Calculus, am I @$%%$#?

[bkdan1]

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

AP Calc or regular? If you're taking AP and do well on the exam, you will be able to be exempt from taking it in certainc colleges. Otherwise,college will be harder due to more intensive material in much less time.

 

[stylez23]

calculus is cake (going by your gpa and saying you took pre cal) if you do the work... once you fall back, its hard to catch up... only real math i had a toughtime with was probability and statistics for engineering (im a comp sci major).. managed only a C+ but was one of the 7 out 19 that passed in my class

 

[certifiedsw]

Originally Posted by TheHealthInspector

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

some people dont like dealing with triangles for trig, its not simple algebra

yeah first year hs calc is the same as college 1st sem and 2nd sem calc, i think its just that derivatives gets a semester and integrals gets a semester, cant remember but i think derivatives is Calc-AB and integrals is Calc-BC

Alright thanks man.

Originally Posted by bkdan1

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

AP Calc or regular? If you're taking AP and do well on the exam, you will be able to be exempt from taking it in certainc colleges. Otherwise, college will be harder due to more intensive material in much less time.

AP Calc. Have you taken the class before? If so, how is it?

Andhow's the exam? I almost died taking my last AP exam... 5 hour test

 

[darkoduck]

I remember calculus, I had to take 6 courses and I failed the easiest ones and got A's in the rest of them.

Most important thing already mentioned is study.

Next most important thing is get a TI-89.

 

[bkdan1]

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by TheHealthInspector

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

some people dont like dealing with triangles for trig, its not simple algebra

yeah first year hs calc is the same as college 1st sem and 2nd sem calc, i think its just that derivatives gets a semester and integrals gets a semester, cant remember but i think derivatives is Calc-AB and integrals is Calc-BC

Alright thanks man.

Originally Posted by bkdan1

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

AP Calc or regular? If you're taking AP and do well on the exam, you will be able to be exempt from taking it in certainc colleges. Otherwise, college will be harder due to more intensive material in much less time.

AP Calc. Have you taken the class before? If so, how is it?

And how's the exam? I almost died taking my last AP exam... 5 hour test

I've taken BC and got a 5 on both the BC and AB portions. It was slightly difficult but manageable. How well you do on your tests is a goodindicator of how you will perform on the AP itself though the AP can throw some nasty curveballs at you (those are exceptions). I believe there are previoustest exams and answers online, uses those to prepare and you should have a good idea on what to expect but for now, just concentrate on the homeworks andeverything will flow smoothly.

 

[certifiedsw]

Originally Posted by bkdan1

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

Originally Posted by bkdan1

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

AP Calc or regular? If you're taking AP and do well on the exam, you will be able to be exempt from taking it in certainc colleges. Otherwise, college will be harder due to more intensive material in much less time.

AP Calc. Have you taken the class before? If so, how is it?

And how's the exam? I almost died taking my last AP exam... 5 hour test

I've taken BC and got a 5 on both the BC and AB portions. It was slightly difficult but manageable. How well you do on your tests is a good indicator of how you will perform on the AP itself though the AP can throw some nasty curveballs at you (those are exceptions). I believe there are previous test exams and answers online, uses those to prepare and you should have a good idea on what to expect but for now, just concentrate on the homeworks and everything will flow smoothly.

Alright thanks fam.

 

[josebronx]

Originally Posted by CertifiedSW

To dude that said pre-calc was hard... %@%^ outta here, that was damn near one of the easiest classes I've taken

Oh and one question, I'm taking calc this year but I'm in high school. Is calc in high school that much different from calc in college? Like difficulty wise and stuff?

and I dont know if its just in Florida that its bad but DAMN that class was intense. I took that placement test to see what math I could take and I qualifiedfor that thing but I had to drop it this summer. Even the Calc teacher suggested people to take trig before calc. Then I have to take physics, architectutalstructures, etc etc.......................

 

[baybully650]

i ended up takin calc my first semester of college along with a bunch of other engineering courses...needless to say i ended up retaking both pre-cal andcalculus again.

 

[eight2one]

i can barely pass algebra.

 

[bijald0331]

^and you don't read. Team Michigan, how appropriate.

