<p>Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I couldn't find any about taking community college courses in highschool, and I figured since my question was about calculus, engineering majors would know best =D.</p>
<p>So I want to explore the possibility of going into a mathematics major and I am a high school senior. Last year I took calculus BC and got a 5 on the exam and A's both semesters, and my calc teacher told me I should be qualified to take calculus 3 at the local community college (I posed the question to him last school year). </p>
<p>My question is sum up is this: should I be prepared to take calculus 3 at the community college level? I'm suddenly having a lot of doubts after reading some threads about how many students get to college and retake calculus2, instead of jumping into calculus 3 =/</p>
<p>Probably more prepared than most… I’d say go for it.</p>
<p>An A in the class and a 5 on the BC test generally means that you can go ahead and take calculus 3. Check the college to be sure what the appropriate placement in its math sequence is.</p>
<p>Here is a page with links to final exam problems from first and second semester freshman calculus at a university:</p>
<p>[Choosing</a> an Appropriate First Math Course — UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html]Choosing”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html)</p>
<p>However, note that the content of freshman calculus courses and sophomore math courses may vary somewhat between different schools (they may teach topics in a different order, etc.).</p>
<p>Note that most freshman and sophomore level math courses in community colleges and universities are application based, while most junior and senior level math courses for math majors are proof and theory based. If honors math courses with more emphasis on proofs and theory are available, you may want to consider them as preparation for junior and senior level math courses.</p>
<p>Ah, thanks. Theory based math isn’t really available at my school (my high school is a little more humanities oriented I think). After calculus bc my only other option for any sort of mathematics class is statistics, which I’d rather not take.</p>
<p>Statistics is useful knowledge to have, but the one at the high school (even if AP) is probably not worthwhile compared to taking a calculus based course in a college or university.</p>
<p>Go for the next level of math at the local college (multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations); consider honors courses there if available.</p>
<p>AP statistics is not worth taking. You are definitely prepared for Calc 3…I’d go for it.</p>