AP Calc question

[vmc303]

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So, I understand that some (most?) schools count certain scores on the AP Calc exam as a semester or year of math. It's been a while since I took the BC exam, but from what I recall, I got a 3 on the overall test, and a 5 on the BC subsection. Does this make any sense? I've been Googling the test for a while, and I can't even find any mentions of people receiving a BC subscore. Did I mix something up? What is it that I likely got? And what will this count for, if anything?

 

[_ian]

So, I understand that some (most?) schools count certain scores on the AP Calc exam as a semester or year of math. It's been a while since I took the BC exam, but from what I recall, I got a 3 on the overall test, and a 5 on the BC subsection. Does this make any sense? I've been Googling the test for a while, and I can't even find any mentions of people receiving a BC subscore. Did I mix something up? What is it that I likely got? And what will this count for, if anything?

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, because it's essentially impossible for someone to get a 3 on AB stuff with a 5 on BC stuff. You had a 3 on the BC exam, with a 5 on the AB subsection... so you know your Calc I stuff, but not your Calc II stuff. It probably won't actually count for anything unless you took Calc II at your university.

 

[vmc303]

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, because it's essentially impossible for someone to get a 3 on AB stuff with a 5 on BC stuff. You had a 3 on the BC exam, with a 5 on the AB subsection... so you know your Calc I stuff, but not your Calc II stuff. It probably won't actually count for anything unless you took Calc II at your university.

This is what I figured was probably the case. I did take Calc II (or whatever multivariable calculus is) in college. Hopefully these two things will suffice for a year of math. If I'd progressed any further, I would've been into linear algebra and diff eq, which seems like overkill for med school purposes.

 

[TMP-SMX]

This is what I figured was probably the case. I did take Calc II (or whatever multivariable calculus is) in college. Hopefully these two things will suffice for a year of math. If I'd progressed any further, I would've been into linear algebra and diff eq, which seems like overkill for med school purposes.

What are you worrying about? Multivariable calculus is beyond even calc II.

 

[Compass]

MV Calc is Calc III.

 

[vmc303]

What are you worrying about? Multivariable calculus is beyond even calc II.

Mainly, the "one year of college math" requirement that some schools have. Apparently it doesn't matter if you did more college math before the age of 17 than most people get through during actual college, they just want to see two documented semesters of math on your transcript. Since I only took one semester in college, I'm trying to determine whether hassling with my AP scores and sending those in now will do me any good.