<p>I am a sophomore taking AP Calc. AB right now, and I got my grade up from an F to a C by the end of the quarter. Right now, it is the second quarter ( The second half of AB, not yet BC), and I currently have an F. But, I think that I will be able to bring it up to a C. The thing is, I want my semester grade to be a B, and in order to make that happen, I need at least an 89% this quarter. My questions to you are;</p>
<p>1.) Where should I start to look for help? As in what websites should I use, and what other resources could I use to get that A, so that my semester grade averages out to be a "B"</p>
<p>2.) How will a C look on my high school transcript? I already got a C in Honors Pre-Calculus, and I don't want to get another one in any class ever again. How are my chances affected for universities like UNC- Chapel Hill, NC State, and UNCW?</p>
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<li>Thanks to all that try to help
-mountainrider</li>
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<p>Not to sound harsh but I think you are fundamentally not understanding calculus and there may be basics which you learned in pre-calculus which are not well ingrained. I think your only chance is to work one on one with an in-the-flesh tutor who is an experienced math teacher. I don’t think self studying will get you to that 89% given your low starting point.</p>
<p>You’re right about the fundamental part. I get what we do in class, and the practice homework problems. But once I get to the concepts( that is what gets me on the test) I get lost there.</p>
<p>I’m afraid I agree. It wasn’t really a great idea to go into AP calculus with only a C in precalculus. And the only way I know to turn all this around is for you to take some time away from the math fast-track and go back and master the algebra, trigonometry and differential calculus that you studied but didn’t really master before. </p>
<p>I know that if I were in your position, I couldn’t do that by myself, and I’m a math teacher. I would need either to retake the classes I’d done only marginally well in before, or to work with a tutor. But maybe you have more self-discipline than I have, I don’t know.</p>
<p>That’s not the answer you wanted, I’m sure, but it’s the only opinion I got. Sorry.</p>
<p>I think you and a parent need to have a serious, candid meeting with your math teacher and your guidance counselor to figure the best course of action available to you in your school. This week. Because how this plays out will be dictated in large part by what your school can do (and is willing to do) for you.</p>
<p>I am a senior in ap calculus right now who took precalculus over the summer. Therefore i am well versed on where to find online help. The YouTube page that helped me a lot was khan academy. Another website that my teacher uses is calculushelp.com</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the appearance of your transcript. Worry about getting yourself an appropriate level of math instruction as soon as reasonably practicable. A good-looking transcript will only follow from that.</p>
<p>By the way, you’re the second kid posting here in two days with this problem. Poor decisions on the schools’ part.</p>
<p>Although in many cases–and let me be clear, I have no idea at all about mountainrider’s case in particular–the pressure from students and families to accelerate kids can be huge. So many people seem to act as if elementary school math is just a big race to algebra, and secondary school math is a race to calculus. If you get there first, you win. If you don’t get there, you lose. But as long as you “win,” it’s almost beside the point whether you’ve learned much about math along the way.</p>
<p>That is, more or less, what I did.
Everything through Algebra 2, I got an A in. But once I got to Pre-Calc, it just suddenly dropped to a C. Maybe it was because I didn’t try hard enough, or I had bad study habits. Point is, I wanted to be at the top. I thought that I would be able to handle Calculus, but apparently not.</p>