<p>Question as above...for business major. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>only if you get a 4-5 on AP stats as well.</p>
<p>Isn't that for Math 218??</p>
<p>pretty sure its for calc. I might be wrong</p>
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<p>^thanks. Can anybody confirm though? Cuz on the online catalogue thing they said that you can place out of the intro econ classes and math 218 with AP but didnt mention 118...thanks...</p>
<p>Can you get placed into the third semester of Calculus with a 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam and a 5 on AP Statistics? This is for Engineering and not for Business. My son's advisor (didn't have the AP scores when the discussion took place at the earlier orientation) wants my son to take the second semester Calculus. Should my son petition or just be happy that he will have an easy second semester Calculus class?</p>
<p>I (engineering major) had a 5 on Calc BC and I went directly into math 226 (calc 3) and everything was fine (I was really confident in my calc skills, though, plus I already had taken a lot of linear algebra & other math)</p>
<p>On the other hand, I've never heard anyone ever describe math 126 (calc 2) as "easy" :) apparently it's a lot of work and there's a lot of content to cover on the exams.</p>
<p>My son thinks math 126 is the same as second semester AP Calculus BC. Do you think math 226 is easier than math 126? My son's higher level math is Cal. BC and Statistics. Do you think this is enough for math 226?</p>
<p>As content matter goes, some people will find calc II content harder (because of the endless integration techniques, trig identities, power series, etc) and some will find calc III harder (because of the multi-dimensional/vector aspect), so honestly it depends. </p>
<p>In terms of them as classes, I can't really say because I've only taken the 226. Both classes seem to be considered hard. As complete hearsay, though, I've heard that 126 is probably the hardest of the sequence (125, 126, 226) </p>
<p>A 5 on the calc BC should be enough for math 226, assuming probably a little extra effort on the part of going back and reviewing some concepts from 126 as necessary. </p>
<p>The <em>biggest</em> thing a calc BC person is probably going to lack is a lot of experience in polar coordinates. Spherical/cylindrical/etc coordinate systems make up a relatively sizable portion of 226 material - you're expected to be able to apply these coordinate systems within an arbitrary calculus method (like integration or differentiation), so if you're not very comfortable with calculus using polar coordinates, it might come as a shock.</p>