Engineering majors-testing out of Calculus

Montegut
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:41:51 +0000

Want to get some feedback from engineering majors at Marquette who have scored high enough on AP tests to test out of at least one semester of Calculus.

First off, those who did score high enough, tested out of first semester Calc, and are now taking second semester Calc to start, how are you doing? Are you keeping up, or do you wish you had started with Calc I?

On the other hand, what about those of you who did well enough on AP to test out of first semester Calc, but are taking it now?

Are you bored? Do you wish you had gone right into Calc II?

Or are you happy to have the refresher course? Are you finding that you are learning new things that you didn’t cover in your high school AP course and are so happy that you’re taking Calc I?

My son is taking Calc AP AB right now, and wants to major in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette. He’s been mostly a B student in math through high school, has a borderline A/B in Calc right now, and no matter what he scores on his AP, I would like him to take Calc I at Marquette to start off.

What are your feelings on this?

Thanks for any advice