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Ok this year (junior year) I finished taking Integrated Math 3 aka (Algebra 2 + Trig) and I received a B for the semester in it. I am taking pre-calculus at my local jc this summer. My academic advisor told me that if I receive an A in pre-calculus that I could go on to take AP Calculus for my senior year. If I don't receive an A in Pre-Calculus then I would take Statistics at my school for my senior year. Since Statistics is't the most challenging of courses (and we don't offer AP Stats) I was thinking of taking Stats at my school and then doing concurring enrollment at my jc during my senior year taking calculus (My school only offers AP Calculus, for some reason they don't have regular calculus). The reason why I am leaning towards not taking AP Calculus is because in the first semester of Integrated Math 3 I struggled and received a C in the course for the first semester. So I am kinda worried how I would fare in AP Calculus if I struggled in Integrated Math 3. O and one more thing I am already taking AP Government and AP English in my senior year so I don't want commit academic suicide. If I can handle the load I'll take it. I am not 4.0 student, I am about 3.5 - 3.6 unweighted. So here are my choices I can either take AP Calculus at my school or I can take Statistics at my school and at the same time be taking Calculus at my local jc. Which would you pick? Thanks for your time.

By Serene (Serene) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 03:04 pm: Edit

AP calc at your school. It's one fewer class, so less work altogether. Of course, decide after you take precalc. It'd be a review for Math 3 so maybe you'd have a better foundation after that.

By Spartan858585 (Spartan858585) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 07:01 pm: Edit

Thanks Serence. Any other opinions posters?

By Spartan858585 (Spartan858585) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 11:47 pm: Edit

bump

By Texas137 (Texas137) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 12:18 am: Edit

calculus at the jr. college won't be any easier than AP calculus at your school, it will just add transportation hassles. It's the same material. AP Calculus AB = 1st semester college calculus. Confirm this by contacting the advising center at the jr. college and asking which one of their courses they consider equiv. to calc AB. Most high schools do calc AB over a year, so it would probably go at a slower pace than the jr. college equivalent.

By Quakerboy2 (Quakerboy2) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 12:34 am: Edit

If you didn't do so well in math this year, it will get a lot harder this year. The reason calculus gets so many mentions as a generic hard class is because it is. Granted that I took BC this year, but that's just a faster-paced version. You could probably handle calc if you worked really hard at both the summer course (to get your A) and the class itself, but beware that it will be much harder that this year.

If you don't get the A in precalc, unless you feel very solid and your grade doesn't reflect that, I wouldn't take calc. 1st semester of senior year will be hell enough without an impossible math class to deal with.

Basically, if you feel like you can do it, take your calculus class wherever, but be aware that it will be difficult.

By Spartan858585 (Spartan858585) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 06:12 pm: Edit

Thanks, any more opinions?

By Supernova (Supernova) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 09:37 pm: Edit

so you took algebrea 2 + trig your junior year and struggled with it?

pre-calculus isn't any easier than algebra 2 so i don't know how good of a foundation you'll be able to buid in a summer

and calculus is even harder so really i don't know if you'll be able to handle it...

i don't want to be pessimistic but i just think its difficult to understand something thoroughly enough over the summer to move onto a level even higher when you were struggling with one 2 levels below it.

i say this only because i am a sophomore and i took pre-calc this year and it's my worst subject i'm struggling for an A- right now and i'm scared about AP Calc BC so if i were in your position i don't know if i would do that.

good luck to you, whatever you do.