<p>I registered for Algebra and Calculus next semester as a freshman to fulfill my math or science requirement (in LSP wanting to go to Gallatin). But, I’m sort of wondering if that’s going to be a repeat of the last 4 years. (Now I might be underestimating what we’re learning in this class, I have no idea. I’m just judging it by what I read from the description of the class online, which says, “intermediate algebra and trigonometry… algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs.”) I took Algebra 2 in 9 grade, then moved to another school in 10th, so they made me take an assessment test, which I didn’t try in because I was stupid enough to not know that it was going to determine what class I was going to be placed in and because I had just moved countries a few days ago and was <em>not</em> prepared at all. I was put in Algebra 2 again. Then summer going into 11th grade, I decided to take an Honours Algebra 2 summer course so I could take IBHL Math in 11th grade. I was stupid and didn’t try hard enough, so the teacher suggested me take Honors Pre Calc in 11th grade. I agreed and took it, and everything became review for me once again and I barely learned anything (this Pre Calc seemed to be a repeat of Algebra 2). In senior year I took IBSL Math, which was quite easy and once again was pretty much the same material as the last few years, other than the Calculus unit, which I had never learned about. </p>
<p>Anyway, sorry about the super long history about my math class experience, but am I underestimating the Algebra and Calculus course? Or should I actually consider taking Calculus (I think it’s Calculus for the Social Sciences), if that’s even allowed? What is Algebra and Calculus like?</p>