<p>At most schools, vector and multivariable calculus goes under Calculus 3. However, for Penn, it’s tagged under Calculus 2. So my question is, if after 4 years of undergraduate study at Penn I apply to a medical school, how will the medical school know that I actually took vector and multivariable calculus rather than series and advanced derivatives, which is what Calculus 2 at most schools encompasses?</p>
<p>You could probably specify it on your applications to med school, Mr. Burr.</p>
<p>Given that the trend at medical schools is to require only one semester of calculus rather than a full year or not to require calculus at all (and in each case to require non-calculus-based statistics), it probably doesn’t matter much to any medical school that you have taken vector or multivariable calculus.</p>