<p>Here is what I heard from a math professor, that the 20 series might "open a few doors" compared to the 10 series for any major. What might that mean specifically? On the other hand we were told at orientation that "10 is for bio majors". As a bio major should I reach for 20? Would med schools put more value on 20?
I should add that the prof would also factor in AP calc scores.
Thanks for your thoughts!</p>
<p>a couple of majors require the 20 series so if you think there might be a chance that you’ll switch to an engineering major or management science, i think there’s also some bio majors that require the 20 series. (you know, there’s general bio, human bio, etc.)</p>
<p>so yeah, if you want more options in case you change majors, go with the 20 series.</p>
<p>I think he meant more majors are possible with math 20’s, but that’s not what you said.
There is no point in taking math 20’s as a bio-major premed.</p>
<p>umm yeah, but there’s a huge possibility that he/she might change majors.
i’m an RA in warren and A LOT of my residents switched from bio to something else.</p>
<p>I would say a good 40-50% of bio majors at LEAST go into the 20 series. That alone would add a bit of competition as far as medical school apps go. I heard the 10 series is significantly easier than the 20s so if you take the 10 series, make sure you get the A. </p>
<p>If you took AP calc in HS then the 20 series shouldn’t blow your mind. From what I have seen the biggest difference as far as material goes was just between 10C and 20C.</p>
<p>Err… where did you find your statistics, Purest?
Every bio major I know in Revelle took the 10 Series.
And as far as differences/overlaps, 20C & 10C parallel each other almost identically, whereas 20B & 10B // 20A & 10A have few similarities. </p>
<p>I took 20A first quarter, as I was a BioE major, and while Calculus/math comes relatively easy to me, it’s still not my forte. I came out of the class with a B (20A is full of trig identities, should’ve just started at 20B T__T). </p>
<p>I don’t think its safe to say that if you took AP calc in HS then the 20 series shouldn’t be too hard.
Two of my suitemates got 5’s on their Calc AP AB & BC exams, and thus they were exempt from 20A & 20B, and started fall quarter right into Math 20C and came out with C’s. </p>
<p>While the 20 Series does make your coursework more “rigorous”, I’d much rather take the A’s I got in 10B & 10C than a “B” letter grade in the 20 Series. Unless you’re Biochem/Chem, Bioinformatics, etc, don’t take unnecessary coursework just to make yourself look “smarter”, or whatever, unless you’re positive you’ll do well.</p>
<p>med schools dont know the difference between 10 series and 20 series</p>
<p>Radiance could be right. It just seems that alot of premed students whom were rigorous in HS came into SD with the 10 series credits already so they had to take the 20. Another reason is that alot of the competitive premeds take on the Bioengineering major which requires the 20 series for the engineering classes.</p>
<p>20C and 10C almost identical? My friend who breezed through 10C had no idea what the multi-integrations, 3D Global mins/maxs, and LeGrange Multipliers were. You could put both finals next to each other and try to compare the material. </p>
<p>Personally, I just stuck with the 20 series because I liked the challenge.</p>
<p>We covered LeGrange Multipliers last, and to do so, we needed to learn 3D Global Mins & Maxes before that. Go look at the syllabus. We didn’t do multi-integrations, though.</p>
<p>And what? Not many pre-meds are BioE majors, the college advisers advised many of us not to pursue such a major if we’re pre-med since it’s hard to come out of it with a good GPA.</p>
<p>the 20 series is easy anyways. You seriously only learn a tiny bit more. Take 20</p>
<p>I took calc bc in my junior year and got a 5. Should I take 20b or 20c since I am afraid that I might have forgotten the calc stuffs I learned? Is it difficult to get an A in 20c?</p>
<p>@S-Sub
With a 5 in Calc BC, you AP out Math 20A and Math 20B.
You might have meant Calc AB though since very very few people take Calc BC in their junior year.</p>
<p>no i indeed took calc bc in my junior year. So my only option is to take 20c? is that class really that hard?</p>
<p>^ You can still take 20B. I had AP credits for 20A & 20B and started in 20B anyway. Only thing is they didn’t give me the 4 credits for the class, however since I had ap credit it didn’t matter; I did not need the credits.
20C is not difficult and I think it is very doable even if you skip 20A & 20B if you remember how to differentiate and integrate. The main advantage to taking 20B is that when integral calculus comes back in other, non math classes you will likely know it by heart since you will have learned it 2-3 times already.</p>
<p>I know multiple students who took the 10 series and ended up wishing they had taken the 20 series for a later major change.</p>
<p>I also know multiple students who have taken the 20 series despite only needing to take the 10 series.</p>
<p>But then again, I know many students who only took the 10 series and only needed the 10 series.</p>
<p>I suppose it depends on the odds you give yourself to change into a major that require the 20 series. :)</p>
<p>Or I suppose it depends on how much you want to learn vs. grade grub.</p>
<p>I doubt that anyone (such as med schools) care whether you took the 10 series or the 20 series, but that’s just my guess.</p>