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I was told that it may be too many sciences
I need straight As
Then I guess it depends on how much you can handle. Have you taken courseloads like this before? When I was in undergrad, I took 4 science courses (including orgo), an Honors, and a humanities and got straight As. What did you get in Orgo 1 if you don't mind sharing? And how is your math?
 
Then I guess it depends on how much you can handle. Have you taken courseloads like this before? When I was in undergrad, I took 4 science courses (including orgo), an Honors, and a humanities and got straight As. What did you get in Orgo 1 if you don't mind sharing? And how is your math?
I got an A in orgo 1
But and I took it with physics and psych class
I'm not sure how I am with math as it's been a while since high school
But I struggled with physics
 
I got an A in orgo 1
But and I took it with physics and psych class
I'm not sure how I am with math as it's been a while since high school
But I struggled with physics

Definitely brush up on your trig before taking pre calc then. Pre calc isn't a very difficult class but it can be overwhelming for someone who hasn't seen any math in a while. I recommend using the kahn academy trig/precalc section for that.
 
Definitely brush up on your trig before taking pre calc then. Pre calc isn't a very difficult class but it can be overwhelming for someone who hasn't seen any math in a while. I recommend using the kahn academy trig/precalc section for that.
Is pre calc similar to physics
 
Is pre calc similar to physics

Not really. Assuming you're taking algebra-based physics there's not really that much math involved. You have to know how to plug numbers into equations, how to manipulate equations (i.e. F = ma can be rewritten as F/a = m etc.), very limited trig. (i.e. sin/cos/tan and how they relate to triangles), and how to solve algebraic systems of equations given two formulas with the same unknown. That's the extent of the math you'll need to know for physics.

Precalc, or how it was taught at my high school, had a lot to do with function analysis and stuff like that. For example, graphing things like 4x^4 + 3x^2 + 2x + 1 by hand, finding the max/min and the concavity of functions (which actually relates a lot to physics but more calc-based), graphing things like hyperbolas, ellipses, etc., more advanced methods of factoring, and stuff like that. I don't know your college's curriculum for precalc but I bet very little of what you learn in precalc will be necessary/help for physics.

I learned precalc in a very systematic way. There was always a set of steps to follow for every problem, and as long as you remember the steps to take you were fine. However I did take it in a high school setting and not in college. However physics typically took a lot more intuition. Problems typically took a series of steps/equations and manipulations to those equations to arrive at the correct answer.

tl;dr they're completely different classes with little overlap
 
Not really. Assuming you're taking algebra-based physics there's not really that much math involved. You have to know how to plug numbers into equations, how to manipulate equations (i.e. F = ma can be rewritten as F/a = m etc.), very limited trig. (i.e. sin/cos/tan and how they relate to triangles), and how to solve algebraic systems of equations given two formulas with the same unknown. That's the extent of the math you'll need to know for physics.

Precalc, or how it was taught at my high school, had a lot to do with function analysis and stuff like that. For example, graphing things like 4x^4 + 3x^2 + 2x + 1 by hand, finding the max/min and the concavity of functions (which actually relates a lot to physics but more calc-based), graphing things like hyperbolas, ellipses, etc., more advanced methods of factoring, and stuff like that. I don't know your college's curriculum for precalc but I bet very little of what you learn in precalc will be necessary/help for physics.

I learned precalc in a very systematic way. There was always a set of steps to follow for every problem, and as long as you remember the steps to take you were fine. However I did take it in a high school setting and not in college. However physics typically took a lot more intuition. Problems typically took a series of steps/equations and manipulations to those equations to arrive at the correct answer.

tl;dr they're completely different classes with little overlap
I'm just concerned because the pre calc class at my school does not allow for a calculator which I feel is odd and I suck at arithmetic
 
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