<p>Hey everyone, I'm going to be a first year engineering student next year and I'm working on getting transfer credit. Basically, I took Physics (Mechanics and E&M), 2 semesters of General Chemistry (I guess equivalent to 2090 maybe), 4 semesters of English (I'm going to try and get out of taking FWS), and Math up to Calculus III. I am thinking of majoring in ORIE so I'm really trying to decide which math course to take for my first semester if I get my credits. Looking at the topics for MATH 1910, I'd say I am rusty with trig substitution integrals, series (I pretty much forgot all the series tests). I also forgot formulas for integrals regarding curve length, volumes by slicing, revolution, etc. Though if I got a review of it, I'm sure that I would be fine. For MATH 1920, our class got pushed back quite a bit and we ended with double integrals and center of mass. Should I retake 1910 or 1920 or should I move on to Differential Equations (2930)? My main concerns are that I did not touch on Cal 3 topics that might be necessary for Diff Eq and the difficulty of Cornell's math classes vs the math classes I took. If it helps, I used Thomas' Calculus (I believe this is the same book Cornell uses) and my Cal 2 and 3 teachers basically took problems from the textbook (somewhat challenging ones) and put them on tests. Also, if I do get transfer credit, which other courses would you recommend placing out of?</p>
<p>I can’t really say much about specifics, but I’m also going to be a freshman in engineering. I took up to Calc II and will probably go to 1920. But I dont even remember all the series tests and stuff either lol. I wouldn’t go into 1910 for that reason alone as I think everyone has that problem. As for skipping Calc 1920 I guess that depends on how much you learned in Calc III and how comfortable you are with it.</p>
<p>I’m placing out of the Intro to Java CS class and Math 1910 personally.</p>
<p>I’m no engineer but I do know that a lot of engineers tended to go right into 1920 during my first year. Admittedly, series can be a bit annoying, but topics such as volumes, arc length, and trig integrals shouldn’t be too horrible to review. Then again, those were topics I considered easy so I guess the verdict varies per person.</p>
<p>@slurmz Well if I take Diff Eq, I want to know what parts of Cal II and III are important for it so I’m prepared. If I think I don’t know enough, then I’ll probably take II or III again. But your right, I’ll probably skip II and take at least Cal III. </p>
<p>@Islander Those topics I mentioned weren’t particularly hard concepts to grasp for me, but I want to know if I need to relearn/memorize those equations again if I was going to skip Cal II. If I happened to take Cal III or Diff Eq, would professors review (even if it was with a few examples) necessary topics from Cal II or III, like series? Or would I be expected to recall all of that?</p>
<p>I would definitely not skip 1920 if you didn’t get to vector calculus. </p>
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<p>Well I guess I better go learn it from OCW then.</p>