<p>What do you take after Calculus BC? I know I will have to do another class Junior and Senior year. What independent studies are there?</p>
<p>Dual-enrollment programs rock.</p>
<p>multivariable calculus</p>
<p>What's Dual Enrollment?</p>
<p>You know what the funny thing is? I'm never going to use math in my proffession/major ,but I'm doing a lot with it.</p>
<p>I completed AP Calculus BC in my junior year. I will be taking Calculus III and Differential Equations in my senior year at the local community college. This is done through dual-enrollment. Dual-enrollment at a CC means you are taking classes at your high school and CC concurrently.</p>
<p>Well, given that you don't even know your profession/major yet.. yeah, it's funny.</p>
<p>At our school, we have Honors Calculus 3-4 taught by a CC dude. Nap time for me (slept through 80% of BC last year ... last period ... damn boring)</p>
<p>multivariable calc (Calc III), then usually Linear Algebra, then Differential Equations, and after that it kinda spreads out...I've never heard of someone going beyond Diff Eq. in high school...most ppl do Calc I their senior year.</p>
<p>You should probably take some extra English courses seeing how you can't spell...I don't mean to be offensive, just an honest suggestion.</p>
<p>My school offers Multivariable Calculus, Diff Eq, Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory and Advanced Problem Solving. Most people who finish Calc take Differential Equations, then Multivariable because Diff Eq is an easier class than MVC at my school</p>
<p>But most people take Multivariable, then either Linear Algebra or Diff Eq who go to normal schools.</p>
<p>well, i really wish i had gone to your high school. that is super bada**. lol.</p>
<p>Illinois_kid, wow! Your school must really be cool.
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But most people take Multivariable, then either Linear Algebra or Diff Eq who go to normal schools.
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That's not exactly right, most people finish their education at AlgII/Pre-Calc :o</p>
<p>Damn, I have to take AP Stat :/.</p>
<p>Yeah, to the above comment about dual-enrollment, I absolutely agree :)</p>
<p>After BC, there's a couple routes to take depending on your interests. But, to give you an idea, I'm taking: 3 Applied Math Classes (Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Partial Diff Eq-in that order next year) plus calculus 3 and multivariable calc. I'm planning on going into physics, so I'm hoping a strong math background will help.</p>
<p>GO PHYSICS MAJORS!!! :)</p>
<p>I had a choice for taking Pre-Calc during summer, Calculus 1 & 2 (huh? AB probably) during sophomore year at school, then:
Junior at CC:
Calculus 3 / Calculus 4 / Differential Equations
Senior at CC:
Linear Equations / Discrete Mathematics / dunno</p>
<p>However, I decided to transfer to IB school after 10th grade (don't know if that'll work yet), take Pre-Calc my sophomore year, and IB Mathematics HL 11th/12th.
Several factors implied this choice:
a) Idea of going to school during summer kills me and it was expensive.
b) I like IB and don't want to loose chances for UK schools (I love UK).
c) I still wanted to do some physics research for summer which requires dif.eqs (quantum mechanics), that I, being hardcore self-learner am learning by myself :)</p>
<p>Awesome, I <3 Quantum mechanics :) Had a test on it today in chem, it was easy though. Have you read about quantum tunneling? How about string theory? There's some crazy stuff in higher level physics that I can't wait to start really learning about (I mostly just read about it for now). </p>
<p>The UK is pretty cool too. I love Oxford's "tutorial" format, but I don't think I'd be able to get in there. What other schools are you looking at over there?</p>
<p>P.S. Sorry to hijack this thread ;) Physics is just too cool to not talk about though!</p>
<p>Quantum mechanics is crazy and fascinating. I currently am a part of research team (as a programmer though) and we're trying to find a particular limit for gravitation to stop working as predicted because of graviton's penetrating extra dimensions as described by all (if I remember it right) string theories.
However, my specific research interest lies in molecular optics. I'm trying to model specific conditions under which molecules would exhibit entanglement and were interacting as described by EPR.
We were studying quant. mech. a little bit in chemistry, heh, they didn't even mention Planck's constant anywhere, what can I say...</p>
<p>As to UK, my top choice is Cambridge by this far but I'm sure it will change in several years.</p>
<p>This thread is dead. Physicists came over here :D</p>
<p>If you want to do physics (or in fact, any kind of higher maths or science) you need gobs of linear algebra. Tons of it. It's the most important math you need to know (even moreso than calculus, in my opinion)</p>
<p>number theory is a good course; relatively, it requires very little prior math knowledge, and is quite a different experience than the math that you've been learning for years (alg 2, trig, precalc, calc, etc)</p>
<p>Getting calc 3 done is important, too, though. Since it's (conceptually) somewhat difficult.</p>
<p>Our Calculus BC Class is taught by a Professor from Uconn.</p>