<p>i know i have to take this spring semester of college, but is it worth studying beforehand? anyone ever take multi before...
hard easy able to handle?
i've already taken calc I</p>
<p>it is easy as hell..took it junior year</p>
<p>It's pretty easy as long as you go to class unlike me...</p>
<p>Make sure that you don't forget calc because you have to take the placement exam during the summer!</p>
<p>It's basically differential and integral calculus for functions of multiple real variables, i.e. functions f: Rn --> R or, more generally, f: Rn ---> Rm. You will learn partial and directional derivatives, and multiple (double and triple) integrals. You will also learn how to integrate functions along parameterized lines and surfaces in R3 (i.e. line and surface integrals) and will be introduced to the concepts of gradient, curl, and divergence, and to the Green and Gauss theorems, which have many applications in physics ( especially electromagnetism and fluid mechanics). A good knowledge of single-variable calculus, especially basic integration techniques, and of analytic geometry in 3D (using vectors) are essential as background.</p>
<p>You should be fine taking the class at CMU. I would focus more on having a strong foundation of your Calc I material so that you do well on the placement test.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! So if I got a 5 on my AP exam does it count for anything or does my calc placement all depend upon my performance on the placement test administered in the summer?</p>
<p>And applications in physics is good too bc i'm taking ap physics c this year
yay</p>
<p>The AP exam supposedly counts, but I think that placement is primarily based on the placement test.</p>
<p>You can use a high AP test score to persuade your advisor to overlook any placement test mishaps. Also, a high SAT math can do the same trick.</p>
<p>nice nice, the placement test is probably not that hard anyway since it probably covers all the basics. regardless, i guess i'll have to review my calc since it's been a year since i've last taken the course.</p>
<p>The last part of the calc placement test is typically very hard, partially because it covers some differential equations. The rest of it is pretty straight forward, if you know youc calculus.</p>
<p>5 sections. algebra, differentiation, integration, diff eq</p>
<p>There is something either before or after algebra that I've forgotten. The last 2 sections are worth a review.</p>
<p>take multi. its so nice. easy. took it spring of soph year.</p>