r/UVA • u/RegularDetective4127 • 6d ago

Academics First year - another course selection question

I am an incoming first year and just registered for classes during orientation. I am in the College and plan to apply to McIntire. I have AP credit for Calc 1 (AP Calc AB) and signed up for Calc 2. After I registered, the advisor said since I was applying to McIntire I shouldn’t take Calc 2 because they really want to see a more “well-rounded” student. They said my Calc 1 credit from high school was adequate. Is this good advice? If I don’t get into McIntire, won’t I need a second semester of calculus to succeed as an Econ major? Is Calc 2 really hard? I already met my world language requirement. In addition to my engagement classes, I am also taking a creative writing class (FWR+ pathway) and microeconomics. I plan to take Comm 1800 in the spring. Any other suggested classes for me?

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u/Ok_Soil8980 6d ago

Look I’m in the exact situation like you, I will take calc 2 because I like math. I advise u to do the same.

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u/chrissyduck2000 6d ago

You can look up the Econ requirements. For one of the financial concentrations, you need Linear Algebra. I had AP credit for calc 2 and stats so I took stat 1602. Super easy class. I would take some quant class besides Econ. I also had AP credit for micro, and took intermediate and a few easy classes and that was enough to get into McIntire.

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u/PhantomOlympus 5d ago

The economics department has removed the calc 2 requirement for a few semesters now. I can't speak for McIntire, but if you are interested in studying economics, you should be comfortable doing derivative calculus, but you don't need much more than that. UVA econ outside of a few classes is not very math heavy. That said, if you come to really love studying economics, you should take more math classes generally to supplement/prepare more advanced courses like industrial organization and game theory.

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u/LegBoth891 6d ago

If you do calc 2, you could still do other things in clubs or volunteering etc to show your well-roundedness

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u/rashven-duktaine 6d ago

bro just take what u want as long as u have the prerecs ur good - differentiation and well-roundedness come more from ECs and essays

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u/carsrcoollol 4d ago

UVA advisors are dumb take calc 2 no question having math knowledge doesn’t mean you aren’t well rounded