<p>is this possible?
i just got my ap scores and i got a 5 on ab sub and 4 on BC and i really don't want to take 1b at Cal i would rather take it at a cc...is there a way i can just take 54 and 53 now and 1b next summer??</p>
<p>1b is ajoke compared to 53,54... the curve is overblown by most ppl just take 1b and put some hard work into it</p>
<p>but i don't wanna take 1b at cal i heard its killer...i would rather just do 53 & 54 first...</p>
<p>1B over summer is better because it's not a prof teaching it, it's just a GSI ("Instructors" are their summer titles, I believe) leading a small class. The exams are written by your GSI as well. I had a much better experience taking math1B over summer than during the regular school year...obviously, because I didn't pass it the first time around, which prompted me to take it over summer. Go for 53/54, take 1B over summer - sounds like a decent plan to me.</p>
<p>ok good..i was just wondering if i will be able to take 53/54 because i heard 1b wasn't a prereq for them...?</p>
<p>Oh, you really, really really need 1B for 54 and 53; it most certyainly is a pre-req. Take it from someone who's taken all but the last.</p>
<p>Oh, and I really don't get why everyone says 1B is such is big deal. It was no harder than 54.</p>
<p>1B is not useful at all in 53 as long as you remember how to integrate/differentiate. Seriously. It's a little bit useful in 54 because you need to solve diff eqns, which are introduced in 1B, but loads of people and I found it pretty easy to teach ourselves the essentials of 1B diff eqns.</p>
<p>i got a 5 on ab sub and a 4 on bc and when i went to calso they forced it down our throates to start at ab....?</p>
<p>i got a 5 in Calc BC and I can waive the calc requirement for Haas. But my advisor at Calso insisted that i should start all over at 1A. She kept trying to scare me about my chances for Haas admission if I don't take math at Cal. She said it would make me look like I thought I was a superstar (these aren't even my words). I really don't want to take two math classes that I've already been through. Would that affect my chances for Haas?</p>
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<p>1B weeds people out. The people who find 1B hard (me, for instance) never make it to 54 to find that out. ;-)</p>