<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'm about to buy my Calculus textbook but two different versions came up. The first is just titled Calculus by James Stewart and the other is titled Calculus: Early Transcendentals. So what's the difference? They are both 5th edition textbooks. What's the difference? I also found the solutions cd on ebay, that has both odd and even answers, but it says for Early Transcendentals. I don't know what the difference is, please help!</p>
<p>El Sol</p>
<p>I used Calc. by James Stewart for Calc I, some classes use it for both Calc I and Calc II . Basically the book covers all the stuff you would find in most Calc I and II courses, and thata about it. It has the basics like intergrals, and the back of the book has a sort of review section of Algebra and Trig for those of us who forgot (it does come in handy). I know that tons of colleges use the Stewart book. </p>
<p>This all being said, I have no clue about the second book. I can't really compare the 2nd book to the first, but I liked the first, it gave a lot of nice problems. There is a problem with it though. The examples it gives of problems are basic and they aren't too great. In problem sets you get much harder problems then the ones they show you by example. The explanations for the example problems are kinda iffy too.</p>
<p>Early Transcendentals is also by Stewart and it contains more advanced topics. In Columbia, it is used for Calculus I through IV classes. If you want to study vector calculus, multiple integration, and lagrangian transformations, Early Transcendentals would cover it in addition to all the stuff Calculus covers.</p>
<p>buy the calculus one</p>
<p>Okay so I already know the answer to this question is no, but my real question is whether if you don't take calc then will you looked down upon when applying to medical schools even though the medical school doesn't require calc. Some of the schools I am looking at, like U of A College of Medice and UNC College of Medicine don't require this course so I was thinking that maybe I won't even take this course or I could take it at a Community College one of the summers between my college years. Would that look bad?</p>
<p>You won't necessarily be at a disadvantage, but remember that med schools like well rounded applicants - those who have had exposure to many different fields of study. If anything take Calc I at the university you are attending (take it second semester if they offer it) and then take Calc II during the summer at a community college.</p>
<p>Most med schools or at least a lot of them require a year of calc. Its not really hard so its not bad. People usually recommend taking it.</p>
<p>is it ok if you AP out of calc? Will med schools accept that?</p>
<p>i believe medschools prefer to see how you peform in the college setting with a college professor so if you Ap out you should take either calc2 or linear algebra or some other higher level math</p>
<p>actually, bigndude, a lot (i am not sure if it is most, I did not count each one individually) of med schools do not require a math credit in calculus. Some of the best med schools don't, like UNC, Yale, Tufts, Baylor. To check out a list you can go to <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Erpms/math_require.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~rpms/math_require.html</a> I hope that the monitors of this site don't delete the link (they sometimes do if it as an outside link).</p>
<p>For a lot of schools on that website it says not listed. But for many of them there is a requirement. If you don't feel comfortable taking don't. Just know that odds are your competition will have taken it. Thats why it is included in the BCPM GPA for medical school. B-biology C- Chemistry P-Physics M-Math . The compound it together and thats the main GPA mrd schools look at.</p>
<p>Yeah that makes sense. I probably am going to end up taking Calc. Is it easy. I thought pre-calc was incredibly easy, would Calc be any different?</p>
<p>Yes, calc is different. It is much harder at first. Once you grasp the beginning concepts its not bad though. Not an class to get an easy A in though</p>
<p>so, I got 5 on calc bc, 5 on calc ab subscore. I have a few options here for freshman year:</p>
<p>1) Retake calc 1a
2) Retake calc 1b
3) Move on to intro to stats
4) Move on to mulivariable calculus</p>
<p>which one you guys suggest? my college counselors at my school are telling me to take calc 1b.</p>
<p>Most people here will probably advise you to retake intro calc for the easy A but if you're good at math there's no reason not to take advanced math classes. I took multivariable calc and linear algebra and differential equations freshman year and had no problems.</p>
<p>don't take advice from anyone at your high school. Your advisor in your particular college will have the most experience with how people with various AP scores did in various college courses. Often there is a specific calc section for people who made a 5 on the AP exam, that takes up where your AP course left off. Don't repeat material you already know just for an easy grade; you'll be bored witless.</p>
<p>I heard intro to statistics was easier than multivariable calculus at my school. So I was thinking of taking intro to stats first, see how it goes, then move onto multivariable calculus second semester if i think i can handle it. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I would take Calc over again, because you will have an easy good grade. Plus college courses do get a little more in depth then high school courses with a few topics. (At least at my school). Also if you like calc like I do then take it again. Personally I hated calc at first, now I love it and am more then willing to take it again Freshman year</p>
<p>are you a math major?</p>
<p>If your asking me, heck no. I don't do extremely well in math courses. I just like the challenge it makes you think more then anything.</p>