<p>That was my son’s experience too. He skipped over Calc 1 after passing the AP exam and started with Calc2 which he did pretty well in (made a B). He said the first half of the class was review from AP Calc AB. But he did much worse in Calc 3 and 4 and in linear analysis, and had to repeat two of these. But he says now that he didn’t put much effort into his calc classes. He didn’t enjoy calc, and put more effort into classes he considered more interesting. His winter quarter of his freshman year was killer…17 units including MatE (1 unit, but it was a 3 hour lab and they did a big project that took tons of time out of class), Calc 3, Physics 133 including a 3 hour lab, Chem 128 including a 3 hour lab, and Coms 102. The load, in hind sight, was too heavy for him as a freshman. He eventually learned how to put in the required effort (which was way more than he ever dreamed). Junior year was the MOST demanding for him. But he loved the MatE department, and never considered switching out. After pulling himself back up from academic probation once his freshman year and again sophomore year, he graduated from MatE in 4 years and one summer. It was a big accomplishment, and by no means easy. I understand why CP Engineers are highly recruited.</p>