<p>I'm dual enroll student: taking college courses while in high school. I do have a prerequisite for it.
I noticed that the class meets everyday: it must be that serious or something.
The prof is Pablo Roldan Rodriguez
Tell me your experiences</p>
<p>I know numerous people who have been top students in HS and have taken high school calc who have flunked this course. UMD doesn’t make 140 and 141 easy…they make them difficult on purpose, as they are weed-out courses for engineering, computer science, etc. You will have to put a lot of time into it, and they allow two attempts to get a C. If you don’t, you are out of the major that requires those courses. Once you are enrolled at UMD, you aren’t allowed to take the equivalent anywhere else. My advice…Take the equivalent course that will transfer at a community college.</p>
<p>You’d be better served taking calc I in a small class environment (such as a liberal arts or CC). Math140, like most lower division prereqs at Maryland, is a cattle call with professors who may or may not actually help you learn. You are allowed to enroll in equivalent courses at other schools as a Maryland student, but you have to get permission first. The engineering school has an online form. I only ever did it for a summer class (math140 in fact), but I know a student that took thermo at MC during a fall semester in addition to his Maryland courses.</p>
<p>@lenmonster @da6onet I have the prerequisite from PG Community College. I’ve took College Algebra and Precal at PGCC. So are you guys saying that I should rather take Pre Cal at UMD again? Pre Cal doesn’t have any at a later time sections because I am still enrolled in HS.
And I’m considering UMD for Spring; I’m already at PGCC as dual enroll. </p>
<p>No. I’m saying take the Calc that maps to MATH140 at PGCC. If you’re still in HS, take the classes at PGCC. You still have to be admitted to UMD. I’m not sure how UMD dual enroll works. When you say you are “considering UMD for the spring” I’m not sure what you mean. If it’s to dual enroll, I’d probably take something else at UMD and continue at PGCC for Calc. Just an opinion. Those classes are harder at UMD than they have to be.</p>
<p>I’m in 140, depending on your background and the time you put in to it will make or break you imo. The class meets 3x a week and small recitation the other days of the week, the “idea” is to have you be doing some math everyday, but thats up to the individual. Pretty much learn a new section every lecture so you need to be on your game or you can get behind quick. At the beginning of the semester in recitation we had like 4 groups of 5 to do worksheets, and now its very slim lol, although recitation is a joke so I go there infrequently</p>
<p>@Keyboardwarrior @lenmonster . This is the best fit for me once I leave high school in the morning; however, they won’t give acceptance decision after mid Dec. About how many hours are expected to put in after every class?
Section: 0241 Pablo Roldan Gonzalez
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<p>For the calc sequence you really want to spend about 10-12 hours per week, 3-5 in class and 7 outside doing practice problems.</p>
<p>If I do get accepted for concurrent enrollment Spring 2015, then I will definitely take courses at UMD. The school pays for my tuition so I will take advantage before I graduate. BTW, I’m not saying that I will enroll MATH 140, I just want to see what the class is like first. Seems very rigorous. </p>
<p>Rigorous would be if they delved into proof territory –><a href=“https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-calculus/limits_topic/epsilon_delta/v/proving-a-limit-using-epsilon-delta-definition”>https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-calculus/limits_topic/epsilon_delta/v/proving-a-limit-using-epsilon-delta-definition</a></p>
<p>Calling the calc I at Maryland rigorous would be like calling the shell game rigorous. Once you figure out how to game it you’ll be fine grade wise. The other posters and I were merely pointing out that the format and content delivery at Maryland is not the best model for learning calculus.</p>