<p>One problem with the UC Berkeley Extension Calculus II course is that even if you start it now you might not get it done in time if you are scheduled to start at UCR before September. My younger son just graduated from high school and is taking Math XIA which is Calculus I through the UC Berkeley Extension. You can not send in more than one assignment at a time and you can not send in the next one until the Instructor has graded the one you just submitted which usually takes about a week. There are 13 modules for the course and a proctored final so you may have to expect it take three months to finish the course.</p>
<p>It is also expensive, $790 for the course and if you do not have the Calculus textbook that UC Berkeley uses for Calculus I-III, “Calculus, Early Transcendentals” 6th or 7th edition by James Stewart that is going to cost you another $200.</p>
<p>I have that book, used it for both Cal 1+2, didn’t have to pay for it either since I found a digital version. But there’s no way I’m paying $800 for one course.</p>
<p>hey little_duck, i’m pulling for you. i’m pretty certain i will be rescinded too (from sb). how are you planning to appeal to your school’s committee? i’ve been talking to a counselor who told me my records would be sent through some group decision, and i don’t know yet if i have the chance to submit some kind of explanation. i haven’t received my grades officially yet, so i’m waiting until then to ask… i’m just dreading the whole thing. i don’t know what’ll be worse, staying in cc longer or telling my parents. ugh.</p>
<p>i know brah i feel exactly the same way. i’ve just kind of accepted the fact that this is what happened and making myself feel sick about it is pointless. however horrible the consequences are i’ll get through them. The counselor I’ve been talking to has told me to enroll in the summer session and she’ll see if that will help, but I asked her how often the school makes exceptions and she said not often.</p>
<p>Honestly I felt my best shot was to talk to my professor in hopes of him sympathizing with my situation but after shooting a few emails back and forth I don’t think he’ll do anything about my grade. It will pretty much take a miracle at this point, like if he majorly screwed up on grading my final to get my grade changed.</p>
<p>*btw when you tell your parents, let me know how it goes so i know what not to say so my life is spared lol</p>
<p>Good luck. I was kind of delusional and didn’t think I would screw up that class and get rescinded but now it looks all too likely. Wish I had studied harder earlier on.</p>
<p>You cant clutch a math test bro. You can cram a night before to ace a history exam. But math is one of those things where you know it or dont. Usually people know like 1 month ahead of time if their going to fail a math class or not.</p>
<p>This almost happened to me. At my CCC, the IGETC Spanish class is basically 3 years of high school Spanish in 16 weeks. I had a D going into the final, and there was no way i would pass the class unless i got a C on the final. I decided to speak with my professor and ask if she knew any tutors that could help, and she did! Her teaching assistant does private tutoring, but it cost $50/hr. For the next four weeks before the final, i spent 4hrs/week with her teaching assistant, totaling to about $800 for tutoring. Long story short, I aced the final and ended up with an A in the class!</p>
<p>Yeah to anyone who is practically failing a class but has some time left to bring their grade up, the best thing to do is talk with your teacher early. I needed a B in my physics class this semester (incredibly hard) and had about a C- walking into the final. The entire class is graded out of 100 points (20 points/test) and the class average was 14/20 on each. Basically, I needed 20/20 to get a B which obviously wasn’t going to happen even with excessive studying. </p>
<p>Regardless, I kept in contact with him and asked questions over the few weeks before the final and let him know resepectfully that I really needed a B so I was doing everything I could to learn the material. I got about a 13/20 on the final and he gave me a B anyway for work ethic. Professors aren’t always out to get you!</p>
<p>^^ Yep that’s true. Sometimes people forget that professors are people too. But of course, there are also professors who are not as forgiving. I just read about a HS student the other day here who was also in the process of getting rescinded. In one of the classes he had an 89% and the teacher still wouldn’t give him an A. Pretty sad.</p>
<p>Well I wish you guys the best. I was in the same situation myself a couple of weeks ago. I had a 2.7 going into the finals. I was really afraid of getting rescinded to Cal. But I brought it up to 3.45. I studied like crazy for the finals >_></p>
<p>I didn’t cram, I had 5 full days to study for it. I actually sat down for 5-8 hours a day and studied the material. I really felt confident that I understood it. And it wasn’t like I had to ace the final either, I had a 69% going into the final all I needed was a 68% on it to get a C. Which is why I was so perplexed when I saw my grade on it (F) bc I felt I answered enough questions correctly to pass it. </p>
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<p>My professor is nice but not that nice. There’s no way in hell he would just give me the grade I needed just because he knew I needed it. I was borderline going into the final and dropped another 5% after the final. He didn’t know I was transferring but I feel even if he did it wouldn’t have helped my cause. I’m very surprised your professor would bump you up an entire grade.</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t explain that very well. I was trying to stress that basically EVERYONE in the class had a C (since the average was 14/20 on all tests) and he ended up curving the grades. After that, I was only about a point or two away from a B and he bumped me up to it regardless. Most physics classes are curved anyway.</p>
<p>I should have received a B in physics this semester, but I struck up a good rapport with the professor, he knew I was transferring to Cal, and he gave me an A. I also did all the extra credit he offered, though. And who knows? Maybe I aced the final? Didn’t see that grade, though, only the final course grade.</p>
<p>Same thing with my German frau. I think I blew it on the final, but I had met with her, expressed both my interest in the language, but my difficulty learning foreign languages, and while I’m almost certain I totally bombed the final (25% of the grade) she gave me a B. Sometimes its about letting them know where you’re coming from, where you’re headed, and showing that you’re trying. Some profs are uncaring and seem to almost take glee in screwing you over, and others realize that giving you some extra… consideration isn’t going to hurt them while it will greatly help you.</p>
<p>Math isn’t all that subjective, ether you got it right or not .
