<p>Well I just realized that I'll never take calculus. It will go like this:</p>
<p>Fresh: Algebra I
Soph: Geometry
Junior: Algebra II
Senior: Pre calc</p>
<p>Only a small number of people who took Algebra I in 8th grade and Geo in Fresh will get up to the Actual calculus. Is this looked badly upon that I will have never taken it? (I thinking about attending large state schools preferbly the UC's)</p>
<p>It all depends on your major, if you dont' want to do any math in college be a Poli Sci or English major. I'm a computer Science major and I have to take Applied Calculus 1 and discrete mathematics, what that is. You might be able to test out of them.</p>
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<p>well you can take pre calc in the summer then take calculas in senior year</p>
<p>i agree with jjjames. if ur not gonna go the sci/math route i dont think it'll really affect u.</p>
<p>I'd say going to college without having been exposed to calculus is foolish. My AP Calc teacher told us that most kids that haven't been exposed to Calculus, get to college, are shocked, and end up failing college math courses because of it.</p>
<p>I'd definately say fit it in there somewhere. Even if you need to take other courses during the summer to be able to fit it in. </p>
<p>And jjjames, any college major you will have to take math. It's called 'general education requirements.'</p>
<p>I agree with klf- take precalc over the summer at your community college (im not sure if epgy offers it..) and take calc next year</p>
<p>It all depends on your major.
If you're not gifted in math or science (and they oftentimes go hand in hand), you probably shouldn't be entering a math-intensive field, in which case you don't need calculus.
On the other hand, if you want to enter a math- or science-related field, you'll probably need calculus.
What are your interests?</p>
<p>Silly general education requirements. Don't take calculus unless you need to or you think you won't have trouble passing it. I don't see why someone doing, say, an arts degree would need it.</p>
<p>No, way, take Algebra II a community college or Geometry after 9th or 10th grade (geometry would be easier to grasp during summer than an Algebra course though...) Come pre-calc though it gets a bit tougher and it would be better to learn it over a whole year to really prepare for Calc. Take one of the 'easier' courses over the summer because that way you won't be rushing through something that's difficult and then not even remembering it.</p>
<p>I don't think that it will really matter all that much. My sister didn't take Calculus in high school and she is doing just fine in her college engineering program.</p>
<p>Ask your dean of students. My Dean wouldn't let me take Pre-Cal during the summer. >< I guess there's no way I'll take Cal in my sr year.</p>
<p>Take Calculus if you can.</p>
<p>My little cousin is in the 7th grade and I've taught him the concept of limits. He can take the limits of polynomial terms! What I'm trying to say is, Calculus isn't really that hard.</p>
<p>They don't teach it over the summer because summer school is only for kids who failed a class needed to graduate and my CC wont let anyone under 18 take classes because so many people go there. Our dean of students was changed to dean of discipline because my school has a violence problem so I doubt he'll do anything (he was promoted from being a security guard)</p>
<p>I plan on doing something in business so I'll probably major in poli sci. I was just wondering if its like a big admission requirement like four years of english.</p>
<p>meh, i wish they didn't make us take that algebra two crap, it's such a waste of time. Essentially the same class as pre calc. try a summer course if possible. </p>
<p>Does your school offer algebra II/ Trig? You'll want trig, trust me.</p>
<p>calculus is the most useless subject ever.</p>
<p><em>sullenly returns to bs-ing taylor polynomials</em></p>
<p>really if you have to take a math class see if you can just test out of it. At my school the testing center said harly anyone takes the tests to test out of classes because they dont' know they can do that</p>
<p>I think you can test out of pre calc, I might try that but I am absolutely terrible at math.</p>
<p>Well, pre calc wasn't very similar to calc at all in my opinion, only a few things were similar. I took an easier route and in my junior year took Honors Calc instead of AP, and it was extremely easy. I learned the same things as AP Calc students (I had a lot of friends in AP Calc because I was in their math class the previous years) just I learned them at a smaller level, with easier problems. If theres an honors calc at your school, go for that and take pre calc in the summer, but I dont think honors calc is extremely common,but I could be wrong. Anyone wanna inform me?</p>