<p>Do you guys have to take Pre-Cal or can you go from Algebra II to Calculus?</p>
<p>Short answer: No. You pretty much have to take Pre- Calculus. There are topics covered (Trig, more advanced graphs, log functions, etc) that are not covered in Alg 2 and are essential for Calc</p>
<p>No. I had to take trig/analytic geo before calc though.</p>
<p>It is HIGHLY recommended to take Pre-Cal before Calculus. If you don’t, you’re just doing yourself a bad favor.</p>
<p>At my school, there are certain math sequences. I’m a rising sophomore, but this is my likely math sequence:</p>
<p>Honors (H) < High Honors (HH) < AP</p>
<p>9th grade: H Algebra 1
10th grade: HH Geometry & Analytical Geometry, HH Algebra 2 & Trigonometry (doubling up on math)
11th grade: AP Calculus AB
12th grade: either AP Calculus BC or AP Statistics</p>
<p>All in all, I don’t have take pre-calc because of the math sequence I’ve fallen into.</p>
<p>You need trigonometry, and most classes up until precalculus do not teach trigonometry. </p>
<p>If you have trigonometry down, though, then there’s really not a whole lot else you need for calculus. Maybe polar coordinates, parametric equations, and vectors, but that’s about it.</p>
<p>Yes please take pre cal! I thought about jumping from algebra II to calc but instead took pre cal and learned a lot of stuff I wouldn’t of learned if I took the jump to Calc and would of been behind.</p>
<p>Precal is important, however I feel like I had forgotten a lot of what I learned in precal by the time I took calculus and I did fine, so you will probably relearn a significant amount of what you would have learned in precal regardless. Trig is the biggest necessity from precal though, like Rob said. Otherwise, calculus just involves a lot of algebra, so with algebra II under your belt, I don’t think you’d be completely lost. Precal is a great foundation, though.</p>
<p>Precalc is just all the algebra, geometry, and trigonometry you’ve learned condensed into a year-long course. If you feel like you have a solid foundation in those subjects, you don’t necessarily need to take precalc, though it is highly recommended.</p>
<p>I think it depends. My Algebra 2 class covered pretty much no Trig, and there’s so much I learned in Pre-Cal that I can’t imagine going into Calculus without it. On the other hand, I know there are some Algebra 2 classes that do a pretty good job of covering more than just the basics, so I’d be a lot less worried in that case. It all comes down to your comfort level and the requirements though, and if neither are a problem for you, then sign up for Calculus; you can always switch out if you find it too difficult.</p>
<p>I went Algebra 2 to IB Math SL Year One. The way IB math is structured this was fine and pre-cal would have been repetitive.</p>
<p>At my school you have the option of either taking trigonometry or precalculus to move onto calculus.</p>
<p>If that’s your school’s math sequence, and not your own math sequence, you should be fine to take Calc, since I’m assuming that students who did well in those math classes and didn’t take precalc were also fine in Calc. </p>
<p>If you simply decided that that math sequence, as opposed to the one recommended by the school, sounded better, then no, you won’t be fine in Calc.</p>
<p>At my school you HAVE to take pre-calc. Everything after geometry is, technically, and elective at my school since apparently the normal high school student takes pre-algebra, algebra, then geometry. Most of the kids in my grade (class of 2013) will have taken algebra 2 their junior year and then either will take personal finance, regular stats, or pre-calc this year. Since it’s all chosen on our own though, we do need to take pre-calc before AP calc.</p>
<p>I skipped Precalculus this year, so I am now in AP Calculus BC. I do not recommend skipping Precalculus UNLESS you learn all the material on your own before you go into Calculus. Make sure you have trigonometry and general algebra skills mastered, and have a decent knowledge of polar coordinates and parametric equations.</p>
<p>Yeah, i’m talking Pre-Calc this year. I could’ve just…not taken a math, but that would’ve been terrible. The other options were trig/stats and a personal finance class.</p>
<p>This past year, the first student ever in my school skipped pre-calc and went straight to AP Calc. (One girl took precalc and Algebra II in the same year, but that was different.) She is a certified genius and said that her grades suffered somewhat, and she was required to take an aptitude test first in order to get in, but she did okay and got a 4 on the AP.
Now, following her lead are a bunch of kids in my grade who are skipping because pre-calc and AP Calc are in two different bars and they want to take something in the bar pre-calc’s in. I think it’s stupid. (Then again, I’ll be taking Algebra II, so who am I to talk?) In twelfth grade, I will either take pre-calc or AP Statistics (or both, if I self-study) or, if my parents help (they’re math wizards with degrees to prove it), I might, might, but only if I do really well in Algebra II, go straight to AP Calc or take a cc cource.</p>
<p>You should take precalculus to prepare yourself for calculus. Don’t take the risk, as Precalculus sets the learning curve well, and you would want good grades. </p>
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