<p>Hey There,</p>
<p>I'm an incoming freshman, EECS major, I took Calc AB junior year and received a 5. This year I took AP Stats, so I'm a little rusty on calculus. I can pass out of 1A, but is it a good idea? Will I get unit credit for it if I take it again? </p>
<p>The rest of my schedule is as follows:</p>
<p>Math(1A/1B) - 4 units
German 1 - 5 units
CS 61A - 4 units
Freshman Seminar- 1 unit
E98( Engineering Decal) - 1 unit
Aerospace 1A (AFROTC) - 1 unit.</p>
<p>Have any of you or your friends entered 1B with just Calc AB credit and done well?</p>
<p>I appreciate the advice!</p>
<p>In the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html</a> are links to old Math 1A final exams which you can use to check your knowledge.</p>
<p>Officially, you won’t get credit for both Math 1A and AP calculus AB (this probably means that your AP calculus AB credit will be cancelled if you take Math 1A).</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess that is probably the best advice I can get, I’ve looked at the finals and think I can self study to review the Math 1A material. Good advice.
If anyone has gone through 1B with just Calc AB and has anything extra to add please feel free. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I was in the exact same situation as you (5 on AP Calc AB junior year of HS, AP Stats senior year) as an incoming freshman and I chose to skip 1A and go straight into 1B. I knew it would be risky as 1B has earned some notoriety as a difficult class and as I, like you, was coming off a year-long break from calculus, but I decided to give it a shot and actually ended up doing well in the course. </p>
<p>If you take 1B fall semester, keep in mind that many of your classmates will either be (a) fellow first-years who took AP Calc BC and thus have already seen much of the material taught in this course and (b) second-years who took Math 1A in a previous semester and for whom the material is new/unfamiliar but not the rigor or structure of this type of course (Math 1A and 1B are pretty similar in these aspects). So you might be at somewhat of a disadvantage, especially at the beginning of the course, but as long as you put in enough work/effort and have the right amount of motivation, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about not being on equal footing with the rest of the class.</p>
<p>Thanks, that is the advice I was hoping to receive. I think I’ll just jump into Math 1B and do some review over the summer. Appreciate it.</p>