u/Green-Tone4532

Currently finishing up my second semester of community college, and right now I have 2 options available to me. My first semester, I took college algebra since I failed precalc in hs due to family issues, and then took the accelerated course this semester that condenses precalc from 2 semesters into 1 (crazy, I know.) Now, I have the option of taking Calc 1 in the summer, which is a 5-week course that has an exam every week, or taking it in the fall and not having to risk potentially failing that class. I'm not confident that I could keep up with learning calc 1 in 5 weeks over the summer, but would pushing back my associates by a semester hurt me in the long run? There's also the issue of me running out of credits that actually are within my major requirements and being forced to either drop down to a part-time student or take unrelated classes, which I'm honestly not really sure about.