<p>Yeah, let me second that; an IMO gold medalist in addition to numerous MOP participants all take Ma1a. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t feel that one’s math course is indicative of one’s knowledge or ability in the subject; there are many, many freshmen who took 1a first term that I consider vastly superior to me in math, even though I took 2a.</p>
<p>The only thing a math course signifies is that you did a little bit better on one or two math placement exams on a given day than someone else, tests which are far removed from real mathematics to begin with.</p>