<p>I'm a senior in high school, and taking AB Calc. I've been getting low As and high Bs in Geo, Pre Calc, and Algebra II. I'm getting a solid B in Calc right now.</p>
<p>I want to major in math, and I was just wondering how hard the jump is from high school level math to college level math.</p>
<p>If it helps, here is the list of schools that I'm applying to (I'm shooting for BU):</p>
<p>Boston University
University of Vermont
Northeastern University
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
Syracuse University
UMass Amherst
University of New Hampshire
Stony Brook University</p>
<p>ACT: 34 on math
SAT: 740 on math
SAT II Math 1: 670
SAT II Math 2: 760</p>
<p>If you are in Calculus AB that is college math. As a matter of fact that course will teach you almost every topic up through Calculus 2. But you need to know Calculus 1 & 2 like you know you alphabet in a math major or and mathematics based major.</p>
<p>The highest math I took in high school was Algebra II. I wouldn’t say I actually experienced college math until I took a linear algebra course, which involved proofs. That’s kind of when you get to know how good you are relative to other people. I think there were about 40 of us starting and only about 10 took the final. I still remember everyone who took the final and where they ended up transferring (we were at a JC). Coming here, the intro to proofs class 50% failed. Then, when you take introductory analysis, another 50% should fail (in our case, it was 75% until he curved). You’ll know if you’re meant for a math major when you start seeing the same people over and over again.</p>
<p>My final math course in high-school was something called Analytic Geometry. It was the semester after Trigonometry. I guess you can say it was the stuff from a typical “Calculus & Analytic Geometry I” course minus the actual Calculus (limits, derivatives).</p>
<p>Still, I did not take Calculus in high-school and had no AP credits to speak of (What are AP Credits anyway??)</p>
<p>I still earned a B.S. in Computational Mathematics</p>
<p>The thing about seeing the same people is right. When you get into higher math classes, you do start to see the same people, and you’ll meet them and talk and study with them if you know what’s good. </p>
<p>Also, the jump from most HS math courses to the more rigorous college courses will be great if you have little to no experience with writing proofs. Knowing how to write a solid proof will go a long way if you decide to major in math.</p>
<p>So basically mathematics is all about proofs? Like geometry?
My Calculus teacher said that if we want to major in math we’ll be doing proofs all night long or something.</p>
<p>When you get to junior level courses like abstract algebra and real analysis, you will find them heavy with proofs. Honors sophomore level courses may also have more emphasis on proofs.</p>