<p>Hey I'm an incoming freshman to the college of Engineering and I registered for classes today. I took BC Calc this year and I'm sure I got a 5 with ease.
I registered for Calc 3 when Calc 2 was suggested and I'm debating my decision.</p>
<p>Along with Calc I'm taking phys 211( I took physics c but didnt do well this year), rhet 105, Econ 103, eng 100. </p>
<p>Should I stick with Calc 2 for the first semester and play it safe or do u think I can handle Calc 3? </p>
<p>Also am I actually saving money if I take Calc 3?? Please help!</p>
<p>Those who score 5 on the BC Calc usually can do fine (B or better) taking Calc 3. Those who score only 4 are sometimes a question and councelors recommend that they repeat Calc 2 (the math department has actually studied the issue) If you take Calc 2, you will not get 3 of the hours of credit in addition to your 8 AP credits, i.e, you will be giving up 3 hours and thus yes you will be losing a little money. </p>
<p>Your schedule is not overwhleming since you will have only one math and one science course. Physics will likely be your hardest and most time consuming course (basically the course is four hours of credit but 7 hours of class and lab per week and is known as a weed out course). Eng 100 is just an orientation course (among the things you learn is how to do a good resume). Econ is not overly hard. Engineering students often struggle with Rhetoric (the writing course) but they usually do OK.</p>
<p>Ultimately, I would suggfest letting the AP score determine the issue. You can register for Calc 3 now and then change later during drop/add week.</p>
<p>Thanks, I guess I’ll stick with Calc 3 for at least the ten days. I think I’ll be ok with physics bc I took three years of it in high school including physics C. Concerned about rhetoric but there’s no way around it</p>