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Thanks! I was pretty embarrassed at orientation when everyone was already taking calc 1 or 2. Hearing that you went through the same thing is really reassuring. I think I'm going to take your advice and sign up for tutoring when the semester starts.

I am pretty awful at math and didn't even place into pre-calc. I didn't take Trig in high school as there was a way to opt out. I didn't think I would go into a math oriented field like Computer Science until recently. Anyway, I placed into the pre-req for pre-calc which is college algebra, which I'm guessing goes over Trig as well. When I was taking the placement exam, I thought it wouldn't be worth it to study for 3 weeks and learn all the math, instead I'd just take the level of math that I was honestly at, so that I would have a solid foundation as I get into the more difficult math courses. I'm worried now though that it will look bad to future employers when they see College Algebra on my transcript. Will it be an issue? I'm sure I could retake it, study, and place into pre-calc, but I can't retake until the semester has already started so I wouldn't be able to take any math class this semester. I'd end up taking Pre-calc in the spring semester either way. I want to take College Algebra just to build a more solid math foundation, but not if it's going to be considered a blemish on my transcript.