<p>I am planning on majoring in either Bio or Chem and was wondering what Calc I should take. All of the example charts I have found for Chem majors and Bio majors have the student starting in Calc I (131) but is there an advantage to starting in Calc II (132)?</p>
<p>Well, have you taken calc I already (AP)?</p>
<p>Just take the class you’re ready for.</p>
<p>I took BC last year and got an A and a B on report card but did poorly on the actual AP exam</p>
<p>You can do the placement test, and see which level is right for you.</p>
<p>If you did really poorly on the BC exam, you’re probably ready to take Calc II.
Put as nngmm said, take the placement test.</p>
<p>To give you more info, I am an incoming freshman and took the BC course as a senior in high school. I’m wondering if taking Calc II instead of Calc I (the suggested course) will “get me ahead of the game” and free up my schedule for later years. I plan on taking Chem 111 as well as Chem Lab 151 along with other courses and don’t want to drown myself with a workload that is too difficult. Would it be a good idea to take the easier Calc I or would I benefit from taking Calc II?</p>
<p>i’m an incoming freshman too and I got a 5 on the BC exam and a 25+/30 on the placement test and it says i should be okay for calc III. If you did really poorly on BC like 2 or 3, wouldn’t taking Calc II be perfect since that’s basically BC calc?</p>
<p>Seriously, just take Calc II if you don’t feel ready for III.</p>
<p>Almost no one takes calc I, especially if they’re bio or chem majors. (Sorry, it won’t put you ahead of the game though).
It’s even a requirement for engineering students to start with at least calc II (well, the req is to be done with calc III before sophomore year).
You’ll be bored to death in calc I.</p>
<p>From what I’m aware of, the only people who actually take Calc I either are terrible in math, it’s an easy math class for a major that only requires one math class, or they went to really small schools that didn’t offer any advanced math class.</p>