Hey guys,
I’m an incoming freshman that is probably going to UCF next Fall. I’m going to be in the Honors program and have applied for LEAD scholars. I’m a Mechanical Engineering major who is also looking into minors like Engineering Leadership and Comp Sci. I also took BC Calc in high school and scored a 4 on it and the AB subscore. I also took a Higher Level IB course in mathematics in high school.
Should I take Calc I and II again to master the subjects as with the above scores I could test out? I’m currently leaning towards taking Calc II but not I.
Side Question: Does would Comp Sci help me be more competitive as an ME after school?
Thank you!
Unfortunately, you need a score of 5 on the AB subsection to test into calc 2 and a 5 on BC to test into calc 3 I believe, you can check the course catalog to be sure tho
@blountwil2 at UCF a score of 4 or 5 will give you the same credit towards Calc 1 and II (MAC 2311 and 2312), but if the typical score needed is a 5 at other schools then that might show that I should still take II. There also is no way to test out of Calc 3.
http://catalog.ucf.edu/policies/accelerated-educational-opportunities
I’m actually in a similar scenario with AP Physics C as well, but I’m pretty much set on testing out of the first semester and taking the second semester again just to make sure I got the concepts down.
http://catalog.ucf.edu/Content/Documents/UCF_Courses_and_Descriptions.pdF
According this page, a score of 5 is required to actually take the next level course. You should probably email the department about this, but I believe a 4 will get you credit but you still need to take the class again 