Dear Prospective Student:
If you are planning to come to Georgia Tech you are, most likely, planning to become an engineer or a scientist. Among the many exciting courses you will be taking there will be a substantial number of mathematics courses; the standard calculus sequence, Calculus I (Math 1501), Calculus II (Math1502), Calculus III (Math 2401 or Math 2605) and, of course many other 3000 and 4000 level courses. Almost 12% of all undergraduate course credits at Tech are in mathematics. For more details about the course content, please look at our Projected Schedule.
As you see from this list, the most basic course at Georgia Tech is the Calculus I course. Many of you had a some calculus taking AP credit courses. If you have a AB 5 or BC 4/5 you are well prepared already for Calculus II. Otherwise we recommend you take Calculus I.
Calculus I is a serious course, and we rely on you to bring a few prerequisites.
Below are a number of useful links that indicate what kind of mathematical knowledge is useful and helps you to succeed in the 1000 level Mathematics courses at Georgia Tech. Please note that these pages have been created to help you. They are not requirements like SAT tests or anything like that. In particular working through these pages do not increase or decrease your chances of getting accepted at Tech. They are just there to help you and, most importantly, we hope that you have some fun with it.
- Coming soon -- Diagnostic Test of your knowledge in mathematics: None of the questions in these tests are difficult. They let you know your general knowledge in mathematics. If there are some problems that you do not know how to solve or are too difficult, it simply means that you have to brush up your knowledge on this topic.
- Mathematical Topics Here is a list of mathematical toipics that in our experience proved to be useful. They are by no means exhaustive. For some of these topics you will find some links to further texts and problem sets.
- Coming Soon: An assortment of perceptions and misconceptions about mathematics: Here you will find some discussion of how some students perceive mathematics. The goal is to let Georgia Tech students tell their experience about learning Mathematics and how, sometimes, they had to change some of their perceptions about it