<p>I am an engineering major who is attending the University of Texas in the fall of 2011 as a freshman. I have to immediately take M408C (Differential and Integral Calculus) and then M408D (Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus) in the spring. Everyone I talk to constantly tells me "Take Calculus at your local community college over the summer! You will regret it if you don't!" But honestly, I don't know If I should. </p>
<p>I am currently in Calculus BC AP at my high school and I have absolutely AMAZING teacher. I'm not saying that I will pass the AP exam with credit, but that is only because I have not been studying, but he has been teaching all of the material and I have been exposed to every topic in the classes. </p>
<p>On UT's website they say that taking M408k, M408l, and M408m are equivalent to taking M408c and M408d, and at my local college they only offer taking the m408k, m408l, and M408m plan instead of the accelerated plan of M408c and M408d. That would mean that I could only take the first two classes of the 3 class plan and would have to take M408m in the fall when I went to UT to earn the same credit as M408c and M408d. Do you think I should take it at my local community college since it is a "gpa killer", "weed out class", etc.? Or should I stick it out at UT in the fall and in the spring and do exactly as my degree plan says. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m doing 408C and 408D over the summer. Something like that takes commitment though, and you saying that you haven’t been studying your BC calc class despite having a great teacher makes me wonder if you can handle it.</p>
<p>That is a bad idea if you are an engineering major.</p>
<p>Engineering majors should actually have a pretty easy time with calculus at UT. Most of the eng. majors I know have no problems with M408C and M408D.</p>
<p>However, if you feel that you are bad at math and you don’t mind not learning the subject very well (which will hurt you down the road) then take it at a CC over summer.</p>
<p>@InMotion. - i’m - well let me put it this way. I have been exposed to everything that I will experience in Calculus at UT and I am amazing at math. But I’m I ready to leave high school because I am currently taking 6 electives out of my 7 class periods because my school district wouldn’t allow seniors any off periods after I took all my senior core classes as dual credit. so I’ve just been unexcitedly doing what I have to do. I don’t give up and I can handle anything that’s thrown my way. Especially since I have a full ride scholarship I have to keep. </p>
<p>@wolframalphamate- I’ve also sort of heard your side of the subject from people. It usually seems as if the students not in engineering are always the ones telling me that its a gpa killer and weed out class. I have an amazing teacher, so I think that possibly already knowing how to do things would be bad, right?</p>