<p>Now that I have decided to attend Cooper, I have a couple of AP credit questions. Are statistics and Calc AB valid at all? Can I use them in any way? </p>
<p>If not, can I take a placement exam because I heard skipping Calc I is a good idea. Thanks</p>
<p>Well I would talk to Cooper to get the certain answer, but I’d imagine that you could get AP credit for Calculus 1 (and perhaps 1&2) through a good score on the AP.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you heard that it is a good idea - I actually think it is a bad idea. You need a good grounding in Calculus for engineering and I think it makes sense to retake it in college. But there’s certainly plently of people that have skipped and done well.</p>
<p>According to their catalog, you get credit by getting these scores:</p>
<p>Calculus BC 4,5
Chemistry 4,5
Physics C Mechanics 5
Phyiscs C Magnetism 5</p>
<p>^^ That catalog is bull.****. You cannot pass out of Cooper Union physics. You have to take specially administered exams given to you by the physics faculty (the AP tests are cake compared to that). Getting out of physics for mechanics is next to impossible as the professor of the dept. is obsessed with everyone taking his class (not even transfer students get credit for it). You have to pass his home made tests which can be ridiculous. No one passed his “get out of mechanics” test, not even the school math genius. I have to say that he is an amazing professor, one of the best you’ll ever see in your life. He will go to extreme lengths just to make sure you will really learn. I learned more in cooper union physics than I’ve learned in any single class I’ve ever taken in my life.</p>
<p>Getting out of calc. II at cooper? I know people who’ve taken AP Calc BC (w/ 5 in their exams) in high school and have gotten a D in calculus II at the Cooper Union. Like I said, you have to pass specially administered tests. </p>
<p>I personally think it’s important that you can prove to yourself that you can break 5’s on all math/physics AP tests before you come here because it will prepare you well for the rigor but don’t necessarily expect to just get out of it and get credit.</p>