<p>There’s no need to “prepare” for the placement test. Don’t spend the summer of your senior year (which should be the best summer of your life) reading through Spivak or Rudin or Komolgorov and Fomin. I guess you could if you wanted to, but it seems like a monstrous waste of time, if your only goal is to prepare for Honors Analysis. Your placement score will probably be inflated, and you might get into Honors Analysis, but once the pace accelerates, and the class moves beyond Spivak or w/e, you’re going to be lost, if you don’t have the ability to place into the class without preparation. That’s just my opinion. </p>
<p>Besides, Sally’s pretty lenient about letting people in, provided that they don’t do too badly on the test. If you don’t place into 160 or above, then you shouldn’t be thinking about 207-209. Just don’t worry about it; if you have the ability to do well in the class, you will find a way to get in;)</p>
<p>p.s. Well, I guess it actually depends on the instructor. I don’t know who’s teaching next year, but if it’s someone like Peter Constantin, then a little preparation might be necessary. If it’s Sally, I wouldn’t, but that’s just me..
I don’t know about Ryzhik; we had him last year for a few lectures while Constantin was gone, and he didn’t seem to go too fast</p>