reddit student engineer not doing well in physics 101

I watched PatrickJMT for most units/sections and ended up passing the class with a high A. After that I knew if I was gonna go though CS I didn’t have the time to let any math classes set me back. When I started college they put me in precalc again(which was the 3rd lowest math class at my university) and I failed my first test. I was like you in high school but I nearly failed trig/pre calc and took stats my senior year cause I thought I was a lost cause in math. Having a class 5 days a week makes everything way harder than it should be. High School sucks when it comes to teaching students. I've spent a lot of time doing all the homework, and I do fine on it, but I can't seem to pull it together when it matters. I've been to my professor's office hours, and even she was confused by how disappointing my scores have been. its not that any of them are wrong, but it confuses me because they all have little tweaks to the concepts. Also, I feel really confused, because my professor teaches the material a certain way, the homework answer key solves it a different style, and things like khan academy do another style. However, I have time to fix it because the final exam can replace one of my test grades, so I'm not totally doomed yet.Ĭould it just be that I'm having trouble with calc because it's a college class? I feel like it moves really fast, and I don't have time to memorize things. This year I'm doing well in chem, but my calc 1 grade isn't good right now. Last semester I got an A- in chem, but only a C in pre-calc. This is my senior year, and I took a chemistry and pre-calculus both semesters. I also have done really well in all of my science courses. I got good grades in those subjects, but my SAT math score wasn't that good. I took algebra 1 in freshman year, algebra 2 in sophomore year, and geometry in junior year. Well, no one told me I had to be a math ace.

I was told engineering would be good for me because of this interest. I decided I want o be an engineer towards the beginning of high school, because I've always been interested in how things work.

Reddit student engineer not doing well in physics 101