<p>I didn't take math this semester and I actually missed it, so I'm thinking I'd like to take a few more stats and or/algebra classes next school year (for a challenge, I guess; upper-division math is not required for my major). </p>
<p>Are UC mathematics courses more difficult? Will I be less prepared for upper-division courses because I took my lower-division requirements at a community college?</p>
<p>Or am I just plain stupid for even thinking I should take math when I'm a history major?</p>
<p>Any knowledge/advice/thought appreciated.</p>
<p>btw, I am currently at Moorpark College, have been admitted to UCSB honors program, and am waiting to hear from UCLA (so if you have <em>special</em> knowledge of any of these colleges, lemme know!)</p>
<p>Hey.
I am from Moorpark College as well.
The staff out here, are very helpful.
Why dont you speak to one of the consellors, they will certainly help you out very well…</p>
<p>I went to UCSB my freshman year and took the entire Math3A-C series there and am now attending a community college. The community college classes are by far much easier. The exams in math classes at the UC level require you to go above and beyond what is in the book. You have to be able to apply the concepts you learn in class to problems that are far more complex than the homework. As for upper division math, how good are you at writing proofs? If you goto UCSB you’ll have to take Math 8 before you can take most of the upper division math classes.</p>
<p>^^ oh man thats not koo, i just dropped my calc 3 class…i had to drop due to a new job as a part time elementary teacher… this economy is fkkknn us up</p>
<p>calc 3 was a fun class!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I’m so burned out from reading and writing papers. It was nice doing math problems because I didn’t have to THINK about it so much, if you know what I mean. Just run through the problems… </p>
<p>I figured it wouldn’t be so easy at a UC, but I wasn’t sure… ah, well…</p>
<p>i hear after calc 1, the math at community college is more difficult than the ones at UC (lower division)</p>
<p>hmmm speaking of math, has anyone taken elementary stats at De Anza/Foothill? I’m thinking about doing it over the summer so i dont have to do it at UCLA (assuming I get in).</p>
<p>i took calc 1 and calc 2 at UCSB and linear algebra/ calc 3/ diff eq at Diablo Valley College. It is much easier to get a good grade at a community college by far.</p>
<p>Oh you’ll have to do more than just think, trust me.</p>
<p>“i hear after calc 1, the math at community college is more difficult than the ones at UC (lower division)”</p>
<p>Lol?</p>
<p>i heard calc 3 and linear algebra is easier there, not definite about the rest</p>
<p>ive taken calc 3 at both cc and uc (i dropped halfway through the cc my junior year in high school for other reasons).</p>
<p>uc is much more difficult. (in terms of both other students and material/depth covered).</p>
<p>but this is at ucsd. who knows at other ucs</p>
<p>I really don’t think there is any question that math is harder at UC. Even if the content’s the same, the grade part is much harder.</p>
<p>so calc 3 is more fun where? cc or uc?? i want to experience this “funness” associated with math…lol</p>
<p>you can watch the calc 3 lectures from mit here: [YouTube</a> - Lec 1 | MIT 18.02 Multivariable Calculus, Fall 2007](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCxlsl_YwY]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCxlsl_YwY)</p>
<p>or from berkeley here: [UC</a> Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Mathematics 53](<a href=“Webcast and Legacy Course Capture | Research, Teaching, & Learning”>Webcast and Legacy Course Capture | Research, Teaching, & Learning)</p>