<p>I have a first year math major who is in Inquiry-Based Analysis – he took MV, DiffEq, Lin Alg, Discrete, and Complex Analysis his junior and senior years of HS, plus spent a summer at a wonderful math program where he did lots of proofs. He has also done a lot of combinatorics/CS theory on the side, which is pretty much all proof stuff. He liked the IBL format better than HA, and has found that the IBL course has covered the same material as HA, and feels it’s been done with just as much depth. Having Lin Alg under your belt makes analysis easier, so you aren’t trying to do proofs and learn the field simultaneously. (Chicago integrates LA with its 160s and Analysis sequences.)</p>
<p>The regular Analysis and Honors Analysis sequences are by invitation only based on calculus placement test scores, which you’ll take as soon as arrive for O-Week. (Seriously — last year move-in was Sat., the test was Sunday.) However, the math department advisors are very good at working with students who feel their results on the calc placement exam don’t reflect their preparation. Their main concern for students going into Analysis is that you are comfortable with proofs. An alternative route is to take Math 19900 (a proofs course) and then enter the regular analysis sequence winter quarter.</p>
<p>Here are a couple of Chicago math threads –
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/503731-calculus-placement.html?highlight=math[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/503731-calculus-placement.html?highlight=math</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/551878-math-uchicago.html?highlight=math[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/551878-math-uchicago.html?highlight=math</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/515738-math-majors-chicago.html?highlight=math[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/515738-math-majors-chicago.html?highlight=math</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/296583-uchicago-vs-cornell-ug-math.html?highlight=math[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/296583-uchicago-vs-cornell-ug-math.html?highlight=math</a></p>
<p>In future, please don’t post folks’ IRL names without their permission. The FB poster offers terrific advice, but may not want to be identified here.</p>