 

[keepzdasneakz]

Originally Posted by Animal Fries

You're overreacting man.. I didn't even take precalc when I took it during highschool and I was fine.

yeah, it's kind of a BFD if you're taking it in COLLEGE though. I don't know what to say...if you're in Cal Poly's engineeringcalculus...

. I took the highest calculus available at Davis and evenwith my background of calculus in high school, I didn't fair well at all. That's not to say it's impossible for you, but you're gonna have tobust your !+%...no rushing frats!

 

[miketysonthekiller]

Originally Posted by bijald0331

^and you don't read. Team Michigan, how appropriate.

 

[cedric ceballos 1995 lakers]

i cheated my whole way through my calculus class to an A

teacher suspected that i cheated on one of my tests and made me retake the test again with different problems, i studied for the retake and got an A and shewas talking about how sorry she was for accusing me of cheating in the first place and gave me 50 extra credit points.

 

[rexanglorum]

The only "F" got was in precalc in college and the only "D" I got was in stats. I am smart enough to cruise through all of my humanitiesand social science courses and get mostly "B's" and "A's." Unfortunately, I am not a genius in the sense that I cannot pass a mathclass without a lot of effort.

So, to the OP, if you have been in the habit of getting by and getting good grades based on smarts and doing only what is assigned and graded, you will have tomake a quick adjustment in order to not fail math. It was humbling how poorly I did in those math classes and even when I repeated those courses, I worked hardand did not get A's. I also had the same results in Calculus and in my Economic Stats classes to follow (although advanced stats did prove to be some whatinteresting, especially as far as math classes go).

When you are used to cruising through HS and most college classes, it can get ugly quickly if you do not start to truly study. Also, what I also found in mytwo bad experiences with college math is that there is no catching up in college (usually at least). In high school, I could ease my way into the class andneeded no sense of urgency. With 10 or 15 week terms, ruthless professors and few opportunities for major extra credit, you have to be focused and on topthings right out of the gate.

 

[ninjallamafromhell]

Calculus isn't bad as long as you say under 3 dimensions. 4th and 5th dimension calculations suck!

 

[smoothrick007]

i took calculus my senior year in high school and at one point had a 12 (twelve) average...raised it up to 43 but................

 

[keepzdasneakz]

Originally Posted by Rexanglorum


The only "F" got was in precalc in college and the only "D" I got was in stats. I am smart enough to cruise through all of my humanities and social science courses and get mostly "B's" and "A's." Unfortunately, I am not a genius in the sense that I cannot pass a math class without a lot of effort.

So, to the OP, if you have been in the habit of getting by and getting good grades based on smarts and doing only what is assigned and graded, you will have to make a quick adjustment in order to not fail math. It was humbling how poorly I did in those math classes and even when I repeated those courses, I worked hard and did not get A's. I also had the same results in Calculus and in my Economic Stats classes to follow (although advanced stats did prove to be some what interesting, especially as far as math classes go).

When you are used to cruising through HS and most college classes, it can get ugly quickly if you do not start to truly study. Also, what I also found in my two bad experiences with college math is that there is no catching up in college (usually at least). In high school, I could ease my way into the class and needed no sense of urgency. With 10 or 15 week terms, ruthless professors and few opportunities for major extra credit, you have to be focused and on top things right out of the gate.

I swear it's like you're me in a paralleluniverse. Those were the exact same grades I got in calc and stats at my college, and the same types of grades I'd get in humanities subjects.

 

[denni5themenace]

the first semester of calc is easy. probably barely go over derivatives

 

[bgl2687]

calc I is pretty easy. The worst thing in calc I is the chain rule. The chain rule is not hard but sometimes it gets confusing because the equation is so big.Derivatives and anti-derivatives are easy. I think by the end of calc I you are introduced to integrals, but go more in-depth in the second series of calculus.

 

[c hanna]

3.9 and your at cal poly slo? is that weighted or unweighted

 

[sputnik]

Originally Posted by nublee

3.9?

you'll be fine

lol obviously he got that 3.9 taking art and pe classes hahaha. i had a 3.93 in hs and i took calc and stats in hs, but im waiting til winter quarter to docalc. i wanna settle in first