<p>I'm planning on taking the honors Algebra 2 course this summer. I've never done anything like this so I don't know what to expect. Do i have to be qualified? Also how hard is the course? How will it affect my summer? Just all the stuff about how long I have to be on the computer and if it there's a set time I have to be on because I'm probably taking drivers ed too.</p>
<p>I'm doing AB Calc this year through CTY, so I know a little something about how it works. You can sign up for 3 months, 6 months, or 9 month sessions, but I'm guessing you would do the 3 month session because you want to do this for the summer. </p>
<p>There is no official class time, though you can set up a session with your teacher if you need one. CTY sends you video lectures on some CDs and a syllabus that tells you what lectures you have to do each week in order to finish the course on time, but you can move as quickly as slowly as you want. The only catch with moving slowly is that you cannot take the final exam after exactly 3 months from the day you started the course, if you do the 3 month session obviously. You have tests that are on the Thinkwell website (Thinkwell is the company that does the video lectures you get) and you fill out the tests and fax/scan and e-mail your tests to your teacher who then grades them and sends them back to you.</p>
<p>As for how much time you have to spend on the computer, well the lectures range anywhere from 5-30 minutes, and I do about 9-12 lectures a week, though I'm in the 6 month session, so you would be doing more. Also, it depends how good you are at math. There is no official textbook, but they do provide lecture notes you can go back and look at so you don't have to watch the lecture again. There are also exercises on the website for each lecture that you can do to make sure you get the material. All these things are there to help you, but if it is tough for you to learn math, then you will have to spend some extra time on the computer in tutoring sessions or on the website or reviewing lectures. </p>
<p>I must say that there isn't much outside help, so you not only have to be good at math, but you also have to be very self-motivated and be able to teach yourself. If you can't do one of those things, then the course will be difficult.</p>
<p>i still don't get like what you mean by teacher. if i sign up for this will i be assigned a teacher? also how are you qualified and when is the deadline.</p>
<p>They assign you a teacher and he/she will e-mail you once you are officially enrolled. I don't quite know what you mean by qualified, but you don't have to apply for the program; you just have to sign up and pay for it. If you mean qualified as in how do you get grades, you take tests then send them to your assigned teacher and then s/he grades them and sends them back. You also have a midterm and a final that you have to take as well. Those grades added up will give you your final grade for the class. You can also get transcripts that CTY calls reports that they can send to colleges or other summer programs or whatnot.</p>
<p>As for the deadline, there is no deadline to apply/start. I started my calc class just before November even though all my other classes had started in August. You do have to allow for 2 weeks once you sign up until you can officially start the class. They have to process your info and send you the materials and such, so that's reasonable.</p>
<p>If you mean deadline for finishing the course, you have to finish the course in exactly 3 months from the start date, which is two weeks after your sign up date. If you cannot do that, then you have to either drop the course or pay for an extra 3 months (so you would basically be paying for a 6 month session instead of a 3 month one).</p>
<p>Anymore questions?</p>
<p>i get it that's cool. so if i thought i could study enough by myself i could choose to take something like ap calculus? do they check if you've taken the prerequisite classes?</p>
<p>I don't know if they check because I already had taken the classes, so I didn't really care if they did or not. If you haven't taken the classes, then it's going to be A LOT harder. There are things they just expect you to know, like all the trigonometric identities and other concepts about hyperbolas/ellipses. Trust me, you don't want to have to teach yourself all the prerequisite stuff and calculus at the same time, especially if you want to do the three month session.</p>