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03-20-2011 , 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
I'd be shocked if 10% of high school students took calculus. I'd be shocked if 2% were able to get credit for Calc 2 in college. A ton of people who do take Calc in HS only take the equivalent of Calc 1, but spread out over an entire year.
10% seems too high, especially for public schools
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03-20-2011 , 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HungryHippo
most people don't even take calculus
Pretty sure some basic Calculus class is a requirement for most majors...
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03-20-2011 , 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverman
Calc 2 = Calc BC?

I got a 5 on the Calculus AP exam and the entry level calculus class at Princeton was still no joke.
It depends on the school. OSU is weird because they are on quarters (at least for a bit). So Calc BC is Calc 151, 152, 153. Calc AB was just 151. 152 started with integrals, which is the class Craft is in.

A lot of people who even got credit started over just to make sure they were solid on it. I know a few people who did that.

Even with a 5 on BC, there's another calc class a lot of engineers have to take that covers multi-variable calc.

Even for people who are in college, a ton never touch calculus.
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03-20-2011 , 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
I'd be shocked if 10% of high school students took calculus. I'd be shocked if 2% were able to get credit for Calc 2 in college. A ton of people who do take Calc in HS only take the equivalent of Calc 1, but spread out over an entire year.
this.

For me, high school calc was the equivalent of Calc 1 + about 1/4 of Calc 2. The difference was that our teacher sucked at calculus and at teaching calculus compared to the college professors who have Ph.D's in math obviously. So high school Calc was pretty much the exact equivalent of Calc 1 in college in terms of difficulty (yeah, I took both for a reason that's a long story). Calc 2 in college is real hard, Calc 3 is a breeze.
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03-20-2011 , 05:45 PM
zomg accidentally clicked on SMP
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03-20-2011 , 05:45 PM
K less calculus, more Gus
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03-20-2011 , 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tschubauer
this.

For me, high school calc was the equivalent of Calc 1 + about 1/4 of Calc 2. The difference was that our teacher sucked at calculus and at teaching calculus compared to the college professors who have Ph.D's in math obviously. So high school Calc was pretty much the exact equivalent of Calc 1 in college in terms of difficulty (yeah, I took both for a reason that's a long story). Calc 2 in college is real hard, Calc 3 is a breeze.
Calc 2 is the biggest weed out class for engineers AFAIK. I think something like 50% of people who take it fail or drop it.
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03-20-2011 , 05:47 PM
Loss of Luke Hancock for GMU is massive. Really makes them go at the point forward role.
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03-20-2011 , 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by tweedybirdd
K less calculus, more Gus
boring game. more calc talk imo.
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03-20-2011 , 05:48 PM
Midnight coming early tonight for Mason.
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03-20-2011 , 05:48 PM
How is Lauderdale only ~22 years old? Guy looks like he is at least 35.
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03-20-2011 , 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
Calc 2 is the biggest weed out class for engineers AFAIK. I think something like 50% of people who take it fail or drop it.
Yeah, by the time of our 2nd exam, our class of 150 was down to less than 90. Brag: I got an A.

Wonder what the score is if GMU had hancock
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03-20-2011 , 05:50 PM
Calc isn't required of most majors in a liberal arts program that I can think of, but it's an option.

I've taught Quant Methods for Political Science undergrads, and concepts like median/mode were beyond a disappointingly high number. I can't see these people passing anything beyond elementary math concepts.
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03-20-2011 , 05:50 PM
my biggest weedout class was econometrics. 30people->12 people
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03-20-2011 , 05:52 PM
Not sure the refs know they can call fouls on Ohio State when GMU has the ball.
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03-20-2011 , 05:52 PM
I managed to weed out 1/2 my master's in public admin students this semester in a math related class... governmental budgeting.

Go figure.
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03-20-2011 , 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by charder30
Not sure the refs know they can call fouls on Ohio State when GMU has the ball.
there we go!
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03-20-2011 , 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
It depends on the school. OSU is weird because they are on quarters (at least for a bit). So Calc BC is Calc 151, 152, 153. Calc AB was just 151. 152 started with integrals, which is the class Craft is in.

A lot of people who even got credit started over just to make sure they were solid on it. I know a few people who did that.

Even with a 5 on BC, there's another calc class a lot of engineers have to take that covers multi-variable calc.

Even for people who are in college, a ton never touch calculus.
confirmed. i got a 3 on the BC portion and a 5 on the AB, and 0 credits at meeshigan. to save face, i basically said lol to my teacher when he asked me to learn infinite series.

and LOL at lol'ing at gus. athletes taking calc??? you are either faced with a decent amt of work in college calc even at tOSU or you're very bright, and craft's probably no rhode's scholar. gus knows his sht.
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03-20-2011 , 05:55 PM
K, start the next game
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03-20-2011 , 05:55 PM
looking forward to kentucky ohio st
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03-20-2011 , 05:55 PM
give me a ****ing break
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03-20-2011 , 05:56 PM
Really hoping for a matchup against UNC, that will make an epic game if we can make it that far and they can too (and of course UNC will, lolbigeast)
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03-20-2011 , 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 425kid
I think it's ridiculous that North Carolina only won today because they were in Charlotte
but we live in a world where teams know this to be true. so unc won the acc regular season and was rewarded as a result. and the selection committee still screwed them by giving them a "7" seed that was way underseeded. i'm not arguing it sucks for UW...team traveling the furthest, underseeded, forced to play a big fan base in state...

but UNC, Duke, Ohio St, Florida all played in state and ND, Pittsburgh, BYU, Kansas, Texas, Purdue, SDSU were in bordering states (i threw Pitt in there cuz it's only 4 hours to DC).

so that leaves L'ville (Denver), Wisco (Tuscon), UConn (DC...not bad at all), Kentucky (Tampa), Syracuse (Cleveland) (all 3 and 4 seeds) with less than desirable geographic locations.

i'm really just defending UNC by saying don't pick on them, pick on the system. but i'd also say, there's nothing wrong with the system (as capone pointed out somwhere earlier ncaa games in NC sell tickets and that won't change anytime soon so having the state host the tournament won't either).
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03-20-2011 , 05:57 PM
Possibility for OSU UK UNC and Cuse in one region

Scalpers going crazy
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03-20-2011 , 05:58 PM
GAME OF THE DAY starting in 10 min.

George Mason blows.
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