<p>I know there are a bajillion and one threads dealing with this question but most of them deal with people who have BC credit. I took AB because I thought BC was going to be too much workload in my junior year. I passed AB...easily with a 5 and most of my friends got 5s on the C test and I regretted not taking BC. Now it's been more than a full year since I took AB and I've probably forgotten a lot of it. On the other hand, I keep hearing stories about bad teachers and horrible curves. Should I try to place into 115? I intend to be a bio major - I'm not sure yet, but if it changes it most certainly won't be physics or math...</p>
<p>P.S. The 104 class I was going to take is taught by Deturck...</p>
<p>personally i’d go with 104 since calc isn’t fresh in your head AND deturck is an incredible professor. also, if you’re a bio major, i’m gonna assume you signed up for bio 121 which is pretty difficult, so be wary of overloading your fall schedule as you acclimate to the different demands of college life</p>
<p>Go for Deturk. Like axc said, he is a great professor AND he is the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences…it always helps to get to know the deans.</p>
<p>Go with math104 unless you plan on dedicating a majority of your studying to calc. You’ll find a majority of students will have already taken a class covering calc II material (which 104 does). This goes for pretty much any entry level class but stuck out most to me in my calc and stat classes.</p>
<p>Do you feel the Deturk’s math 104 class will be difficult for someone who took calc AB their junior year of HS and did not take Calc BC. In other words, if many of the students taking 104 already had BC, isn’t this a serious disadvantage to students who never took BC? Thank you for the feedback.</p>
<p>to put it in perspective, i took neither AB nor BC in high school and did well in 104…you’ll be fine. especially b/c the math department utilizes a curve that doesn’t necessarily pit you against others…the % of As as final grades in the class is the same % of students who get grades curved to As on the final. so if you’re a good student, even among other good students, you can all get As</p>