Freshman Calc II vs. Calc III

Pudding1120
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:58:57 +0000

So I’ve heard that Calc II in UVA is a weed out class for math majors.

I’m not a math major (I’m majoring in Neuroscience) but I love math and would love to take higher level math courses in college. I took a special class last year as a junior in which we learned AP Calc BC but we took the AB test. This year, we’re learning Calc 3 but I’m taking the Calc BC test. The Calc 3 course covered in the current class is not very in dept so I’m definitely going to take Calc 3 in college. Obviously, I got a 5 on AB last year I get high As in my current Calc class. Also, I score nearly perfect on our practice AP BC exam, last week.

My major concern is whether I should take Calc 2 or 3 for my first college math course. If Calc 2 is a weed out class, then it’s not worth it but I don’t want to bombard myself with a lot of work (and stress) the first semester.

Can any current UVA students give me any suggestions?