After CalcBC, Stretching EPGY MV Calc?

vin2l · 10-29-2006, 05:06 AM

I'll finish CalcBC Junior Year. For Senior Year Math I was thinking of doing EPGY Multivariable Differential Calc in the Fall and EPGY Multivariable Integral Calc in the Spring. At Stanford they have quarters, so these clases are designed so most people would do 3 classes in a school year not 2, so I would be doing these at a pace slower than normal.

However, I'm going to have 4 other AP's (EngLit, Chem, Econ, CompSciA) plus orchestra and be doing college apps. Most colleges don't have that kind of crushing load, I want to go into engineering and I need to learn MV calc well.

My alternative is to do Multivariable Calc and then Linear Algebra at Harvard Extension, but that Multivariable Calc doesn't seem to go into as much depth as the EPGY. Also, the Harvard classes meet for 3 hours once a week. I think I'd be better off with the flexibility of EPGY.

Will colleges view stretching MV Calc over the whole year as taking it easy?

Jman2306 · 10-29-2006, 09:01 AM

What is EPGY?

Masterus · 10-29-2006, 12:06 PM

Education Program for Gifted Youth, it's the same as CTY but offered at Stanford. It has a variety of ways to get in so it's lenient unlike CTY.

craze200 · 10-29-2006, 12:07 PM

How can you get in?

Masterus · 10-29-2006, 12:10 PM

Go here for CTY: http://cty.jhu.edu/

Go here for EPGY: http://epgy.stanford.edu/

It costs money and the best time to get ahead in math is over the summer, just work all day and then you can jump 1-3 grade levels. You have to talk to your school about placement and credits though. The schools might require you taking Final Exams to prove it.

craze200 · 10-29-2006, 12:18 PM

hey thanks!

fizix · 10-29-2006, 02:28 PM

For plenty of people Multivariate is a one-year course.
And won't you be taking it again in college anyway?

vin2l · 10-29-2006, 03:06 PM

Take it again? Not if I learn it well enough!

sciencenerd · 10-30-2006, 10:02 PM

Is it really worth taking and paying for college classes now. Like couldn't you just wait until college?

Also on a side note. I am in Math Analysis right now. It's like precalc/calc. I want to do Calc 2 at a community college, but for that I would have to take the exam for Calc 1. I am trying to learn the material in 2 months because that is all the time I have. Do you think I could pass? Is this a good idea or should I just wait a while.

tachobg · 11-02-2006, 08:44 PM

sure, take it over 1 year, but make sure you take advantage of that and learn it well - then maybe you can place out in college. In my school we take it for one term, but it's not that rigorous and most people end up taking it again in college....so think about that too

Qwertz82 · 11-02-2006, 11:23 PM

what's the difference bet. multivariable differential calc and multivariable integral calc?

Qwertz82 · 11-02-2006, 11:27 PM

oh yeah, is multivariable calculus the same as intermediate calculus?

saro · 11-02-2006, 11:53 PM

it's just splitting up multivariable calc into 2 parts. the names basically tell the story, integrals + differentials with multiple variables, instead of single vars (calc ab + bc).

the names can vary, but i don't think multivariable is the same as intermediate.

fizix · 11-03-2006, 08:01 PM

In college it's Calc I (differentiation/beginning integration), Calc II (integral techniques, power series, etc), and Calc III (multivariate), so I'd suppose intermediate calculus is Calc II. Unless "advanced calculus" is analysis.

The best way to know is to look at the syllabus and see what they cover.

pianoking7 · 11-03-2006, 08:38 PM

I would go for it, you can always drop it. And whether or not you'll have to repeat it depends on where you go to college. Many people in my multivariable class now (at Duke) took it in high school, and it is nothing like it, ie. much harder.

I also know people who took BC at some point and took a break from math, so my opinion is to try, you can always enroll in stats or something easy at your high school.