<p>Hi, I'm taking Multivariable Calculus as a sophomore right now at my school. Next year and the year after, I will be taking the 5 later math classes offered by EPGY (Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, and a 5th course currently under development which I will take if it is finished).</p>
<p>So, does harvard offer credit for this? Now, I'm not doing all this for the credit, it's because I love math, but I just want to know if i could get credit. I believe I have heard stories of freshmen in Math 55 so it seems like you could get credit for it, right?</p>
<p>also, i have asked this before, but i got a B+ in religion sophomore year (not an official academic class at universities, but it is at my catholic school)
does this mean my chances for harvard are gone since my school-calculated unweighted GPA is less than 4.0?</p>
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<li><p>No you won’t get credit for the math classes you’re taking now. However, you’ll be able to place into higher level math classes your freshman year.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting one B+ does not disqualify you. Don’t be silly.</p></li>
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<p>lol the question is: do you want to be one of the few students who place out of math 55 every year?</p>
<p>@nirvanatear: yes, actually that would be pretty cool.
@just<em>forget</em>me: how would I get credit then for them? (is there any way?)</p>
<p>and if i place into higher math classes my freshman year (or i may enter as a soph), wouldn’t that mean i am getting credit for the math classes?</p>
<p>Hmm Harvard’s credit system works a bit strangely. You probably won’t get credit for your math courses per se…no high school courses (I’m not sure about college courses; I think transfer credit rules would apply here) will count towards the total number you need for graduation or a concentration unless you plan to take advanced standing. You can sometimes skip over prerequisite classes though. Anyway, for math, you don’t need any of those courses to take Math 55. In fact, you need nothing more than calculus to take Math 21,23,25 or 55. However, what those courses will do is (maybe) help you attain the mathematical capacity you would need to stay in Math 55.</p>