<p>I am a junior currently taking precalculus, and I'm doing well, with a grade of 95 percent. I plan on majoring in engineering, but I feel like I will not be prepared for the rigors of being an engineering student. Plus, I really like math, and want to get ahead. I got a 700 on my SAT math section. I am not too sure as to whether I am even eligible to take such a course during summer break as a future senior. Am I required to take a math placement test, or can I just sign up? I am aware of the quick pace, but would like to know if a prospective student, like me, would do well in the course. Also, I am in Orlando, Florida, and the community college I would attend is Valencia. Feedback would be very much appreciated!</p>
<p>What is wrong with taking Calc for your Sr year of HS? To risk a critical class compressed into a summer session seems unwise.</p>
<p>Taking calculus as a senior will prepare you just fine. Plenty of successful engineers don’t get to calculus before freshman year of college.</p>
<p>The pace of one summer term course versus an entire year could be counterproductive. An engineering student really needs to understand calculus- you don’t really want to rush through a foundational course for no good reason. I’d recommend doing calculus your senior year and taking the AP Calc AB exam (or BC if you feel like the course has prepared you)</p>
<p>You’d have to call the math department at the CC to find out how you can get in to the class, if you choose to take it. Last summer my kid took calculus 2, and we found that it was much easier to register for the class at the state university than to jump through the multiple hoops at the CC. Those hoops included math and english placement tests. We still had to contact the professor of the course at the state university to get him to sign off on the registration, as the online registration wouldn’t let us in because it couldn’t see the prerequisite calculus 1 course.</p>