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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math 55, which cannot be less rigorous than UofC honors analysis, covers most of the undergraduate math curriculum (100 level courses at Harvard, already pretty hair raising stuff) but does not delve in any depth into graduate topics (200 level courses, the cliffs of insanity). There's just no way honors analysis is harder than that, so it's an exaggeration to say it would be a graduate class at most schools, unless you're thinking of schools like Montclair State.

HOWEVER, not a single LAC in the country offers the equivalent of Math 55 or honors analysis. They are extremely accelerated classes for a small sliver of the national undergrad population. Those kids didn't go to LACs. So UChicago booster is right in that respect.[/quote] It's not an exaggeration, because 20700-20800-20900 is only analysis for a full year, where's math 55 covers many different topics in the same time frame. Therefore, the UChicago honors analysis sequence can go deeper into graduate level material without needing to be way more work than math 55.[/quote]

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