I really need help. I want to take pre calc this year (btw i’m a senior) but the teacher that gives this class always fails her students and she makes them cry but they say that she is a very good teacher even if she fails you. I can’t afford to drop my gpa for obvious reasons. My second options is probability and statistics and they say this class is very easy and the teacher is super funny and she also teaches well, but I don’t know if the college I want to get into (Hult Business school) or any basic business school requires me to take pre calc. Please help me
Where do you live and why do you want to go to HULT?
many state universities do not count senior grades, only curriculum rigor and the fact you’ve not received a D or F. So, taking precalculus and getting a C would not hurt you.
hult as well as most aacsb business schools want precalculus.
you could take precalculus at a local community college (where it’s often called College Algebra). This way you have the class but not with the teacher you fear.
many college classes will involve instructors whindont care (mostly because you’re kistnin a seanod 200
I would take Pre-calc as you may need to take Business Calculus in College.
) GO TO CLASS, BUY THE BOOK, READ THE CHAPTERS, AND DO THE HOMEWORK!
Go to Teacher’s office hours early in the semester and Ask this question: “I know this is a really difficult class-- what are some of the common mistakes students make and how can I avoid them?”
If you have problems with the homework, go to Teacher’s office hours. If they have any “help sessions” or “study sessions” or “recitations” or any thing extra, go to them.
Form a study group with other kids in your class.
Don’t do the minimum…for STEM classes do extra problems. You can buy books that just have problems for calculus or physics or chemistry whatever. Watch online videos on line about the topic you are studying.
If things still are not going well, get a tutor.
Read this book: How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less by Cal Newport. It helps you with things like time management and how to figure out what to write about for a paper, etc.
For tests that you didn’t do well on, can you evaluate what went wrong? Did you never read that topic? Did you not do the homework for it? Do you kind of remember it but forgot what to do? Then next time change the way you study…there may be a study skill center at your college.
How much time outside of class do you spend studying/doing homework? It is generally expected that for each hour in class, you spend 2-3 outside doing homework. Treat this like a full time job.
If you run into any social/health/family troubles (you are sick, your parents are sick, someone died, broke up with boy/girlfriend, suddenly depressed/anxiety etcetc) then immediately go to the guidance counselor and talk to them.
At the beginning of the semester, read the syllabus for each class. It tells you what you will be doing and when tests/HW/papers are due. Put all of that in your calendar. The teacher may remind you of things, but it is all there for you to see so take initiative and look at it.
Make sure you understand how to use your online class system…Login to it, read what there is for your classes, know how to upload assignments (if that is what the prof wants).
If you get an assignment…make sure to read the instructions and do all the tasks on the assignment. Look at the rubric and make sure you have covered everything.
If you are not sure what to do, go EARLY to the teacher’s office hours…not the day before the assignment is due.
Take advantage of the “re-do”…your teacher wants you to learn the material. Future material depends on it so you need to have the foundation. By explaining what went wrong you really understand it. Take advantage of this.