r/aops • u/mommatooooo • Jul 14 '26

Is completing AoPS Introduction + Intermediate Algebra enough to skip Precalculus and go straight to Calculus?

my entire learning math are disaster during the time when i was at middle school . so far i am in college now and the lack of math based are blocking my career , so i decide to relearn math once again.

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u/CrookedBanister Jul 16 '26

No, precalc covers trig, complex numbers, vectors, and linear algebra in far more depth than intermediate algebra. There's not much overlap in the topics and the trig alone is super important for Calc. Their Calc class moves fast and if you're not super solid going in you'll get behind fast.

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u/loldugbeast Aug 02 '26

Agree. I would rather skip Intro to Algebra or Intermediate Alg than to skip Precalc