<p>In general, prerequisites at Princeton are not taken very seriously. If you email the professor and express a genuine interest in taking the course, he or she will probably let you take it. ECO 200 is an exception. The department limits the class to 30 students, and a lot of people (in comparison) would like to take it, so one way of solving the problem is by being very strict about the prereqs. I would encourage anyone who has double 5’s in AP Econ to take the class. It’s team-taught by three of the best professors in the department, and last fall, John Nash gave the class a guest lecture.</p>
<p>Unless you teach yourself the BC material this summer, you’ll pretty much be forced into taking 104 first semester. Assuming that you teach yourself BC, you could probably persuade the department to let you into a 200 level math course. As a physics major, you’re best off signing up for MAT 203. Many of the more hardcore physics majors take MAT 215, but I wouldn’t really recommend this with your SAT Math score. PHY 105 is pretty challenging by itself. You can always take MAT 215 later if you decide it’s something you’re interested in. A friend of mine majoring in physics is doing this, taking MAT 215 as an elective as a sophomore.</p>
<p>The best way to get into courses that you technically shouldn’t be in is to contact the professors. Get the professor’s approval in an email and forward this to your adviser. Don’t just try to convince your adviser because if they aren’t very familiar with the course you’re considering, they’ll be want to do things by the book.</p>