<p>I will be taking a Calculus class as a first year. How can I brush up on my math skills before school starts? Should I go through an AP Calc book, online course, old notebook?</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>Idk if this is important, but calculators are not allowed in my math class.</p>
<p>Calculus as in Calculus I?</p>
<p>No need. It’s incredibly easy.</p>
<p>You will not have to worry about first year Calculus.</p>
<p>Hmmm, okay. But to be on the safe side ( I want a 4.0 first year) any tips?</p>
<p>What about for statistics?</p>
<p>If you mean calculus I, I don’t see the point… Calculus is very easy. No need to brush up.</p>
<p>You will basically be using algebra to apply new concepts you learn in calculus. I would just enjoy your summer and not worry about it. If you really want to review I guess algebra and trig maybe.</p>
<p>Khan Academy has some good video lectures on remedial math through differential equations and linear algebra.</p>
<p>wow! if i knew about Khan Academy HS would of been even easier</p>
<p>Calculus is new material, but you will need to have a decent algebraic foundation. If you find yourself rusty on some higher algebra concepts, then brush up.</p>
<p>What do people mean by “Calculus I”? I assume you mean the first semester (or in my case, quarter) of calculus, but don’t most schools have different levels of calculus? Mine has three levels, and while one can sleep through the easiest series, I’ve heard the first class of the hardest series is difficult even for people who get a five on AP Calc BC. So I don’t understand how someone can make a blanket statement about “Calculus I”…</p>
<p>My school has 4 different levels of calculus. Business calculus is considered the easiest, followed by life science calculus. Engineering calculus and calculus (for math majors) are considered to be of equal difficulty (the engineering department will accept math major calc and the math department will accept engineering calc as a prereq for anything that requires calculus, but will not accept business or life science calculus). Business calculus only has calc 1 and life science only has calc 1 and 2. Engineering calculus and regular calculus both have 3.</p>
<p>I took the engineering calculus series and calc 1 was still really easy. It probably helped that I had already taken AP Calc AB, though. (I got a 4 but I heard calc 2 was really hard and was afraid to take it first semester. I ended up getting an A+ in calc 1 with little to no effort and an A in calc 2 with a lot more effort).</p>
<p>Regardless of which type of calculus you take, if you feel hazy on trig or pre-calc it might be good to review that, but otherwise you should be fine.</p>