5 Week Intensive Summer Classes

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<p>Ugh.</p>

<p>I just started a 5 week intensive math class this week (Intermediate Algebra) and wow it's a pain! It's basically 2 hours 5 days a week for 5 weeks. I've got 1 week down, but oh my goodness I can tell this is not gonna be fun. Everything is so fast paced, and my teacher doesn't really do a good job with his lectures, but if you stay after class and ask specific questions he's much better...so it's a good thing that I've basically taken this class before (the HS version) because otherwise, I don't think I'd have a prayer at passing. The best part about it is the access to the gym at the college and the discount I can get on MS Office 07 (I can get it for $60 because I'm taking the class at the local CC).</p>

<p>Anyone else stuck taking summer classes? I'm glad this is the only one and that I'm going to school elsewhere come August. I just needed to get this class out of the way now.</p>

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<p>geography and microeconomics are eeeeeeeeeasy</p>

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<p>My math is easy too. Not super easy, but only because I haven’t done math in a year. Still though, it’s not enjoyable.</p>

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<p>They teach “intermediate algebra” in college? Never seen that before. Unless you mean abstract algebra.</p>

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<p>probably to clear a pre-req</p>

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<p>For UCSD, I have to take two classes they offer us for the Summer Bridge Program. It will last a month and I don’t know how difficult it is!</p>

<p>But I am sure am excited for it!</p>

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<p>Finished Microecon and Intro to Sociology at my local CC. HAHA, they were such jokes, but at least I get credit and they were cheap!</p>

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<p>Ray - They have math starting with Developmental Mathematics (basic math like decimals and fractions). After that comes Beginning Algebra, then Intermediate Algebra, then College Algebra and Trig…And my college that I’m actually going to in August teaches it too. And that’s a 4 year. LogicWarrior is right, it’s a prereq. Had I passed the Math B, I would’ve gotten out of it, but I didn’t.</p>

<p>ChristianWu - What’s a “summer bridge” program?</p>

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<p>Taking Calculus II. Pretty lazy so far, I’ve only managed to score 82s on the exams lol >.<</p>

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<p>Linear Algebra >_< its not really fun… Auditing Calculus II as well.</p>

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<p>Some community college classes are weed-out classes for popular majors at Berkeley and LA and are pretty tough, some are just for general ed requirements and those are easier.</p>

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<p>Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has a 5 week instensive Calculus class that covers Calculus I II and III in said time… and it’s more like 16 hours of math a day. I did that and don’t really feel pity for you.</p>

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Either you must not like math or you have a bad teacher because Lin Alg is amazing!! It’s just so visual and makes sense. And it’s so abstract - vectors can be anything - polynomials or sine’s and cosines if you want. Linear operators are all over math - Differentiation, Integration, Fourier, and even Laplace I believe.</p>

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<p>Either you must not like math or you have a bad teacher because Lin Alg is amazing!! It’s just so visual and makes sense. And it’s so abstract - vectors can be anything - polynomials or sine’s and cosines if you want. Linear operators are all over math - Differentiation, Integration, Fourier, and even Laplace I believe.</p>

<p>Yea… well so far he has only written long long proofs and paragraph long theorems. And sometimes he gets repetitive. I don’t know, my father laughed at me when I thought it was hard - apparently its supposed the be one of the easiest engineering classes - which is why I took it this summer.</p>

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<p>ray, i doubt you need abstract algebra to get into the gym</p>

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<p>Linear algebra can be taught different ways. It can be very computational and matrix oriented, or it can be more abstract. Your father may have taken the easier version.</p>

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<p>I’m sure you CHOSE to do that…so that’s quite different. I on the other hand basically needed to take this class now because if I didn’t I would be behind and HAVE to take stats next summer. Oh, and I hate math. I didn’t even take it this year as a senior because I hate it, suck at it, wasn’t required to take it, and won’t really need it.</p>

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<p>I’m taking 13 credits in 6 weeks, so I feel your pain.</p>