<p>I think there’s something wrong with your study skills if you have spent THAT much time, only to have a C or a D as your final grade. The grading may be tough and the prof. may be bad, but chances are it’ll be worse once you transfer.</p>
<p>i’ve took calculus 1 one semester for 2 weeks before dropping the class, because i didn’t do homework. I’m currently enrolled in it now with a 98% in the class with no calculus background in highschool. I would say calc 1 basic concept are very straight foward and easy. than again i like math and i pick things up fast. @@ as long as you keep up with the course work you should be fine. not doing the homework will probably get you into trouble on test because you’ll make mistakes you didnt catch from doing the homework</p>
<p>Calc 2 is notorious for being the hardest calc class…btw infLoop you should try to take Q. Lam’s class at DVC</p>
<p>I know this is kinda off topic. But I’m about to take Multivariable Calc next quarter after having taken Calc 2 this quarter. Does Multivariable require any Calc 3? Because the only prereq of that course was Calc 2, and I was wondering if its a mistake to skip Calc 3 right into Multivariable. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^ Thanks for the reply. and really? </p>
<p>hmm…Well maybe it’s differnt for UCR since we’re on a qtr sys, we’ve a Math 9A/B/C series, where 9B is the diff methods of integration and 9C is the Taylor series/polar coordinates. Does multivariable encompass any series and polar stuff then?</p>
<p>Calc 3 in a semester system is Multivariable. For us, Polar/Series were included in Calc 2. Multivariable is a different beast. </p>
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<p>Multivariable Calculus is Calc III</p>
<p>And yes Calculus II is generally considered to be the hardest one out of the sequence. It also depends on the professor and his grading policies. A class that drops the lowest grade and counts homework and attendance is going to be easier than a class where the grade only consists of only 3 tests. Plus, the make of the tests is a major factor as well.</p>
<p>i haven’t read everyones reply pal but:</p>
<p>no to ucsd
possibly no to UCD
possible to UCI</p>
<p><em>not sure why i think UCD>UCI</em></p>
<p>@^ cuz u tag UCD?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help sparkyboy and everyone else. Naturally I will retake the class and reevaluate my study skills. I’m still curious though, is it going to look really bad on my transcript? If it matters, I have absolutely no intentions of going to grad school. I just want my B.S. degree so I can start working on things I actually enjoy, while making money of course.</p>
<p>who cares if it looks bad lol. At long ur gpa is not bad then ur fine. Just explain why u got F in ur transcript then ur fine, no big deal. The problem is that people tend to make a big deal out of it.</p>
<p>Sigh, that’s the thing though, I don’t even have a legitimate reason for failing this class. Sure, for Chemistry I can say that I was a lazy ■■■■■■■. What do I say for Calculus? “Uuuh, I wasn’t smart enough to pass this class the first time”? I know I can’t change anything now, but yes, I am freaking out and and it DOES seems like the ****ing end of the world now.</p>
<p>It definitely looks bad 
however, if your goal is not grad school and instead working as soon as you get your BS, it does not matter much. Employers care more about your GPA than “how-many-courses-you-fail-in-college,” and having said that, even GPA won’t matter much in some employers’ eyes. </p>
<p>You don’t need to explain anything at all in your personal statement or wherever unless they ask you why. People have been developing a stupid rumor that one has to provide x explanations for x courses failed. No, that’s stupid. Adcoms don’t want to hear sob stories. Rather, if you retake the course and get an A, that alone is enough to show them that you can actually do it. Unless it is a really significant factor (like one member of your family’s member passed away, or you got sick in the middle of the semester, blah blah), you don’t need to explain anything in the Additional Comments box.</p>
<p>So, don’t freak out. Talk to your instructor for some suggestions if you want to. Spend the winter resting, but also doing a couple of integrals and infinite series to get yourself back together. Then in spring, hit the course again with what you have and take an A It’s easier said than done, but nonetheless, good luck!</p>
<p>well ucd is ranked higher than uci</p>
<p>I don’t know how the schools compare overall, but I do know that Irvine’s CS program is regarded slightly higher than Davis’. I talked with a Davis counselor and she said that their CS program (in the Colleges of Letters and Science or whatever its called) isn’t very impacted, because most people applying to Davis transfer into Biological Science or Engineering stuff. So maybe that could play to my advantage?</p>
<p>haha how funny i actually hear the contrary in regards to students transferring into bio sci/eng.</p>
<p>What do you hear then?</p>
<p>that people transfer out, thus the contrary of them transferring in…</p>
<p>o_O</p>
<p>Oh, whatever. Just retake the course like Sparky said. UCSD WILL take you if your GPA is a 3.5 or above by the end of the fall that you apply (if you TAG with them). There is no reason for them not to. Once you retake the course, it’s no longer factored into your GPA and they don’t consider it anymore. I was told by two different UCLA adcoms that they regularly admit students with 1 or 2 repeated courses, even into HSSEA, as long as the courses were repeated for Bs or higher. This was while I was having my own transcript/essay evaluated during a summer program for STEM transfers at UCLA. </p>
<p>It’s not the end of the world, just make sure to fix it in the Spring.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight! It really means a lot.</p>