<p>Just got accepted ED to CAS. Most likely I'm going to major in physics. I'm taking BC calc this year, and I'll probably get a 4 or 5, allowing me to jump to calc III. Would you recommend doing this? I'm a very strong math and science student, but I know college math doesn't really compare to high school math, and I'm also planning on doing premed, so I don't want to be overwhelmed the first year by jumping too far ahead. I know that I'll probably talk with my adviser about what courses I will take, but I just want to get some opinions from current students.</p>
<p>It's fine. It's what I did. There's a variety of options for multivar. I took the easy one (Math 213) since I was a bio major. You'll probably either want Math 192 (for engineers) or Math 222 (for math majors).</p>
<p>The non-engineering math track actually prefers people to take Linear Algebra after Calc BC, and then take multivariable calc. The class labeled Calc III in Cornell is intended mostly for people who don't want to do a lot of math. So it depends on how deep you want to take your math career. </p>
<p>And your adviser is probably useless. Don't bank on him/her telling you anything useful.</p>
<p>Don't most freshman physics majors who know calc through calc BC take Math 223-224 (I believe it's called Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)? That's what my friend, who was in your situation, did.</p>
<p>The traditional track for math majors is 221-222 (linear algebra followed by multivar calc). 223-224 seems to be a more theoretical form of 221-222. The great thing about Cornell...the variety of course offerings!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Yeah, I was just trying to get a feel for what people in my situation usually do. I definitely plan on going pretty far with math, I really like calculus so far and it's my best subject along with physics, I just want to make sure I start out on the right track.</p>