xleper17

take summer school, any class that sounds remotely interesting is game. i would take one class a semester (if your CC has two parts to the summer semester). that's 6 units right there. taking more than one class is NOT hard (i took 3 one semester) but it takes time to get used to it. one can never be too cautious.

bjt223

Sorry if i'm asking a lot of question, but I want to make sure I am going to a right direction. Right now, I'm thinking to take a Precalculus class over the summer to review and be refresh at the community college. I want to be prepare for Calculus 1 for the fall session in Community College. I'm taking Precal right now as senior in high school, but I don't felt like I'm getting any benefits from it and I don't felt like I learn anything much. The teacher didn't help much and I"m surviving with a C's but I felt like there's still more need to know. Good idea to retake precalculus at CC?

PS: I'm a high school senior right now.

mattn

I would worry about getting bored with re-learning, not taking the class seriously and starting yourself off in a bad position GPA wise.

With that in mind, if you feel like you can do well in the class, it's probably a fine idea. Otherwise for calc 1 (I'm in it right now) all you need is to be comfortable with algebra and trig functions as far as I can see.

michdur07

History of France
Political Science 1
Geography 2
astronomy 1
When I took these classes, i had a lot of spare time do whatever i wanted...these classes were easy since they are GE's....i got 3.5 my first semester....

AdamantineX

i high suggest you take 1 summer class if you could. The reason behind this is to familiarize you with college coursework and environment. I took an English class during my first summer semester at CCC and i thought it was hard. I worked really hard and finally got an unexpected A ( I learned a lot too). During the fall semester, I didn't take hard classes. I took

Computer Information System
Elementary Japanese
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Humanity
(16 Units)

I took these classes because I was still kinda undecided on what to major in and because I still wanted to make the transition between high school to ccc smoother. Nonetheless, I got all A's in all of them too. After knowing my major, I started taking major classes to meet my prerequsites like Macro and Microecon, Calc1 and 2, and Statistics. I got all A's in all those classes (Including 2 other English classes that I took) and until now I still have that 4.0 GPA. I highly suggest you to plan out everything (and I mean everything) before your semester starts.
And, finally, if you want to get into good univs, as the classes get harder, work as if theres no tomorrow.

Another thing, do not take math classes if you think you are not good in math. And plus, I think you will learn a lot more if you take it during a regular semester.

xleper17

oh, keep in mind that your CCC may have a placement test that you need to take. my CCC had a placement test but I wasn't aware of this until the end of summer. You need to take this test (or not, depends on the school) to take any math and english courses.

luvtoolearn

I'm not sure if you are comfortable letting people know what CCC you are thinking of going to but it might help because there are allot of bright students in this forum who have already been through the process and if any of them happen to have gone to the same CCC you are going to, they can make recommendations on really good professors/classes to take. Like the earlier post, ratemyprofessor is a really good site, but if you want additional one on one experience, someone might give you some advise from your same CCC.
I personally only took one class my first semester and that was a foreign language class. after that, I changed my major 3 times. Summer class is an excellent way to explore what you might want to major in.

bjt223

i'm comfortable about it and i believe i can trust you guys. Can someone give me any helpful advice of OCC (orange coast college) at costa mesa, ca? Thanks that'll help.