Which course would you recommend?

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<p>I don't know if I want to take calc 3/linear algebra or ap stats. People have told me vice versa. I want to get into Claremont Mckenna for undergrad or Emory University. Which one would help me get into these schools? I'm into neuro as a premed.</p>

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<p>Calc 3</p>

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<p>Calc 3</p>

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<p>Calc 3</p>

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<p>Any justification for the above? Multivariable calculus isn’t required for the neuroscience major at any of those colleges, according to their websites.
<a href=“http://www.jsd.claremont.edu/Majors/neuroscience.asp”>http://www.jsd.claremont.edu/Majors/neuroscience.asp&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://catalog.college.emory.edu/department-program/major/neuroscience_behavioral_biology.html”>http://catalog.college.emory.edu/department-program/major/neuroscience_behavioral_biology.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>By far the most useful of those three classes would be statistics. These types of majors will require you to use statistics in your lab classes and you’ll need it to understand papers in the field, but you’ll never have to compute a double integral unless you go into some really specialized field. If you want to take a more computational approach to neuroscience then linear algebra would have direct applications to this. </p>

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<p>@aldfig0: Linear algebra is practically a prerequisite for even an introductory computational neuroscience class. Unless the OP is 100% sure he/she doesn’t want to take a class in computational neuroscience, linear algebra will be a huge plus. (Seriously, I enrolled in a computational neuroscience course and had to drop out because the linear algebra was too much.)</p>

<p>Additionally, multivariable calculus and linear algebra is far more demanding than AP Statistics, so the rigor will better prepare the OP for college-level work.</p>

<p>By the way, why do you want to study neuroscience at Claremont McKenna? AFAIK, that really isn’t one of their specialties.</p>

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<p>I like CMC for their learning environment. I like pomona also. </p>

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<p>Cal 3 is more challenging…far more challenging. But stats is more useful in my opinion, especially when it comes down to labs.</p>