as a refresher, but my question is do you guys think I will be fine for Calculus and college Physics?</p>
<p>Have you taken the SATs yet. If your SAT 1 Math score is 700 or better you should be able to handle college Calculus and Differential Equations and do well, If your score was 600-690 you should still be able to succeed but you are going to have to work very hard at it. If your Math SAT score is lower than 600, Physical Sciences and Engineering are not likely to be majors that you should expect to succeed in.</p>
<p>You should be fine taking freshman calculus after doing well in honors precalculus in high school. Chances are, you should not need to repeat precalculus (if you do, then something is seriously wrong with your high school’s math courses if you did well in them but are not calculus-ready).</p>
<p>On the following page is an on-line placement test for students without AP calculus credit:</p>
<p>[Choosing</a> the First Math Course at UC Berkeley - UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_1stcourse.html]Choosing”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_1stcourse.html)</p>
<p>If you score green in most categories on the placement test, you should be ready for freshman calculus for math, physics, CS, and engineering majors (= Math 1A at Berkeley; Math 16A is for business, social studies, and biology majors, and Math 32 is precalculus).</p>
<p>Did you try that on-line placement test?</p>
<p>Dude don’t worry, everyone struggles with math at college, you wont feel lonely, trust me :)</p>
<p>If you work at it, you’ll be fine. I got below 700M for the SAT and still came up with A’s in Calc I & II ( yet to take III and Diffy ). I’m at a big state school – so assuming the difficulty is similar to most universities, but maybe not. </p>
<p>Regardless, I think for most people its not so much about what you know, rather: how well can you learn and master new material…</p>
<p>it seems obvious but you’ll see kids coming in with lots of AP credits retaking calc I and II who get shat on by the new little topics that professors throw in, ie delta epsilon proofs, log/exp decay/growth apps… then you’ll get to thermo soon after and most people will be new to that</p>
<p>just go in with an open mind. as before, it seems obvious, but not everybody does</p>