<p>Is anyone taking Differential Equations their senior (or possibly junior) year? A lot of seniors have told me that even if it's after BC Calc, it's easier, while a few have told me it's a nightmare.</p>
<p>I was recommended to take the class by my calc teacher, but I'd rather do creative writing instead. If I'm not going to go into math or engineering, is it necessary for me to go to Diff EQ? And for those of you taking it, how's the difficulty in comparison to BC?</p>
<p>I have heard that in order to take a formal Differential Equations course, it is strongly advised that you take Linear Algebra first. This is what I am doing now(Junior). I will indeed take Differential Equations next year however.</p>
<p>If you're not going into math or engineering, don't bother taking it. </p>
<p>I'm taking DE right now, and it's no big deal at the place I'm taking it from. You can make it a lot harder and more rigorous, so I suppose the difficulty depends a lot on where you take it from.</p>
<p>our bc class has an extremely huge workload (at least 5 heavy assignments per night, but EVERYBODY last year got a 5), so if you bomb a few tests, you can still get an A
I would assume Diff Eq in college is not so and therefore harder</p>
<p>Yeah, all of my math courses now have very few assignments. For example, in my Multivariable class, we have 4 PSET's and 2 tests, 2 quizzes, and an exam. So I can litterally not do a single homework the entire trimester, and still do well on the tests(but I do study the day before). That's it. In my linear algebra course, we have a total of 3 exams.</p>
<p>Some people (like me) prefer the grading scheme in college. I find it easier to keep up by just taking tests than by completing mounds of homework and having that as a grade fall-back. </p>
<p>But really, do what you're interested in. Don't take diffy q's just to look good; taking calc BC is more than sufficient.</p>
<p>Ordinary Diff EQs are very easy. If you have the option of taking a class on them, do it.</p>