Calculus Semester II or III?

<p>Hi guys, I am in SEAS 2010 and I am going to be taking the AP BC Calculus exam in about a week. I looked at the SEAS AP Credit policy and their placement into the Semester III of Calculus. However, does the calculus curriculum of Semester II go beyond the curriculum of the BC Calculus, and what would you suggest I take, Semester II or III? Thank you.</p>

<p>i suggest II....thats what i did. It'll help you brush up on your differentiation and integration which will be important and u might find some new things....not sure cause i didnt take BC calc, i took IB higher math which had covered everything in calc 2 except for taylor series which they keep refering to in later semesters of other classes. Either way though, if you already know it all might as well look at it as an easy A. If you want to start at Calc 3 though, the advantage to that is that you will be ahead schedule-wise. Its really up to you and how you think your math skills are like. They really will let u start wherever you see fit.</p>

<p>So do you mean they put me if Calc II if I want regardless of what score I get on the test as long as I possess required math knowledge?</p>

<p>thats exactly what i'm not saying: "They really will let u start wherever you see fit." </p>

<p>Bottom line is its pretty much your choice. I think u need to get a 4 on some AP calc or something but i'm not sure. But again noone can stop u from starting in calc 3 if u feel ur ready for it.</p>

<p>Here's the math department policies:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.math.columbia.edu/department/calculusquestions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.columbia.edu/department/calculusquestions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You have to get a 5 to take Calc III.</p>

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Either way though, if you already know it all might as well look at it as an easy A.

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<p>Terrible advice. Many people in Calc II have already had the exposure to most of the material.</p>

<p>I see. Lastly, how does the AP Credit work it says that one gets 3 or 6 AP Credits for taking Calculus II or III, is it just the amount of credits for the previous calculus or is it something else. Thanks.</p>

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Either way though, if you already know it all might as well look at it as an easy A.</p>

<p>Terrible advice. Many people in Calc II have already had the exposure to most of the material.

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<p>wait, why??? why does having people in tha class with exposure to calc II mean taking calc II to brush up on things (and get an easy a) is bad advice??</p>

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I see. Lastly, how does the AP Credit work it says that one gets 3 or 6 AP Credits for taking Calculus II or III, is it just the amount of credits for the previous calculus or is it something else. Thanks.

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<p>You need a certain number of credits to graduate (120ish). Getting 3-6 credits just means you have to take less classes to graduate. In the end, it doesn't matter unless you're graduating early.</p>

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wait, why??? why does having people in tha class with exposure to calc II mean taking calc II to brush up on things (and get an easy a) is bad advice??

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<p>The terrible advice is that it would be an easy A. The reason it isn't necessarily an easy A is because there are a ton of people in the class who are similarly familiar with the material.</p>

<p>Calc III is notoriously the easiest in the sequence. Very little (if any material at all) is in the Calc I-II sequence that isn't covered in AP Calc BC. Most people I know who had Calc BC ended up just placing themselves into Calc III or Honors Math, and none of them regret it.</p>

<p>then if you get a five on BC cal and take calculus III, do you get 10 points in total, because having 5 on bc cal gives you 4 points and taking cal III gives you 6 points? or do you just get only 6 points from having 5 on BC cal AND taking calculus III.</p>

<p>Only 6. You can't combne.</p>

<p>if you got a 4 on BC junior year and are taking multivariable as a senior, can you take calc III? would you <em>want</em> to take calc III?</p>

<p>I know someone who got less than a 4 on the AB exam and placed themselves into calc 3, with no multivariable calc experience. For the most part, you can honestly do whatever the hell you want; it's up to you to determine how well you're going to do in certain classes, which is frankly a freedom I really love.</p>

<p>as i said in the beginning...you can do whatever you want noone will stop u.</p>

<p>Oh wow, reading your post Shraf, it looks like mine mirrors it almost completely. Funny, since it was both uninentional and independent of your post.</p>

<p>if i come from a strong calculus background and i'm taking mv calc w/diff eq now, is it possible that the math department will let me take the calc III final to place out of the class?</p>

<p>if you read all the other posts you'd see that you dont have to place out of the class, you can just choose to take the next one up</p>

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if i come from a strong calculus background and i'm taking mv calc w/diff eq now, is it possible that the math department will let me take the calc III final to place out of the class?

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<p>I took Calc III, DiffEq and Linear Alg. before I got to Columbia. They automatically placed me into Diff Eq at Columbia. You'll be fine.</p>

<p>if you took BC calculus and got a 5, is that enough to opt out of calc III and into more advanced classes like linear algebra?</p>