<p>I finished my school's math curriculum, so my friend and I decided to take multivariable calculus over the summer (rising senior). Originally we planned on taking it during the school year, but those classes unfortunately would not have fit into our senior year schedules. The ones that had multivariable calc as a prerequisite would fit.
My teachers told me that calc III would be much easier than calc II (AP Calc BC which we both finished with A+s and 5s on the exam)
We, however, find the class much harder than our AP class. Might this be because 3 months worth of classes are being fit into 25 days? Or because maybe AP Calc BC isn't really comparable to a college Calc II course?
anyways...my real question boils down to:
If I got a B in the class this summer and it was on my transcript, what would adcoms think?</p>
<p>If you are taking a summer course at a normally semester system school, then the summer course is probably running at twice the speed of the same course during the normal semester.</p>
<p>Also, did you take Calculus BC over one year (i.e. precalculus sophomore year, Calculus BC junior year), or over two years (i.e. precalculus freshman year, Calculus AB sophomore year, Calculus BC junior year). If you had the latter (an unfortunately common trend these days), then you were taking calculus at about half the speed of a normal college calculus course, so even a normal speed college math course may seem very quick; a summer course may seem like four times the speed.</p>
<p>As far as getting a B in a college course looks, it is a college course that is more advanced than AP courses, so at the very worst it won’t look any worse than a B in an honors or AP course in high school.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I took precalc freshman year, Calc BC sophomore year, and I finished Stats as a junior</p>
<p>Since this isn’t counting towards my GPA at school, I’m not too worried about my rank being affected, but it goes on my transcript. Are college courses in general looked at differently-I guess is kinda what I’m aiming for.</p>
<p>Basically, an AP class is seen as more rigorous than a normal class. Would that be analogous for college classes?</p>
<p>As far as course rigor goes, a college course that is more advanced than the AP course in the same subject should be viewed as greater than or equal in rigor to the AP course.</p>