<p>yeahhhh....so I just got babaqued on that first quiz...hopefully I'll get over 50% -_____- title says it all.</p>
<p>Only thing you can do is just keep doing problems from previous midterms and other resources and hope you get some grasp on the material. Babak makes that class unnecessarily hard. Check out Schaum’s guide if you haven’t yet.</p>
<p>A light review on Series, especially Geometric series will help too. That’s what killed me in that class.</p>
<p>[EECS20N</a> Overview of the Course](<a href=“http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/eecs20/overview.html]EECS20N”>EECS20N Overview of the Course) says that students who have had Math 53, Math 54 (especially), and/or Math 55 or CS 70 do better, even though the listed prerequisite is just Math 1B. See <a href=“http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/eecs20/admin/sp00/analysis.pdf[/url]”>http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/eecs20/admin/sp00/analysis.pdf</a> . So keep the Math 54 stuff fresh in your mind.</p>
<p>seriously you should get a tutor (who got an A in the past) asap.
pay a visit to CSUA later Friday = today.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! Yeah, it was the series that got me too! With the roots of the polynomial and summation and whatnot -___- Yeah, I’m taking math 54 now, so I’m kinda scared for when fourier stuff comes up in this class. CSUA does tutoring? I wish I saw this earlier today, but where should I go to ask?? The little lab thing outside Sodaish? or Woz?</p>
<p>And is this class curved by a lot? I swear he said no curve on the first day, but online people have said the curve saved them?</p>
<p>There is a vicious curve in the class. Even if you flunk every test, more often than not, you’ll still pass the class with at least a C. But don’t let that mean you shouldn’t try :)</p>
<p>Yeah, plus I’m trying to switch into EECS from L&S, so higher would be nice hahaha</p>
<p>One more question: Is the Lee/Varaiya reading relevant to the midterms - as in should I do it all or just power through old midterms? </p>
<p>And just a bump for the tutoring question…is HKN drop-in good?</p>
<p>It can’t hurt but I personally never got any use out of that book. I felt powering through old midterms helped me out the most. HKN is helpful with tutoring, although their review session is kind of meh depending on who’s running it.</p>
<p>Sounds good! Thanks :)</p>
<p>Quiz average 19/45! yessss 8D 2 points short of one SD above, but still!</p>
<p>Sorry - one more question - how does the curve work? Is it the standard 1 SD above the mean is an A? or is it any better?</p>
<p>yea, for Babak, he sets the mean at a B so 1 SD usually means an A. The final curve he does at the end of the class I have no idea but whatever it is, it’s extremely generous.</p>
<p>So mean on quizzes/tests is a B, and then a boost on top of that? So consistently above mean should give me somewhere between a B+ and an A? (correct me if I understood that wrong, but you don’t have to bother replying if it’s right hahaha I’ve bugged you enough I think xD)</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m getting owned by 170, haha. Yea you’re mostly right. In the end, only that bald headed guy in front of class will really know how drastic the curve will be but it’ll most likely be as you described.</p>
<p>haha yeah I’m hearing horror stories from 170 and 174. good luck!</p>
<p>lol sounds good though, thanks!</p>
<p>170 and 174 are like math courses (the ones with proofs).</p>