i only have to take 1 and 2 and then calculus and analytic geometry 1,2,3

I agree with this guy. Calculus is a lot of fun.
As long as you do the reading (carefully) and clearly break down each component part and label everything, and use flash cards for the more annoying shit (trig identities, certain derivatives and integrals), it should be a piece of cake. I can't recall getting anything other than As in any of my calc classes.

OP, I highly recommend reading ahead to integration by parts and chain rule. Find an upperclassman to explain both to you if needed. Youtube is a very good resource too.

The way classes are structured they don't teach you either of these techniques until you're well into the semester, even though the basics of calculus (both integration and derivation) can be explained in about fifteen minutes. Integration by parts and chain rule are probably the only thing you're going to use ever again, irrespective of whatever field you go into. I learned these like eight years ago and still use them on an almost daily basis.

I have used a few other things (newton's method, numerical integration stuff like rk4, etc) but that's pretty easy to relearn if needed and there's just no excuse not to be aware of chain rule and integration by parts right out the gate. A math dictionary is about the most useful thing ever.

This post was edited by general_patton on May 3 2016 07:11pm

I got boners during calculus

i took statistics and a couple 4 level stats class instead of calc
seemed a bit more pertinent to my work

I guess I don't know why you'd need to know the chain rule and integration by parts right out of the gate...the class is going to be set up to be doing easier integrals/derivatives until they get to the point where they learn these two techniques, so it is just going to be "wasted" knowledge until later on in the class?

I didn't like it, but I was working 40 hours and taking hard classes along side so I'm probably not the best judge.

Ideally a class would be structured like that.

In practice this usually doesn't happen unless your professor is cool and introduces it right away (my college professor did since he noticed the text was structured poorly, highschool teacher did not).

Most texts introduce more complicated and/or shittier problems that could be easily solved with IBP or chain rule as a way to artificially increase rigor with a limited skillset, when it only adds unnecessary frustration.

If you've ever worked as a tutor or teacher's aide for eight bucks an hour you can always tell when they introduce IBP or chain rule in an introductory calc class since you suddenly have lots of free time during your office hours.

you don't get calculus in high school unless you are in adv math which is pretty sad. i only had ot take pre-calc myself

i liked it

hot grill asked me to help her in class so i always got to stare at her up close while she was looking at her paper

hhhnnnnggg

cum on her shoes