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Will the Precalc class really be helpful, or will it be a waste of your time?
Consider the opportunity cost; what else could you be doing this summer?
Do you know who is teaching it and how good of a class it is? If the material seems like a waste of your time once you're in the class, how easy would it be to drop it and do something else? Try to obtain a copy of the syllabus and, ideally, past homeworks and tests to judge better whether this would actually be useful to you.
As far as the learning is concerned, most of it is a waste of time. I do need to continue brushing up on trigonometry and logarithms, but most of the material in the class I know.
I'd likely spend the time studying for Calculus I and/or take Intro to Computer Concepts & Program to fulfill a requirement. I'd save a few hundred dollars but only gain four credits by doing that option.
I don't know the teacher, but the Rate my Professor score is okay. (Rated a 4 overall.)
Good idea about obtaining the syllabus. I checked it over and I am familiar with almost all of the material. I think I could pretty easily teach myself the rest.