Did you guys take "Pre-AP" classes? / Will this look weird?

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<p>Okay...this is what my transcript will look like:</p>

<p>Freshman Year:</p>

<p>Algebra I Adv.
Biology Adv.
Health / PE
Economics Adv / Political Science Adv.
English I Adv.
Choral Music I - Men
Concert Band.</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:</p>

<p>English II Adv.
Earth and Space Science with Physics Adv.
Chamber Choir
Geometry Adv.
World Civ. Adv.
Visual Arts I
Concert Band</p>

<p>Junior Year:</p>

<p>APUSH
Chemistry I (I think this was advanced...I'm not too sure though).
AP European History (First year it was offered, see my post about everyone failing the exam).
Spanish I
Pre-AP Algebra II******
AP English Language
Concert Band</p>

<p>Senior Year:</p>

<p>Photography
College Algebra
Sociology (Dual Credit)
Freshman Composition (Dual Credit)
Intro to Psychology (Dual Credit)
Band
AP US Gov't
Computer Applications
Spanish II.</p>

<p><strong><em>The whole point</em></strong>
Are they going to look at this and be like "Y U NO TAKE MORE PRE-AP CLASSES?!" Pre-AP was first offered my junior year, and the only reason I took it was to have a better teacher.</p>

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<p>“Pre-AP” probably means the same as “honors” or “advanced” when you have not yet reached the level in the subject where AP is offered. I.e. if you have not reached calculus, they may offer “honors”, “advanced”, or “pre-AP” courses in the math courses before calculus (geometry, algebra II, precalculus and trigonometry).</p>

<p>And what is “college algebra”? Is it just another name for precalculus and trigonometry (the normal course you would take after algebra II)?</p>

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<p>ucbalumnus- College Algebra is notch below pre-calculus. At least, that’s how it is at my school.</p>

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<p>College Algebra is the math class after Alg2/trig in my school for those not taking pre-calc + Calc AB</p>

<p>Those taking Calc AB in my school take a double period with pre-calc as the first period and AP calc as the 2nd period.</p>

<p>So yeah as tyler said it’s a “notch below pre-calc”</p>

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<p>College Algebra is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a College level, algebra class taught at the community college, and I get dual credit.</p>

<p>The class I’m in is about on the same level as Pre-Cal.</p>

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<p>Back when I was in high school, it was simpler. The math sequence was this, for those intending to go to college or university:</p>

<p>Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Trigonometry / Precalculus
Calculus BC</p>

<p>Most students took Algebra I in 9th grade and finished Trigonometry / Precalculus in 12th grade. Better students at math took Algebra I in 8th grade and finished Calculus BC in 12th grade. An occasional rare student took Algebra I in 7th grade and finished Calculus BC in 11th grade.</p>

<p>Honors courses were available in Geometry, Algebra II, and Trigonometry / Precalculus; most of the students in the honors courses were the advanced ones. (Calculus BC was assumed to be honors since it was an AP course.)</p>

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<p>At our school it’s:</p>

<p>Algebra I (You can test into it in the eighth grade…only a select few do).
Geometry
Algebra II</p>

<p>Then, if you’re a junior and have finished Algebra II:
Pre-Cal
AP Calc AB (Usually on 5 to 9 people make it this far).</p>

<p>Or if you’re a senior finished with Algebra II:
Consumer/Business Math (If you got below a 16 in math on the ACT) OR
Transition to College Math (If you get a 16-21 in Math on the ACT) OR
College Algebra (22+) for dual credit.</p>

<p>I was supposed to be one of the people who took Pre-Cal and AP Calc, but my credit was screwed up from the eighth grade so I had to retake Algebra I.</p>

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<p>Don’t expect a university to accept “college algebra” credit, since what you describe is generally considered a high school level course (precalculus, normally taken as a senior in high school so that you will be ready for calculus as a freshman in university).</p>

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<p>The university I’m attending is accepting it. I’m not going for a huge one…just an in-state.</p>

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<p>It counts as an Introductory course, but one of the higher ones. It translates out to MAT 150.</p>

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<p>At my school honors classes are considered pre-AP/IB, ie 9th and 10th grade Honors English are pre-AP for the AP Englishes in 11th/12th grades</p>