<p>I get the picture that calculus is set up as a weed-out course with a limited number of A’s awarded. What are the others?</p>
<p>which calculus?</p>
<p>i dont think calculus is a weed out course, I just think a lot of people come into college unprepared.</p>
<p>If you are relatively intelligent with good work habits, then it should not be a problem for you. Most people I know got As.</p>
<p>The Top 10% rule (now Top 8%) requires the university to accept students they know are unprepared. I agree with wolfram that calculus isn’t necessarily a weed-out course, it just happens to be the first wall that many of these unprepared students run into.</p>
<p>If i am taking ap calc right now as a senior and taking it for college credit (i got a b… but im still going to get credit for it), will i have to take it again? or do i have to take that ALEKS test?? because i really dont want to do that…</p>
<p>I’ve suggested that my son “sand bag”. Go for great GPA over skipping courses.</p>
<p>I agree eaglemom. Retake calculus–no matter your ap score. 8 hours of As go a long way.</p>
<p>There really aren’t “freshmen weed-out” courses, now if you want to talk about how they thin the “pre-med herd” with O-chem… but again, it’s just a matter of separating the prepared and the unprepared.</p>
<p>good luck! Been there, done that.
Hook 'em!</p>
<p>Agreed with all the comments above. I got credit from taking AP Calc and retook. Easy class. Got a 98.something% in the class. If you do the homework and understand how to do the problems, the tests will be straight 100’s.</p>
<p>In the College of Natural Sciences they say that even having had AP Calc, the ALEKS test reveals weaknesses in a student’s preparation (most often working with logs). I saw a whole slide of statistics once that if nothing else, shows they’re paying attention to how students score on that test.</p>
<p>A general rule of thumb I’ve heard is that when you get to college you should repeat the highest level of advanced coursework you took in high school. If you topped out in calc in high school, start with calc in college, don’t jump right away into multivariable calculus.</p>
<p>I don’t really know any weed-out classes, and I would assert that calculus (both M 408C and D) aren’t really that difficult as long as you attend class and do the homework. The same goes for the two introductory chemistry classes (CH 301 and 302).</p>
<p>^ M 408C/D, physics, intro chem & biology are all weedout courses. Physics is REALLY bad at UT. Then it’s Ochem and Differential Equations. :(</p>
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<p>nooooooooo, don’t say that Xcellerator, I have to take physics next semester!!</p>
<p>i should have taken the dam AP test</p>
<p>X–that’s why they call it “college.” </p>
<p>If you want easy, go major in kickball.</p>
<p>Haha I’m taking physics next semester too. It can’t be that bad – someone has to get an A!</p>
<p>sketchedout - The profs are horrible. Especially if you’re taking Engineering Physics, o mfg. Advisors say to take it at CC. I’ll probably do that for Physics 2.</p>
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<p>Well duh. I only said they were weedout courses. Not necessarily difficult, just a lot of work. But Physics here is different.</p>
<p>soadquake981 - Lol. Yeah, hope for a good curve!</p>
<p>crap i am taking engineering physics mechanics</p>
<p>have you heard that there are any good professors for it??</p>
<p>^ I see FIETE, G as the only choice for PHY 301 Mechanics. Don’t know about him, but I doubt he’s good. Most, if not all the physics profs are notoriously bad. :/</p>
<p>If you understood everything in pre-calculus in high school, then you should be fine in 408C. Also if you’re an engineering major and can’t even pass 408C, then I suggest you change majors…</p>
<p>no xcellerator i mean 303k</p>
<p>options are florin, antoniewicz, and turner</p>
<p>I heard Turner was bad from some of my friends. Don’t know anything about Antoniewicz. I’d probably go with Florin.</p>