Should I take college algebra before taking calc 1?

[thisismyacct]

I never took calc in HS, only pre-calc and I struggled in that. Would it be wise for me to take algebra before taking calc?

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[helprosie]

I didn't take calculus in high school either. I did take college algebra in high school as a dual enrollment student. There are some concepts from college algebra that transfer over to college calculus like long division, logarithmic functions, and asymptotes. So yeah, you should take algebra before calculus. In my calculus class, they did go over the concepts I listed, but taking the algebra class beforehand did help me understand better.

Just make sure to go to office hours and tutoring if you are still struggling. I had to do that and I got an A, so it paid off.

 

[thisismyacct]

I didn't take calculus in high school either. I did take college algebra in high school as a dual enrollment student. There are some concepts from college algebra that transfer over to college calculus like long division, logarithmic functions, and asymptotes. So yeah, you should take algebra before calculus. In my calculus class, they did go over the concepts I listed, but taking the algebra class beforehand did help me understand better.

Just make sure to go to office hours and tutoring if you are still struggling. I had to do that and I got an A, so it paid off.

How hard was college algebra? I got an A in it in HS and somewhere in the B range in trig.

 

[JLT223]

Yes

 

[oo.liv]

I would recommend you do. I took calc I without taking algebra II and in the beginning had a lot of trouble with easier stuff that is covered in algebra II such as simplification and graphing.

 

[helprosie]

How hard was college algebra? I got an A in it in HS and somewhere in the B range in trig.

it was pretty easy. I got a high A in it.