What math class should I be taking at Princeton?

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<p>I'm planning on becoming an ORFE major (and may switch to Computer Science if I end up not liking ORFE). The certificates I'm planning on doing are: EMS & finance. The certificates that I may or may not do are Engineering Physics and Applied & Computational Mathematics.</p>

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<p>Could someone give me some insight and suggestions as to what math class i should take my first year at Princeton? Thanks :D</p>

<h2>Also, if it is recommended that I skip multivariable calc, would I have to pass a test to do so?</h2>

<p>This is the math I've taken in high school:</p>

<p>Sophomore: AP Calculus BC (5) (A both semesters)</p>

<p>Junior 1st sem: Multivariable Calculus (A-) at high school following same curriculum as nearby college
Course Description: Calculus of functions of several variables. Partial derivatives and multiple integrals with applications. Parametric curves, vector-valued functions, vector fields, line integrals, Green’s Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem, and the Divergence Theorem.</p>

<p>Junior 2nd sem: Intro to Linear Algebra + Differential Equations (A-) at high school following same curriculum as nearby college
Course Description: An introduction to the solutions of ordinary differential equations and their relationship to linear algebra. Topics include matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear independence, linear transformations and eigenvalues.</p>

<p>Senior 1st sem: Linear Algebra (A-) at nearby college
Course Description: Introduction to the theory of vector spaces. Linear equations and matrices, determinants, linear transformations and eigenvalues, norms and inner products.</p>

<p>Senior 2nd sem: Ordinary Differential Equations (C+) at nearby college
Course Description: Theory and methods of solutions for ordinary differential equations, including Laplace transform methods and power series methods. Oscillation theory for second order linear differential equations and/or theory for systems of linear and nonlinear differential equations.</p>

<p>I also took AP Statistics my senior year (A both semesters)</p>

<p>All of these courses were pretty easy except for the Ordinary DE course. I pretty much had no idea what was going on in that class and the professor was not a good lecturer.</p>

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<p>You'll need to talk to the department rep to see if you can place out of MVC and linear algebra. If you don't you should probably take 203 first semester and 204 second semester since the material in 201 and 202 will be review for you. If you do place out, you have more options. If you're really interested in math, you could take MAT 215 Analysis in a Single Variable, a theoretical class that freshman planning to major in math (and sometimes physics) take. If you want to jump ahead and take classes you need for ORFE, take MAT 303 Ordinary Differential Equations. Just for reference, 215 is harder than 303.</p>