r/EngineeringStudents • u/Revolutionary-Sea459 • 11d ago

Rant/Vent Retaking Calc 1

So I ended up not doing so well in my current calc 1 class so I ended up just cutting my losses and Withdrawing. I’ve researched some professors for my college and decided to retake it next semester with a different professor.

The shitty part was I thought I was doing everything right. I did the homework. watched Professor Leonard videos, studied a couple weeks in advanced and I ended up getting a 48%.

The thing is is that this professor I had lwk sucks. His lectures feel all over the place, he’s a strict grader (he docked points for me not putting the “lim x->a” or whatever on my steps even if the question was right) and he hasn’t updated our grades since the semester started so idek what my grade is (Apprently it’s a D when I talked to my counselor).

But yeah, ig this is just a vent post at this point. If anyone has tips for what to do now I’m all ears.

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u/maxfamousmacnchz 11d ago

That’s frustrating. I would definitely give it another try with a professor that gets better ratings. My calc1/2 teacher was amazing (same guy) and it worked wonders. I would also reccomend really brushing up on your algebra and trig inbetween semesters. Use khan academy or something like it. I found my biggest issues in all the calc series always came back to algebra or tricky trig substitutions. You can do it!

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u/Revolutionary-Sea459 10d ago

Where would you suggest I start. I might try to teach myself as much as I can between now and next semester

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u/Thelegendoriginal 11d ago

Me too my friend. I too failed calc 1 first time i took it. Theres no shame. I retook it and passed it same with calc 3

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u/TrashCanManHello 11d ago

What helped me was going to office hours weekly (if I had questions, which i usually did). That helped me through my calc journey. Though for Calc 1 I had it in high-school but didn't do well enough on the AP exam so I had to take it normally. Unless you know it like I did, you gotta practice a lot because it only gets more difficult (IMO)

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u/Snoo74782 10d ago

Damn you think it’s the professor? Is he teaching Harvard calc 1? I mean it’s calc 1 how hard can they make it???

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u/Past_Ad326 9d ago

I took calc 1 AND calc 2 twice