After much of hair pulling crawling on the walls from frustration I got an A in calc 2 and finished with 95.7% average.
I envy the guys in liberal arts program folks.
I envy the guys in liberal arts program folks.
Got an A in my Calc 2 class
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Congrats!
Engineering by chance?
As for envying the liberal arts folks...
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"
Congrats!
Engineering by chance?
As for envying the liberal arts folks...
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"
Ha!
Yes engineering.
Good job! I did not fair so well in my calc 2 class and will be retaking it to get a better understand of the material. My sister and some of my friends are majoring in communications and shit, they never have anything to work on!
Folks with Liberal Arts degrees never learn to think. After what you have just been through, you not only know how to think, but how to solve complex problems. I always figured that the calculus that I took never really taught me calculus. It taught me critical thinking and problem solving. You can go far with that kind of education.
YMMV
YMMV
Cal 2 was the toughest for me. I did NOT end up with an A. Cal 3, for some reason was considerably easier. Diff E wasn't even as bad as Cal 2....can't explain why.....probably alcohol.
Cal based Physics 2 killed me.
Cal based Physics 2 killed me.
Awesome, congratulations. I admire anyone/everyone with a mind for math. Calc 2 is some heavy stuff.
Great. Use it or lose it, for ex.
My wife was a Math whiz..800 SAT 800 Level II Math achievement and 4 years of college Calc...
A few years ago we moved and I found in a box her Calc book from college with all these notes in the margins...she looked at it like it was a foreign language...did not recall any of it
My wife was a Math whiz..800 SAT 800 Level II Math achievement and 4 years of college Calc...
A few years ago we moved and I found in a box her Calc book from college with all these notes in the margins...she looked at it like it was a foreign language...did not recall any of it
Good job Petrov, you will do well in life as an Engineer, take a few business classes so you can learn the "how do we make money with this?" aspect. If you are a Chem E, Mech or Civil you should start at $100k + per year. I strongly suggest you do engineering for your first few years out of school, don't waste your brain doing something else, you will lose your edge.
Can you highlight some of the major pitfalls you found as a student, either because of the difficulty of the material or from a lack of adequate communication by the professor? I recently applied for a position teaching entry level calculus for the freshmen at a local college, and, if I get the gig, then I'll be crunching pretty hard to make up a curriculum that doesn't make them hate math. Calc 1 and 2 were the first classes where I started to enjoy math, and real analysis courses were by far the best courses I have ever taken in school - really difficult, really interesting, really changed the way I think. If it were up to me, math through basic calc would be required to graduate with a bachelor's. It's not about the specific mathematical tools you learn, though integration and differentiation are pretty useful, but rather the development in how you think as a result.
I don't know squat about that formula... I just like to use it to tell people how much air to put in there motorcycle tires when they ask.
Congrats!
Engineering by chance?
As for envying the liberal arts folks...
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"
Mr. Burns, you slayed me with that one!
You would be surprised how many would-be doctors are lawyers because of calculus.
A TN Supreme Ct Justice said he was pre-med in undergrad. Said no one told him math was hard. He pulled the chicken switch and went for an English degree.
A TN Supreme Ct Justice said he was pre-med in undergrad. Said no one told him math was hard. He pulled the chicken switch and went for an English degree.
I passed Calc 2 in summer 1987... junior year summer program (had to take it to make up credits from semester in industry.). I don't know how I did it. I had no idea what I was doing, but busted my ass to get through the tests.
What you accomplished Petrov... is no small feat. Congrats and great job! 6 weeks to go and I'll be one thesis away from my Masters. I feel your pain!
Cheers and Happy New Year!!!
Sirhr
What you accomplished Petrov... is no small feat. Congrats and great job! 6 weeks to go and I'll be one thesis away from my Masters. I feel your pain!
Cheers and Happy New Year!!!
Sirhr
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Hot damn...with a little luck you can get a job flipping burgers at McDonald!!
^ THIS....my same experience... To a "T".
Funny thing is, of all the math, I have used Calc 2 the most in "the real world"....hmm, on typing that, I must live in a jacked up "real world", nevertheless, job well done on an "A" in Calc 2!!
