# Preparing for calculus **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-calculus/198083 "2003-08-27T22:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-calculus/198083/1 "2003-08-27T22:43:25Z")
I’m considering beginning a masters program that would require some statistics courses which in turn require calculus as prerequisites. Now, many, many moons ago (about 500 moons, to be more precise) I took college calculus, about which I remember nothing, and a few more moons before that I took the high school courses required in preparation for calculus, about which I feel somewhat more confident. What would be the best way to review for re-taking calculus, assuming I have about six months? Anybody ever done this? ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-calculus/198083/2 "2003-08-28T00:54:32Z")
I was in a similar situation, in which I was out of school for several years and then wanted to take calculus in the Fall semester. During the prior summer, I took two evening classes at the local community college: College Algebra Trigonometry Those two classes gave me an excellent review, making the first semester of Caclulus much less painful. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-calculus/198083/3 "2003-08-28T01:31:38Z")
A large part of basic calculus is algebra and trigonometry. Learn them, and learn them well.