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Old 12-04-2006, 07:25 AM   #14 (permalink)
tkkoh
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Originally Posted by snappythecrab View Post
in reply to weirdo...

I disagree. the applicant in question doesn't even have what amounts to what is more and more becoming a US high school level education in mathematics. while schools are sometimes willing to overlook a rigorous background mathematics, I would be willing to bet that the number of students admitted to top programs that have never seen a derivative, is very, very, small. even schools such as George Mason require that students have at least two semesters of calc and one of linear algebra.
I'm not from US and I always see Calculus as a requirement for most PhD programs (non-econs). I'm curious - what are the topics that are covered in the "standard" 2-semester of Calculus? Thanks in advance for the enlightenment.
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