<p>Hello everyone, I am attempting to transfer out of my CC after two years as a math major. Currently I am completing my second semester here. I have the option to take Calculus 1 and my second required English class for transfer online. Does this sound doable? The math and English course start the same time but the English online is only 6 weeks while the calculus is 8 weeks.</p>
<p>My GPA is currently a 3.31. </p>
<p>Well, by the semester calculations, for 9 units, you need to spend at least 18 hours studying per week. Since it’s a summer session, double that, plus adjusting for the 6 week online course, means you’ll probably have to focus on school stuff around 45 hours per week. Definitely doable. It’s basically a full time job. I managed to have a full time job and take Precalc during the summer and I did fine. I actually think Precalc was way harder than Calc 1 so I think it’s doable if you have nothing else going on.</p>
<p>I took 13 units during summer (8 weeks) and got all A’s, its doable…</p>
<p>Have you taken Calculus 1 before? I wouldn’t recommend taking calculus with any other class during the summer. </p>
<p>Your GPA is also kinda low, well for UCLA and UCB at least, so I would advise you to focus on getting As instead of focusing on rushing through courses to get units. </p>
<p>yeah its totally doable; last summer i took a writing and a chemistry class totaling 9 units. i got A’s in both, while working ~20-25 hrs a week. it was definitely a challenge, especially cause my chemistry teacher was so knit-picky about literally everything (like he would mark points off of my exams because my letters like m or k are “not capitalized enough” -_-). anyways it doable but it depends on how hard you are willing to work and if your willing to put the time and effort. other than that you should be good. good luck :)</p>
<p>It’s definitely doable, but I would not recommend taking Calc 1 during the summer, since you’ll be most likely cramming in all the information in a very short period of time. Assuming that there are at least three courses in the calc series, I’d wait until Fall as it allows you more time to understand the concepts.</p>
<p>It’s possible but I don’t recommend it unless you’re really motivated. I tried doing something like that last year and it kind of ruined my gpa. </p>
<p>Also calc is a big barrier for a lot of community college students. I know everyone here is probably a lot more hardworking than the average ccc student but just know that a lot of people fail calc the first time around. </p>
<p>Doable, yes, but perhaps not the best idea if you need to go on to calc 2. If you’re a math major, I imagine you will be going on after that. </p>
<p>I thought calc 1 was a breeze, much easier than pre-calc as someone mentioned, but calc 2 is brutal and really requires that you understand the concepts learned in calc 1. </p>
<p>If that’s a non-issue then by all means go for it!</p>
<p>It’s definitely doable especially if English is online. Last summer I took calc 2 and 4 online classes, including English which came out to a total of 18 units and I managed to get straight A’s. It was tough and took many sleepless nights but it wasn’t hard, just required a ton of work. I think you should go for it</p>
<p>I have a few options actually. My school units cap for summer is 9 units, but I just found out since I have above a 3.0 it is very likely I will get a petition approved to take over this amount. So, I would like to ask some advice now. I can take Calc 1 + Online English + a 4 week course on Political science that takes place before these courses even start (but count toward the 9) and this will total 12 units. Or I can take Calc 1 and American Sign Languages 1 for 10 credits. I need two semester of foreign language eventually. Any ideas?</p>
<p>9 units is totally doable, but I think Calculus I will be difficult. It’s a very new concept (even though it of course builds on precalc and trig). Taking 3 social science courses, for example, would be easy though.</p>