<p>I just have a question about haas’s pre-reqs. so i’m planning to attend uc berkeley in the fall and i really really REALLY want to go to haas. But I’m also really worried about how selective everyone says it is. So back to my question: a couple of haas’s pre-reqs, i can test out of with ap credit (ex. calculus). do you suggest that i do this or instead take the class & boost my gpa? in other words, does haas care how advanced your classes are or do they care more about how high your gpa is? </p>
<p>for example for calculus, i took calc bc my junior year, had a phenomenal teacher & learned a lot so i think i would be able to do OK if i took the next level up (so maybe get a B in multivar) but if i took calc bc again at uc berk, i think i would most likely get an A. </p>
<p>Sorry for the long question but thanks in advance!</p>
<p>this is the first year you could choose between EITHER 1B OR 16B OR 53 OR 54.</p>
<p>assuming you got a 5 on the AP BC test, you pass out of * only*16A/1A.</p>
<p>let me answer your question with another question: is there a reason you want to take multivar? (aside some sort of school conditioning/brainwashing that makes your inner self long to take the “next” step [any end in sight?]) if there’s a legit reason you want to take multivar or linear algebra (ie: you think it’d help add to the knowledge set you’re trying to form for your career; you want to major/minor in something that needs 53 or 54) then i say go for it, but know that 53 and 54 is filled with math majors and engineers. if you can grab a good grade, you’ll have to work for it if math’s not your best subject (which i wont assume it is since i knew a lot of pre-haas-ers who epic failed 16 B…)</p>
<p>if i were you, (and didnt need 53/54 for another major/minor) i’d grab 1B and try to own. </p>
<p>if you’re clinging to your high school mentality of progress for the sake of progress, you can always sign up for both and then drop out of the one you don’t want after a few weeks…</p>
<p>honestly though, haas doesn’t give 2 *****s if you take math 218 B or math 16 B, as long as you get a good grade in it.</p>
<p>gpa is truly important. (though still not everything, obviously)</p>
<p>If you don’t plan on doing anything quantitative, I don’t see any reason why you would take 1B over 16B… Also, you should know that Math 1B is a weeder course with a history of 50% fail rate and being ownage in hs calc bc and getting a 5 on the AP exam doesn’t guarantee an A. Maybe you would get an A, but I don’t think it’s worth risking if all you want to do is show off to the adcoms.</p>
got a 5 in BC calc, i walked into 1A my first day as freshman wanting to totally own and get an A, left the first day because it was SO. MUF<em>**EN. BORING. i wanted to kill myself it was painful to “learn” the stuff again. and i remembered how boring the hw would be and all that other s</em>*t you have to put up with in single var calc. ugh.</p>
<p>my point is. there are better ways to grab A’s than essentially “retaking” a class.
try grabbing and stocking up on easy breadths and ac’s and get your r1a/r1b outta the way and prep a little for a back up major just in case (unless ur going to econ).</p>
<p>^ with borcherds? that guy could even do them? he came off as a complete dummy and then took a 15 minute break halfway through the period b/c he “understands” that “it’s hard to sit and do math for an hour and a half”</p>
<p>Well if I was a fields medalist, I wouldn’t care about my math 1A lectures either. Just sayin’. It just sounds like you hate calculus rather than “retaking a class”. I’m sure if you had fun in a specific course, you wouldn’t mind retaking a more rigorous version of it.</p>
<p>The counterargument is that the OP presumably came to Berkeley to learn. If s/he likes math and is good at it (rather likely for those who got a 5 on the AP Calculus BC test), then it may be an opportunity to learn more math ([Math</a> 53 and/or 54, which the Math department allows](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html]Math”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html)), or relearn calculus with more theory (Math H1B), just because of intellectual curiosity, even if Haas allows him/her to go back to 16B (which would seem ridiculous as it is repeating a course at probably a lower level of rigor than s/he had before in high school – why attend a university to do that?).</p>
<p>Taking the more advanced math in this case may also help if s/he later decides to major or minor in something that requires more math than Math 16B.</p>
<p>You may be underestimating yourself. A student who took AP Calculus BC in 11th grade (two grade levels ahead of the normal sequence) and got a 5 on the AP test is probably one of the top students in math, even in the context of Berkeley students.</p>
<p>thanks for all the answers. i think i’ll skip 1A and go straight to 1B since it seems, based on crowslayer’s response, that it might be really boring for me. I guess i’ll just spend the summer reviewing some of my old calculus notes and then go into 1B instead of 1A. </p>
<p>Btw, as a side note, i was just wondering: how difficult is it for continuing ucb students to get into haas? i’m not sure if this helps but i had a 4.0 unweighted gpa in high school, was president of a couple of clubs, and did a lot of volunteer work. i also got into nyu stern (which is way too expensive) and usc marshall (i just didn’t like the environment) but when i visited haas, i liked it a lot more. i’m not sure if maybe i’m making a mistake by going to the one school that hasn’t accepted me into the business school yet. does anyone else agree/disagree?</p>
<p>meh, I think if u just try, study, and don’t mess up, you will get in. it sounds like u have the potential to get in, just don’t slack off and u will be fine.</p>