<p>Ok. So I'm a freshman at a major university this year. The first semester I was loving college even though I didn't meet a ton of people. I loved my classes and they were all very fun to go to as weird as that sounds. This semester took a full 180 degree flip. I don't like most of my classes, am putting less effort into my work because I hate it or just don't understand, and my grades are reflecting it. I'm making A's, B's, and in some case C's but I plan to pull those up to B's at the least. But my biggest situation is Calculus 2. I ended up pulling a high C in Calculus 1 and was somewhat happy with that since I did put the effort into the class first semester. I'm a business major so Cal 2 is my last Calculus math class and I really hate it. I don't know what's going on in the class, I don't understand my professor partially because she's foreign (no hate), and I've found since I can't learn the subject through her I've started to skip class a LOT lately. I guess my question is, is it common for someone to skip classes because their professor is THAT BAD? Can they still pass that class with help of tutoring even if I failed my first test? I just really don't know what to do and am seeking tutoring, but everytime I go to that class it makes me feel like I'm an idiot. I've never failed a class and the realization that I might fail, and the fact that I'm skipping class has gotten me severely depressed. Just looking for advice. Thanks all who help.</p>
<p>man i feel you… im takin calc 2 and my teacher is from china and its a pain in the ass to understand whatever he is saying. i still go to class but i dont understand **** in there. so basically im teaching myself.</p>
<p>worst thing is im a civil engineering major. so idk how this calc2 class is gonna affect rest of my education.</p>
<p>Wow. Mine’s from India. And she speaks some English but everytime I go to her for help she never understands the concept of the question I’m asking. She’s really smart, just can’t teach. Problem is I’m only taking 13 hours this semester and if I fail this class there’s something called GAPing classes and you can only do it 3 times in your whole academic career but it basically let’s you retake the class and the F won’t count. But I’m not sure if I’ll lose my scholarship if I fail or even GAP the class. I’ve stayed up nights worrying about this to the point that I got sick for an entire week over just this one class. I know I won’t need Cal 2 for anything I plan on doing in the future more than likely, it’s just a core class that I’m forced to take. I’m in pre-Business right now and plan to declare what field I’ll go into after this semester. I might even double major in something like political science or something in economics. I plan on going to law school afterwards. Right now I just hate this class with a burning passion of a thousand suns.</p>
<p>Pick yourself up. This is a bad way to start college. I’m not sure how much math is important for business majors, but think carefully about business majors. It is a very risky major since you will not be hired right away for an administrator position. What you learn as a business major you can pick up from experience from internships or jobs. Job experience will be important when employers are looking over your resume and just business is not good. I recommend you major in something that will Land you a decent job. This new major you might change into may require math so it’s for your benefit to get on that math train. I believe it would be wise to pursue an MBA down the road after some experience and gaining some administrator position at the company you worked for. Research business majors being hired right out of college and see if this changes any plans of dropping math.</p>
<p>If you’re going into law, then math may not be important, except for Econ. Tutor up.</p>
<p>Yeah and I like Economics. I’m not 100% what I want to major in just yet because I’m only a freshman, I’m still thinking it over. But I know 100% I don’t want to be an engineer or anything that involves math beyond Calculus 2. I loved the law class I took last semester so I decided from there that law school would be my plan after my undergraduate.</p>
<p>You’re probably doing poorly in Calc 2 because you struggled in Calc 1. It might be worth your while going back to see what you didn’t understand from calc 1 and figuring out what was going on there. After that, I’m sure a lot of things in 2 will fall into place.</p>
<p>Do an unholy **** load of problems. Only way to get good at math. Also, write down all the necessary trig identities and elementary derivatives/integrals onto cue cards and commit them to memory. When I was in Calc 2 I had like 40+ cue cards that I looked over.</p>
<p>Reaver: It wasn’t that I didn’t get Cal 1. I understood every concept that was taught. The tests were just the hardest problems with multiple concepts covered in just one problem. I understood Cal 1 pretty well though, I just cracked when it came test time. But Cal 2 is just totally different.</p>
<p>Not everyone is good at everything…Is there a corresponding textbook? Start (re)reading the opening chapters and going to class. It’s the only way to catch up once a semester has started. Pretty soon it’ll be too late so you have to put in the time now. </p>
<p>But you can NOT like or pursue economics if you can’t handle calc 2. Intro econ (which I assume is what you’ve taken) is the only econ class that is purely conceptual rather than mathematical. All other courses are basically applied math. The higher you go in econ, the less intuition alone can help. The best econ grad students were usually math or physics majors in undergrad.</p>
<p>Also, take a stats class before considering business. You won’t be able to major in finance or operations if you can’t handle stats, and people who don’t like stats generally don’t enjoy accounting. It might not be for you.</p>
<p>Skips class yet wonders why he cannot understand the material. </p>
<p>Haha oh wow.</p>
<p>I hate math and I hate teachers that have heave accents and poor handing writing. It may feel like you are getting zero out of the class but that is probably not the case. I would get the tutor and not skip the classes. There may be information regarding the test that will help you pass the class. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I had the same problem when I took calc 2. I basically self-studied and rarely went to class. What you need to do now is to catch up and then stay ahead by reading the chapter your professor is going to go over before that class. You’ll have a much easier time if you do that.</p>
<p>For the tests, just work problems, everyday if you can. I made the mistake of not doing that and it eventually caught up with me. The material doesn’t get any easier either (for me it didn’t). I found sequences and series more challenging than integration techniques, volumes, and basic differential equations. Somehow I pulled out a low B, but could have done much better if I did what I’m telling you to do.</p>
<p>First off I am not an economics major I’m a business major and I already know I like it and I’m going to major in it. I’m saying I might double major meaning majoring in two fields. I will end up in law school either way. But anyways about the last comment I have a question. If I bomb my first test, will I be able to pull my grade up to at least a C with 3 more tests to go?</p>
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<p>Not to be mean, but you really ought to be able to figure out how to do a weighted average by now.</p>
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<p>Know I definitely believe you when you say you’re having trouble in calc 2 lol.</p>
<p>you know economics is all basically calc right? micro/macro are nothing like real economics u take later</p>
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<p>We’ll pretend like that’s intentional irony.</p>
<p>I said it because I’m sick of math and felt like getting someone else to do it for a change for those of you who didn’t pick up on it.</p>
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<p>We’ll pretend you’re not trying to sound clever pointing out spelling mistakes on an internet forum.</p>