Plus my math Prof would do things like take points off for not writing EVERY single step .</p>
<p>Like say 3x=6 , then i write x = 2
I lost points for not writing 6/3 = 2.
It was a fun class, but I think I got a B( havn’t seen the grade yet, but aced 2 out of 3 test and did well on the final ) instead of a A due to sillyness like I wrote above . </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck , I would look into admission into a alternate major , then you could major switch once your there .</p>
<p>Here’s a little tip I’ll add, if you can drop a class and your failing it, unless this is the last semester you can take it, its best to drop .</p>
<p>I have a friend who has failed 2 classes in which I saw him struggling and I told him to drop it, classes are like 80$ at the CC level, no shame in getting out when it gets too tough.</p>
<p>Or, they study their butts off. I had an F throughout Calculus I because I failed two of the exams due to using the wrong methods or making miscalculations (with my former Calc professor, if you get even one of the steps wrong, such as forgetting to distribute the sign, you get points taken off for the entire problem). Studied my butt off for the final…ended up getting a B on the final and a C in the course, thanks to my professor replacing the lowest exam grade with the final exam grade. So just because someone has a D or F in the class doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to fail the class.</p>
<p>@little_duck, your situation makes me really sad, i really do wish you the best of luck with everything. even if you have to stay at CC another year, it isn’t the end of the world, i actually was at CC 4 years (time goes by fast).</p>
<p>I just wanted to bump this to tell everyone I finally got word from UCR (took them a month to get back to me) and I got approved to retake Calc II in the summer (which I currently am) and they won’t rescind me assuming I pass the class. Never felt so much relief in my life honestly. The lady I had been talking to was telling me it’s very rare that they would approve but by some miracle they did. Every day I was waking up wanting to throw up because I had no idea what was going to happen. I have been going to class everyday and trying to study but in the back of my mind it was just killing me. Now I can 100% focus on this class and destroy it. :)</p>
<p>“I didn’t cram, I had 5 full days to study for it. I actually sat down for 5-8 hours a day and studied the material. I really felt confident that I understood it. And it wasn’t like I had to ace the final either, I had a 69% going into the final all I needed was a 68% on it to get a C. Which is why I was so perplexed when I saw my grade on it (F) bc I felt I answered enough questions correctly to pass it.”</p>
<p>I did the exact same thing you did when I took Calc 1. Of course it’s much easier than 2 but I went into the first test studying about 5 days earlier and completely bombed. I was so sure I would ace it and did horribly. I then knew that I needed to put a lot more time and effort into my studies. Interestingly enough, it was after that class that I decided to major in Stats lol. </p>
<p>As for Calc 2, I sat in this past semester at my CC just to take notes and get a heads up on the material. I’m taking it this qtr at UCD so I know what I’m up against and the time I will need to get the grade I want. I know my weaknesses, such as infinite series (■■■■! :() and my strengths, such as integrating by parts and finding areas. So come exam time, I know I’ll be putting in a lot more time with series convergence and divergence, by what test, etc. </p>
<p>The good news for you now, and after reading your update, is that you have a second chance to fix things. Learn from your mistakes, DO NOT procrastinate, and stay ahead with homework, etc. Trust me, I know the feeling of screwing up lol. It sucks but if you do what needs to be done, in the end you’ll be rewarded.</p>
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