Importance of Trig

queenbee89
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:53:39 +0000

Your high school math curricula should include triginometry in Algegra II and/or Pre-calc. In fact your pre-calc class should have a lot of trig or it really isn’t pre-calc. In my kids school Trig is offered as a separate class from pre-calc. In 11th grade it is either Trig (cosidered college prep) or Pre-Calc (considered honors). They do get a lot of Trig in Pre-Calc and it moves at a faster pace than the Trig class.
In any case when you take calculus next year you will get triginometry. You need to know it to do calculus.

If you take Calculus in 12th grade you will be doing alright… AP Calculus is even better. If you haven’t had Chemistry yet - you need that as well.
Go ahead and take AP Stats. Be warned: most kids take it thinking it is easy because it isn’t calc. It is difficult and not really “Math” - more of a logic class. Lots of Vocab.

The most important thing to remember: All of the academies want to see you taking the highest level of classes offered by your school. Especially in Math and Science. You will not be penalized for not taking courses your school does not offer. If your school offers AP Calculus and you choose just Calculus - someone is probably going to want to know why you made that choice. Like wise with college prep levels and honors levels.