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<li><p>Do AP tests fulfill the sector requirements? I received a 5 on US history and Environmental Science, so do these fulfill a class for the science/math sector and the social sciences sector? If so, is there some sort of maximum in place? </p></li>
<li><p>If I take the departmental exam for math in the fall, can I receive credit for 104, or is it just a placement exam? Ive heard from a bunch of people that math 104 is a horrible course. Do you recommend taking it or trying to test out? Im in Calc AB this year, and its pretty easy, so I was thinking about self studying over summer, or is it not worth it? </p></li>
<li><p>What do you recommend taking freshman year, first semester?</p></li>
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<p>+1 about Math 104
I’m taking Calc BC and most likely be getting a 5. Should I use my credit and do Math114? Or should I just take 104 as a GPA booster? I’m looking at applying for a dual degree with Wharton so I need my GPA to be as high as possible.</p>
<p>I heard Math 104 has a tough-ish curve, so if you can place out, you should.</p>
<p>And @accordingtome, I think question #3 is mostly based on your undergraduate school / personal desires and interests. :)</p>
<p>For Wharton, I’m pretty sure you can use up to 3 AP credits for your humanities credits (social structures, language arts & culture, science & tech).</p>
<p>If you haven’t taken Math BC I don’t suggest trying to self study BC material because it’s kind of confusing to learn on your own. If you take like, an online course or something over the summer you can try to place out. But I would not suggest trying to teach yourself. </p>
<p>If you get a 5 on BC DO NOT take Math 104 as a GPA Booster because it won’t. The class is unreasonably hard. Not so hard that you won’t do well, but harder than high school BC. I highly suggest just moving on to 114 if you have credit. UNLESS you feel like you didn’t understand the concepts in 104. My friend took 104 junior year, got a 5, forget all of BC, then tried to take 114 in the fall. He ended up dropping the class cause he did horribly on his first two exams. So make sure you understand 104 (or Calc BC) before moving on to 114. </p>
<p>Freshman year you have to take MGMT 100 & ECON 10. If you don’t have AP credit or SAT score credit to fulfill your language requirement I suggest take a language so you can get that out of the way. Take a math (Math 103, Math 104, or STAT 101). I wouldn’t suggest taking writing seminar first semester because MGMT 100 is a lot of work and so is writing seminar. Wait for second semester and take another class that interests you. That’s what I would suggest.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion!! So would you recommend trying to fulfill a general ed class? What is the best math/science class to fulfill the sector requirement if you don’t really like science?</p>
<p>The topics in MATH 104 are fairly useless for most Wharton students. It’s definitely not worth taking the course, I don’t think. It’s useful to know integration by parts and Maclaurin expansions, but really not necessary.</p>
<p>I’d advise to study the relevant MATH 104 material over the summer and simply jump to MATH 114. MATH 114, multivariate calculus, is essentially AP Calc AB with multiple variables (not nearly as hard as you’d think). Upon passing MATH 114, you will receive passing credit for MATH 104, essentially knocking out two birds with one stone. Contrary to what hopeful201 said, I do not feel that you need to know most MATH 104 concepts to succeed in either MATH 114 or MATH 240.</p>
<p>Having taken MATH 114 in freshman fall, you will be able to take STAT 430 freshman spring, if you so desire. Spring STAT 430 under Professors Low and Krieger is a fairly easy class (at least so far), with teaching assistants that essentially give out the answers to quizzes and exams before they are administered.</p>
<p>Even in STAT 430, for which MATH 114 is a prerequisite, we’ve only ever used MATH 104 concepts in the occasional derivation (I’ve seen an integral by parts, and I’ve seen a Maclaurin series of e^x to derive the variance of a Poisson random variable). These derivations are given to you in class, so you could probably follow along, even if you just flat-out didn’t study MATH 104 concepts.</p>
<p>Wait, is all of this math required? Does it fulfill any requirements? What is the advantage to taking Statistics 430 over Statistics 101 and 102?</p>
<p>Do 4’s in subjects count for anything? Or will only a ‘5’ place me out of courses</p>
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