<p>I've heard that Texas calc is absolutely terrible. Bad teachers, large classes, and hard. However, taking calc at a CC is hard also because it's really fast/condensed. Is it as bad as people say? I'm pretty good at math and I was really good at Trig (which I heard helped), and currently have a 95% in College Algebra</p>
<p>It isn’t hard at all (tests/course material). But 95% of the teachers are downright awful. This is what makes it <em>hard</em>. So if you are not good at teaching yourself math, stay away, and take it at a CC. Because at a CC, they’ll actually teach you.</p>
<p>Can you handle Calculus/advanced math problems on your own with limited help or do you require a good instructor and lots of time to understand math?</p>
<p>If it’s the latter then avoid Calculus at UT and take it at a CC during the summer and maybe during the winter mini session. Even the advisors will tell you to avoid Calculus at UT because of the high dropout rates not to mention the math faculty sucks.</p>
<p>Take it somewhere else if possible. If you must take it here, try to get Gonzales. He is the best at teaching the material. Keep in mind too that most (I think all) classes are curved and you will be competing with others who should have tested out of the material but didn’t, hoping for an easy A.</p>
<p>Yes I would take it at a community college. If you take it at UT, it can ruin your GPA and that would suck if you are trying to get into McCombs.</p>
<p>Granted, it was almost 30 years ago (being vague here!), but when I took calc. at UT, I wound up in a section with 50 students taught by an engineering TA. She was Indian, and her accent so thick, I couldn’t understand a WORD…handwriting on the board absolutely illegible, no office hours.</p>
<p>It was the only “C” I got in college, and I was thrilled to get it, 'cause LOTS of kids I knew failed. Don’t remember it being curved; in those days the Dean was on a witchhunt about “grade inflation” and there were actually incentives NOT to curve.</p>
<p>Sounds like not much has changed.</p>
<p>haha, that sounds terrible, however my teacher is saying that calc at the local CC is really hard because of how dense and fast paced it is. I’ll have to call them tomorrow</p>
<p>You can take it at ACC during the school year. I heard that quite a few people take it at ACC.</p>
<p>Do classes taken during the summer affect GPAs?</p>
<p>jkapkan–</p>
<p>While calculus is fast paced and condensed because of summer school time restrictions, keep in mind that UT only looks to see that you passed the class(es) with a 70. The credits transfer, but the grades are not calculated into your UT GPA. </p>
<p>As others have mentioned here and in other threads, take calculus at your community college. It is much more advantageous in the long run to get a ‘C’ there than at UT.</p>
<p>D1 dropped calc waaay into the semester…had to get the Dean’s signature I think, but she was struggling to the detriment of all her other classes. And she is good at math. The prof was really that bad.</p>
<p>Take it at community college.</p>
<p>Would I be able to finish Calc 1 and 2 in one summer? Thats big that it doesn’t go into my UT GPA just as long as I pass which I will…I will call to make sure the credits will transfer.</p>
<p>I was looking to take it over the summer as well, and my local CC has an “interim” summer semester which starts may 17th, and then a regular summer semester, and they told me I could take calc I in the interim semester then calc 2 in the summer semester, so it is possible, but check with your CC. </p>
<p>-I decided not to take it over the summer because that may 17th date would mean me missing the last week of senior year and going to class the day after graduation. Not happening, ever. I plan on taking it at Austin CC</p>
<p>At my CC, the summer courses are split into 6 weeks. So you are able to take both calculus 1 and 2.</p>
<p>How about Calc 3 in the summer with Discrete Math? Would you recommend a CC. Was thinking perhaps Texas State U.</p>
<p>Yeah those would be two good options. You are going to forget the majority of what you learn in calculus anyways besides some simple techniques like substitution and various identities. So save the money at take them at a CC.</p>
<p>Would anyone happen to know if when you receive a passing grade (4) on an AP calculus exam, if the credit will transfer over as an automatic “C”?</p>
<p>I’m applying as a freshman for the Cockrell School of Engineering next fall and would find it pleasant to at least escape all this horror I keep hearing about.</p>
<p>No, you will just get a “CR” for credit on your transcript.</p>