CAL III at CC or Multi variable CAL in HS?

Torveaux
Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:45:55 +0000

I would also check into the requirements for any scholarships to ensure that your student would qualify as an entering freshman. Taking CC courses (in some cases) can disqualify a student from such qualification and they would only be eligible for upperclassman or transfer scholarships. The devil is in the details there.

I think when you get advice like ‘take as much math as possible’ it is directed more toward students who are on the other end of the math spectrum. The advice is good in general, but it is really overkill in your child’s case.

My son is a first year student who got the 5 on Calc BC and against the advice of the advisers went straight to Diff Equations. He is doing fine, but says the work is tough. Many of his math major friends (most are NMS) are struggling with the course.

What I would hate to see is someone enter college thinking they had a great understanding of the concepts from a HS or CC course and get overwhelmed by the rigor in upper-level math courses. In your child’s case, it sounds like she could simply skip math altogether at the college level as the requirements for that major would be met?