<p>I got 5 on ap calc ab exam and I am wondering if I should exempt calc 1 to get it out of the way or take it for guaranteed A.</p>
<p>I am a computer science major and planning to transfer after freshman year.</p>
<p>Also are there any former uga students who transffered to Tech who can tell me the difficulty of calc based physics 1 and 2?</p>
<p>IMO I would exempt Calc 1. Why? Because a lot of things can happen in college. And even though you know the material you may not get an A. You could get sick and end up not doing well on an exam, end up with a crappy professor or something else could happen. Plus if you are instate the hope scholarship only pays for 120 credits so why use up 4 of those credits
on something you don’t need to. I’d save the hope credits for another class.</p>
<p>thanks MichiganGeorgia i didn’t think about the HOPE scholarship 120 credit. do you know how difficult calc 2 is?</p>
<p>No I’m sorry I don’t. I would ask over on the UGA forum since that’s where you will be taking it. They maybe able to tell you which professor to take or avoid…:)</p>
<p>in my experience calc 2 was difficult than calc 3 and calc 1
calc 2 i believe is properties of integrals (deeper material of integrals)</p>
<p>difficulty level
calc2=diff eq > calc 3 >= calc 1</p>
<p>i heard diff eq was easy, but… really?</p>
<p>but of course if you get sugar daddy professor you might be set
i would agree with michigangeorgia. move on.</p>
<p>I dont know about you and how many ap credit you have. Remember that you must have at least 30 hour credits by the time you apply. If you plan to transfer after the first year, you need to submit the application in the spring of your first year.</p>
<p>I exempted from Calc 1. I decided to take Calc 2, Phys 1 & 2. </p>
<p>I am transferring from UGA to GT this fall as a CS major. The admission office always told me to go beyond the requirements because of the competitiveness but don’t overdo it either. </p>
<p>With that said, I think it’s always better to skip classes when you can so that you won’t waste credit hours.</p>
<p>lol Prince how was the phys 1 and 2 and what was ur gpa?
also what classes did u take?</p>
<p>I’ve been told that unless you took BC in high school, you won’t have covered everything in Calc I at Tech so if you exempt and move into Calc 2, you will have a hard time. My DS is going to Tech in the fall. His advisor said to take whatever AP credits you can (he got a 5 on the AP AB exam), but I’ve spoken to a couple of people who exempted Calc 1 and went into Calc 2 and failed it and have to retake. These are kids that got a 5 on the AP exam. My DD, who went to UGA, has a lot of friends that went to Tech and she advised her brother NOT to exempt. Worst case scenario, you will find Calc I easy and that will help your GPA. Well…now that I think about it, I guess my answer would apply to Ga Tech students. You’re asking if you should exempt Calc at UGA, not Tech. If you can finish Calc at UGA before transferring to Tech, that’s a different story and I don’t know how Calc at UGA compares to Calc at Tech. My DD exempted all her Calc at UGA (got a 5 on the BC exam) and took a placement test, I believe.</p>
<p>^ I’ve heard differently about Calc I at GT. In that if you got a 5 in AB you should be ok in Calc II , if you got a 4 it may be iffy. That’s what they said at FASET. Some of the current students there said that they took AB and were fine in Calc II and that they had friends who took got a 5 on BC and retook Calc I for the easy A and did horribly in Calc I. So I think it depends on the student. The main thing that they all agreed on was that do not take Calc I and assume it will be easy at GT regardless of what your AP score was.</p>
<p>I kind of agree with MichiganGeorgia. Mainly the reason why “who took got a 5 on BC and retook Calc I for the easy A and did horribly in Calc I” is because of boredom. You sit in the class and listen to what you already learned in high school. Then you spend hours every week to do your homework without even studying very hard. </p>
<p>Also, Calc 2 at Georgia Tech is different than Calc 2 at UGA. If you’re motivated enough and stick with your goal (whatever you want to be), you will sacrifice your time to catch up with whatever you missed in AP Calc AB (assuming you’re good at math since you got a 5 on AB, I believe 5 is not a luck). </p>
<p>It’s just my opinion. Just go with whatever you’re most confident with.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that you should exempt all the classes you can and “pedal faster” in the more advanced classes instead of taking classes where you already know most or all of the material and get bad habits because you think the class is easy.</p>