<p>I'm an incoming freshman and I'm about to take the calculus III placement exam. However, I'm also on vacation and do not have an access to a graphing calculator. Will this be an issue for this exam or is the exam supposed to be taken without a graphing calculator anyway? Also, if I don't do well on this exam but ended up receiving a 5 on the AP Calc BC exam, will I still be able to take Calculus III (or is that advised against)?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering!</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on the AP, but bomb the placement, still take Calc III. I doubt that would occur anyway, because, imo, the placement exam was far easier than the AP test.
Also, Calc II at WashU sucks. Royally. Avoid it if at all possible. (In particular, avoid the Shapiro sections).</p>
<p>No idea about calculators; it’s been too long since I was a freshman. I’m sure it’ll let you know before you start the exam - if you’re expected to be using a calculator, you can probably make due with wolphram alpha easily enough.</p>
<p>Hey Johnson181,</p>
<p>How is Math 217, or Differential Equations? I am an incoming freshman and waived Calc III. Is there anything I need to pay special attention to when taking this course? Also, which instructor should I try to avoid?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Freshmen taking 217 tends to be hit or miss - I know some people who were fine, others burned out like crazy (mainly because they didn’t have floormates to study with, according to them, which would not have been a problem in Calc III).</p>
<p>The only option for 217 this semester is Luthy - I have no idea who that is. (Or the Calc III prof, for that matter).</p>
<p>I had Feldman for 217 and he was the worst professor I’ve ever had. He was scheduled to teach it again the next semester but he was so terrible that the department fired him immediately. I didn’t think Shapiro was that bad, though. But most people disagreed with me about that.</p>