Teach myself Calc II?

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<p>I signed up for a Calc II course next semester but upon registration I was told by my roommate that the professor is incredibly tough (he had the same professor this semester for Calc III). Class averages usually hovered around the 50's on exams and the text book for the Calc II course is apparently not very good. </p>

<p>I think I managed a B in Calc I this semester (grades aren't in yet) so i'm a little worried about this class.</p>

<p>My plan now is to try and learn some Calc II on my own before taking the class with this professor in hopes of salvaging what I can of my GPA.</p>

<p>Since the text book is supposedly quite bad and I have yet to receive a syllabus outlining what we will cover. Could anyone recommend a decent review book of some sort of a good text that can teach the ideas well?</p>

<p>I have 3 weeks during my winter break and realistically speaking I know I won't be doing intense studying throughout it but if I could do some light reviewing and get a couple practice problems in. Then it might make a difference. </p>

<p>I'm thinking of getting this.
Amazon.com:</a> Calculus II For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) (9780470225226): Mark Zegarelli: Books</p>

<p>Anyone else try to teach themselves a class before? How did you approach it?</p>

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<p>Two books I would recommend:
“The Calculus Lifesaver” by Adrian Banner - covers both Calc I and II <– This is an ace book. If you buy nothing else, get this.
and “3000 solved problems in Calculus” -</p>

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<p>Wow PlattsburghLoser, I looked up that books and it looks like just what I need. The recommendation is very much appreciated. </p>

<p>Thanks a ton and i’ll look into the solved problems book as well. The more of those I can do, the better.</p>

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<p>I more or less dropped out of HS in 9th grade, and selfschooled until college. I had a lot of success using MIT’s open online courseware, i’d highly recommend it.
[Free</a> Online Course Materials | Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare](<a href=“http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm#Mathematics]Free”>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm#Mathematics)</p>