<p>I took AP calc bc in high school - 4 on exam. I'm currently taking calc 3, and i plan on discontinuing my math courses because i think it's unnecessary for medical school. Do most schools require 1 year of math in college or just up to calc 2?</p>
<p>Given that many programs don't accept AP credit, the distinction is moot. Take them again.</p>
<p>what are your suggestions for someone who may get a 5 on BC calc, but really hasn't understood everything? should he/she withhold the score and do calc II, or just go on to calc III?</p>
<p>Depends on what material you didn't understand. Series and sequences you can probably move on. Differentiation and integration, redo Calc II.</p>
<p>if i choose to redo calc II, then i'd just take that and then Stats? would it be advisable to take calc III too?</p>
<p>Calc I on credit + Calc II and Stats at the university should have you covered.</p>
<p>if you want to be absolutely, 100% sure, then take a year of calc and a year of stats, though this is overkill at probably 99% of med schools. Only a handful require a year of calc (though the ones that do are not the sort of schools that would look kindly on ap credit), and I have heard of one or two that strongly recommend a year of stat (USC comes to mind, though it is not required). Generally, a year of one and a semester of the other should be sufficient, I'd feel a little uneasy with a just a semester of each.</p>
<p>if they require a year of calc, they won't care whether it's I,II,III right?</p>
<p>correct (10char)</p>
<p>is there a huge advantage to taking up to calc III instead of calc II?</p>
<p>wouldn't saying yes patently contradict the answer you were JUST given?</p>
<p>lol (10 char)</p>
<p>i meant like how much more would it help me, does it look better, etc.</p>
<p>wouldn't saying yes patently contradict the answer you were JUST given?</p>
<p>education-wise? would it help me do better in other classes, for instance the sciences?</p>
<p>not likely, except maybe to improve your general problem-solving ability (a rational I believe BDM has advocated in the past). The real question is simply how much you like calc. If you like it take more, if not, then don't - it's that simple.</p>
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<p>It might. It also might not. I was a chemistry major, and Calc III was recommended, but not required. I took it. Did it help me? I don't think so. Maybe it helped other people.</p>