How students today view college

ucbalumnus
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:02:04 +0000

frazzled2thecore:

Graduates from our high school report that having taken AB, calc 2 at most elite schools should be a breeze, and after calc 2, calc 3 should not be too hard, since the high school teacher generally goes a good bit beyond AP requirements. (Students at MIT do report that their classes are a challenge regardless…)



MIT compresses what is typically a year of freshman calculus at most schools into the first semester freshman calculus course (Caltech and Harvey Mudd freshman calculus courses are also accelerated; they are also taught at what would be an honors level at most other schools). Most other schools’ freshman calculus courses for math, physics, and engineering majors are relatively similar to each other.