<p>If you took AB Calc, did you struggle in MVC?
If you took BC Calc, do you think it prepared you for MVC?</p>
<p>It’s called Calculus BC or calculus 2, not calculus c.</p>
<p>You cannot skip it to take Calc 3. It’s a prerequisite at every single college in the world (probably).</p>
<p>Depending on which college you attend, you can skip calculus 2 (also called calculus 1 at some schools, like mine) and receive retroactive credit upon successful completion of the higher-level math course. If you are unsure of how well you would perform in mvc, take the previous math–there’s no shame in taking a class in a subject that you haven’t taken!</p>
<p>BC should prepare you for MVC. MVC was the easiest class I ever took. I took neither AB or BC, but I am 100% certain that an AP Calculus AB class was way more rigorous than my Calc I class. Now, I’d say my Calculus II class was pretty rigorous (but also very fast since it was a summer course). I took Calculus III around 4 months later after I took Calculus II, so make sure it’s <em>somewhat</em> in your head. You really only need integration by parts and trigonometric substitutions (sometimes) for Calculus III and anything you forgot or need to know should be taught in the course. </p>
<p>Calculus II would serve you greatly in Differential Equations.</p>
<p>Actually Columbia Univ allows students to skip Calc II if they got a 5 on the AB exam or an ‘A/B+’ in Calc I.</p>
<p>^ Uh, I’m pretty sure you need a 5 on the BC exam (not the AB exam) to skip Calc II. They don’t have a placement test for mathematics for CC/SEAS, so I don’t know how it’s possible to skip Calc II if you haven’t studied it before. You’d really be hurting in Calc III and the rest of your math career.</p>
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<p>Not true: [AP</a> Credit | General Studies](<a href=“http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ap-credit]AP”>AP Credit < School of General Studies | Columbia University)</p>
<p>^Yes, it’s true. It states in no uncertain terms that to receive credit for a 5 on the AP Calc AB:
“Requires completion of MATH V1102 or V1201 with a grade of C or better.”</p>
<p>Key word “or.” If you click on the link V1201, you will see that this is Calc 3, or multivariate. Therefore, if you get a 5 on the AB exam and then take Calc 3 and get a C or better, you receive credit for that 5.</p>
<p>Additionally, on the Columbia math placement site here: [Calculus</a> Classes](<a href=“http://www.math.columbia.edu/programs/main/one/calculus.html]Calculus”>http://www.math.columbia.edu/programs/main/one/calculus.html), you can find the following statement:
“with a score of 4 on the Calculus BC Advanced Placement exam, or a score of 5 on the Calculus AB Advanced Placement exam, or a 6 on the IB HL Calculus exam or a B on the A-Level Further Maths exam may begin with either Calculus II or Calculus III.” (given that the student is not in engineering.</p>
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<p>Sorry you’re right. It does say you can go straight into Calc 3. It doesn’t give you credit for Calc 2 however.</p>
<p>I’d like to also say by that standard, you can go straight into Calc 3 at Michigan with no calculus, as Calc 3 (like most math classes) at Michigan does not have any enforced prerequisites. Additionally, you can jump into graduate math classes with no credit in math coming in. I’m also pretty sure there are several schools like this.</p>
<p>How your advisor would let you do that is another question entirely. If he/she does, then he/she is not qualified to be an advisor. The only exception is Calc because Calc 3 does not have that much to do with Calc 2. It is more similar to Calc 1. That’s why you can probably skip it and get a C or above in Calc 3. However, you’re gonna have to work harder than most people.</p>
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<p>Well, any adviser would probably tell you not to, but they (here) don’t have the power to stop you from doing it.</p>