Jumping right into calculus?

[aalamruad]

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[Doudline]

You can refresh on the necessary material in like an evening or two tbh.
Nothing crazy.

 

[aalamruad]

You can refresh on the necessary material in like an evening or two tbh.
Nothing crazy.

Well that's relieving to hear. What specific parts of trig are necessary for calc?

 

[Boolean]

Well that's relieving to hear. What specific parts of trig are necessary for calc?

Basically all of it...

 

[Lucca]

If you know your special angles, triangle relationships, angle to radians blah blah etc. you should be fine for most calc courses. So yah basically all of it. Trig can be covered in like two hours really

 

[Doudline]

Well that's relieving to hear. What specific parts of trig are necessary for calc?

• Definitions of the 3 basic functions and their reciprocals (e.g. sin X = opposite/hypotenuse)
• Be able to express a function with other functions (e.g. sin X = sec X/cosec X)
• Know the corresponding graphics
• Know the most used identities (or all of them, really)

That's pretty much it... never had to use anything else through calc 1&2 IIRC.

In retrospective maybe that's a lot for someone who hasn't touched trig in a while... I'll let you be the judge.

 

[aalamruad]

• Definitions of the 3 basic functions and their reciprocals (e.g. sin X = opposite/hypotenuse)
• Be able to express a function with other functions (e.g. sin X = sec X/cosec X)
• Know the corresponding graphics
• Know the most used identities (or all of them, really)

That's pretty much it... never had to use anything else through calc 1&2 IIRC.

In retrospective maybe that's a lot for someone that hasn't touched trig in a while... I'll let you be the judge.

That all sounds really familiar actually. In fact I think I actually might remember all of it!

 

[EvenStevens]

Just re-learn it and take calc , will take an evening at most.

 

[IntriguedStudent]

Calc 1 isn't bad. As long as you don't normally struggle with math, go ahead and take it.

 

[Spirit of the Student Doc]

May I ask why your taking Calc 1?

If you enjoy it go for it. If not I've heard many med schools no longer require it and the MCAT doesn't test over it anymore.

Personally, I'm going to take Statistics, Trig, and if I have time Calc and more (it's fun but just not necessary)

 

[FedSquarewall]

+1 Calc 1 isn't bad. If you've done okay with math in the past then you'll be fine.
That being said, do your research as to who is teaching the class..

 

[gun4dent]

Calc is so easy unless you're stupid. No need to take trig twice

 

[aalamruad]

Do you guys think it's necessary to take calc at all? I guess I just assumed that med schools wanted it. I'd really rather not take it if it's not at all necessary. I'll check with the MSAR Online but I'd still like to hear your ideas.

 

[aalamruad]

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[gun4dent]

Do you guys think it's necessary to take calc at all? I guess I just assumed that med schools wanted it. I'd really rather not take it if it's not at all necessary. I'll check with the MSAR Online but I'd still like to hear your ideas.

Med school dont want you to do anything but pay the app fee. If your scared of calc i just quit.

 

[altblue]

calc 1 only has rudimentary trig and as long as you're comfortable with graphing trig functions you should be okay. i'd honestly recommend getting a refresher on composite functions, rational expressions and logs since these always seem to show up in 1. maybe study it for a week or two before calc. 😉

 

[gun4dent]

calc 1 only has rudimentary trig and as long as you're comfortable with graphing trig functions you should be okay. i'd honestly recommend getting a refresher on composite functions, rational expressions and logs since these always seem to show up in 1. 😉

Did you pass calc 1?

 

[altblue]

Did you pass calc 1?

...yes?

 

[gun4dent]

...yes?

Just kinda sounded like you didnt.

You probably don't understand, but dont worry about it.

 

[altblue]

Just kinda sounded like you didnt.

You probably don't understand, but dont worry about it.

I guess I don't; teach me your ways.

 

[aalamruad]

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