Wow, so my day was just ruined...I took calculus AB my senior year in hs, and just got the scores back today. Wow, so waht did brainy get? ONE I got the same score as if I had just written my name and fallen asleep...feel like such a dumbass. Oh well, not the end of the world I guess, just kinda makes the whole years worth of calc seem like a waste. Well, kinda scary to think about this score and then realize im taking a major that is mostly based on math skill. We'll see how that goes I guess. Just wanted to vent.

 

Hang in there, I took up to cal 2 and felt like my head was going to expolde.

 

Don't sweat it man! I had to take college algebra twice in order to pass it!....just don't give up!

 

itll only get better. Once you get derivatives and integrals down, calc 2 and 3 are cake. trust me, i just finished calc 3 and am going into differential equations

 

woot woot to that.

 

Hell I took high school Algebra twice too Just could'nt stay awake LMAO

 

Calculus is difficult for many people as it's required thought process is different then what your used to. Don't sweat it, take it in college...and it'll go better for you. My only warning would be don't be complacent and start missing classes because you *think* you know the subject. That's the quickest way to failure.

Depending on your course progression and major...calculus 1 is the hardest part.

Calc. 1 is just studying limits and boundaries, Introduction to differentiation and some anti-differentiation...but it's designed to get your brain into thinking on another level.

Calc. 2 is supposed to be harder...but It's mostly Integrals which are a piece of cake. The only difficult things are learning Integration by parts, memorizing simple integrals (trig identities, Logarithmic identities etc.) and it's all trivial once you have it down.

Calc. 3 by this time you should have Integrals and derivatives down Pat. In calculus 3 you just add another dimension. No biggie.

Differential Equations - Just using the tools learned in Calcs 1-3 to solve equations. This get's a little tricky...but most any equation imaginable can be solved (or determined indeterminate) by a handful of rules. I thought this class to be alot of fun.

Now Statistics and Probability....BLOWS.

I'm a Senior Mech. Engineering major with a minor in math and physics so don't worry its all easier after calculus 1 (if you have a firm grasp on it.)

keep your head up, and stay in school.
Phliip K.

 

Oh, Im fine with the calc class I took, I got like a 89 or a B to some of yall in the class, it just kicked my *** the whole year, and the AP test was hard as crap. Im not depressed, as Im a whole crap load better at calc after a whole year of it than I would have been by just stepping into it in college. Just kinda sucks. Oh well, thanks for the kind words guys.
Matt

 

and remember kids, Just say NO to drugs

 

LOL, shut up, it was quite motivational. I got up, put on a gym suit, and ran around to "eye of the tiger" Nah, jk. It was kinda hopeful though. Thanks, I needed it.

 

dammnit just you saying that got "eye of the tiger" stuck in my head

 

:bootyshak :laughing4 :blob5:

 

I took a basic calc course in high school that helped me out a ton in college.

When I did my college visit, I didn't realize that there was going to be a placement test so I bombed that pretty good and ended up having to take Trig again. I took it the same time as calc 1 and the 2 classes ended up helping eachother out.

As an engineer, I took calc 1, 2, 3, trig, and differential equations in college. My worst grade in any of those was a B+ in calc 3 only because I slouched early and had a D at midterm.

 

Thanks mach, that is hopeful too. I guess Im just worrying for nothing, because from what I hear, an ap class is pretty hard compared to a real college class, but its all about how you study.

 

I think most of this can be attributed to the change that people go through when they get to college, being on your own and managing your own time changes your perspective on everything, especially school work. When you get to school, everyone you know will likely change...and at least 1/4 of the people you meet will either drop out or change schools for one reason or another.

Keep your head on straight...I know so many people that threw great oppurtunities in the trash when they got to College.

BTW where are you going and what is your intended major?

 

I concur.

 

LOL, Bitter much there slappy?

Anyways, Im going to the University of South Carolina with the major of Mechanical Engineering, but right now, I just landed a job being an engineering tech for the state doing some autocad work with a bunch of Civil boys, so we'll see.

 

Going from AP to college is a cakewalk...

AP was pretty easy too now that I think about it. I took AP European History, missed the last 1/4 of the classes, and still scored a 4 on the exam.