<p>Great news! Make sure you study AND if you get the score you need, review old tests from Calc I and II and bone up on your weak areas. I’m sure you know this, but if not, no calculators and there’s a practice test here: <a href=“http://mdtp.ucsd.edu/test_new/?show_instructions=3”>http://mdtp.ucsd.edu/test_new/?show_instructions=3</a>. Good luck!</p>
<p>@eyemgh Absolutely, and thank you!</p>
<p>My AP scores allowed me to skip Calculus 1,2, Physics 1,2, and Chemistry, which are basically majority of the general ed courses for engineering so, you should also see if you can skip Physics 1 and 2 since you took AP Physics C. Plus if you end up being placed in Calculus 3, we might be in the same class! 
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<p>@silas6070 Thankfully, I was permitted by the physics department to skip Physics 1 and 2. However, I need to take Chemistry again, but I’m not too bummed out. I will be taking some different version of it called Chemistry for Engineering Students. As long as I do well on the MQE test, I will probably see you in Multivariable Calculus! May I ask what courses you are taking this semester? I read in your other threads that you may be able to qualify to apply as a transfer after one year to the two UCs you wanted to go to right?</p>
<p>I am taking Multivariable Calculus, Digital Computation, Engineering Graphics, and a philosophy course. And I might be able to apply as a transfer in one year instead of the normal 2 years because I have a lot of AP credits to the point that I’ve already knocked out the amount credits that a first-year engineering student would normally need to complete in the first year. Also, I might have to apply ealier because the UCs have a limit for the maximum amount of credits a transfer applicant can have when applying and counting my AP credits that I have plus the credits I will receive this upcoming year, I am really close to that limit, so I don’t wanna risk losing a great opportunity. Hopefully my situation will be better than when I applied last year as a senior.</p>
<p>Well, around 2 weeks or less, I will post what class I was placed in on here to keep everyone updated! Silas6070 you seem very determined and judging from your work ethics and academic record from high school I honestly think you may be able transfer to your dream schools. God Bless dude! </p>
<p>I passed the exam!! I was able to be placed in Calculus 3! The review helped me do well. In all honesty the exam was far easier than I expected, but I know that Multivariable Calculus is going to be hard.</p>
<p>Good!</p>
<p>Try the old final exams from your schools calculus 1 and 2 courses to check your knowledge; review any topics for which you had difficulty with the problems on the old final exams.</p>
<p>Great job!!!</p>
<p>That’s fantastic, zz! Thanks for reporting back 
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<p>As of now I am signed up for Multivariable Calculus, Chemistry for Engineering Students, English, and Biology.</p>
<p>Congrats. Just wondering… why Bio? Often freshman engineers start wjth Physics 1 so they can have the proper prereqs in place for future. Oh, do you have AP credit for Physics? </p>
<p>@colorado_mom At my university, all engineering majors are required to take Biology 101 as a required GE. We don’t have a bioengineering major, so I guess it’s understandable. Plus I was excused from taking Physics 1 and 2. Plus nowadays I hear that most engineering students don’t take Physics 1 until after they complete Calculus 1 since Phy. 1 includes concepts from Cal. 1. Taking them at the same time, I’ve heard, would be tricky, especially if they are on different levels.</p>
<p>Well… calc/physics has always been a chicken and egg kind of thing. When I took AP physics in hs, the teacher had to teach us some quick calc… and he said, “calc is just a tool for physics.” When the AP calc teacher taught us the derivation, he mentioned that “physics is just an application of calc.” Their varying viewpoints still make me smle. 30 years later. </p>
<p>I had not heard about the new trend. (DS goes to a school with new / offbeat but exciting curriculum. I think the CO engineering schools still do it the traditional way).</p>
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<p>You have taken college physics 1 and 2 already while in high school?</p>
<p>In any case, being more advanced in math means that you can start physics earlier than most students.</p>
<p>@colorado_mom Some of the advisors at my engineering orientation told us about the Calculus/Physics situation. Plus my cousin at MIT told me that her roommate is an ME major and didn’t take Physics until her second term.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus Well at the rate I’m going at, the 2nd semester I will be able to start taking courses like Linear Algebra, Statics, Thermodynamics, and other mechanical engineering courses. However some people tell me that taking more than 3 STEM courses in the same semester is tricky, yet I have friends at other schools who have and are currently taking more than 4 STEM courses.</p>
<p>It is not necessarily taking many STEM courses that can be overwhelming with workload. It is taking many courses with labs, computer programming assignments, or large term projects that can be overwhelming with workload. Note that non-STEM courses can have large term projects, and art studio and music performance sessions can also be time consuming.</p>
<p>One of my friends got her physics degree at UCLA. She is going to start the Master’s program there as well, but she told me during her undergraduate years, she was able to get permission to take around 7-8 courses per quarter. She said it was very challenging, but she did well enough to get into the graduate school at UCLA. You just need excellent work ethics and determine which aspects of college you should invest your time in and in an organized manner.</p>
<p>“she was able to get permission to take around 7-8 courses per quarter.” - Schools with quarterly schedule may chunk the classes differently and take more at once. My school had mostly 3 credit courses, so taking 5 was normal… sometimes 6. I only knew one person that tried 7, and she was an accounting major. </p>
<p>Well according to what the department, mechanical engineering majors who have the goal of wanting to graduate within 4 years or less need to take more than 6 courses a semester. Especially with the extremely large amount of ME core courses we’re required to take, as well as their engineering prereqs, it will require a large workload per semester.</p>