Hello, I’m really unsure if this is the right section for this, but I didn’t know where else to put it.
As a high school senior who took BC Calc last year (97/100, 5/5 on AP), I’m looking for an online course that I can use for Calc 3 that colleges will respect. I’m already taking Diff. Equations at my local CC, and will be taking Linear Algebra next semester, but there was not enough enrollment in the calc 3 course so the college dropped it. So now I’m stuck searching for an online course that I can still start and learn calc 3 which has enough validity to earn a college’s respect, as I know a huge problem with online courses is that colleges don’t accept them as a “worth venture” and will not consider awarding you credit. Has anyone had this same experience or does anyone know what possibilities there are for me to take a respected online Calc 3 course at this point?
Not sure, but you don’t really need to take Calc III in HS (unless you really want to), and colleges don’t expect you to take Calc III if it’s not offered. Furthermore you might still be able to get credit if the college allows you to take a placement exam.
Wow, @MITer94, thank you so much for that link. My younger DD will do BC calc in 11th grade , a year ahead of the vast majority of her school–the school said she needed to be skipped above advanced track in 5th grade, with a couple other kids. The school has a non-AP problem solving mathematical modeling class which is only for the top students(usually has only 6-10 kids, has to be done after or concurrently with calc BC). It is not “for college credit”, and not what the rival school offers (linear algebra), but now that I read through the link, I think the school is far more on track than I thought, as far as true gifted “mathy” students: the course description seems to be exactly what the link encourages! And here I spent the last several months seriously debating whether I would have to find a way to have her take a CC course instead, or transfer to a different school.
I am sorry , I cannot. The course handbook has distribution restrictions. I will paraphrase the main details:
Course goals: explore mathematical models of real-world systems, analyze & make predictions about behavior of these systems. Variety of modeling techniques will be discussed with examples taken from physics, biology, chemistry, economics and other fields. Focus will be on seeking the connections between mathematics and physical systems, studying and applying various modeling techniques to creating mathematical description of these systems, and using this analysis to make predictions. Includes participation in International modeling competition. Other course topics are fractal geometry, Mandelbrot and Julia sets,Complex numbers and 4D polytypes.