Does Calc 2 suck hard?

[slpaulson]

Calc 2 was probably the hardest math class I've taken...

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
They're about the same. And neither of them has anything on Differential Equations or even Multivariable, so enjoy it while it lasts.

We did diff. eq. stuff in calc 1. Not very involved, though.

Nooooo you didn't.

Well that's what the chapter was called and that's what we went through.... you can't deny those two things!! 😀

What did you cover?

Its entirely possible you covered some basic numerical analysis or 1st-degree differential equations - but the class snowballs after that. You'll see when you get there. 😛

Yeah 1st degree...that sounds right.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: gar3555
@ my school, Calc 2 was the weed out course...I mean big time weed out, at least 60% of the class failed...they wanted to get rid of engineers then, I managed a C, with about a 50%, and I studied my a$$ off. If yours is anything like mine...Good Luck, you'll need it

God Speed

LOL...at my school...Discrete Math was the weed out course. The enrollment dropped from 35 or so to about 15 after the first 3 weeks, and we ended up with 6 people at the end of the semester.

yeah...it's crazy, after 5 years of school...starting with ~200 in our intro to computer/electrial engineering class, and graduating ~40...good thing for business and education...not that there is anything wrong with those two majors

EVERYONE has a story like that - I really hope I don't end up like that.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: gar3555
@ my school, Calc 2 was the weed out course...I mean big time weed out, at least 60% of the class failed...they wanted to get rid of engineers then, I managed a C, with about a 50%, and I studied my a$$ off. If yours is anything like mine...Good Luck, you'll need it

God Speed

LOL...at my school...Discrete Math was the weed out course. The enrollment dropped from 35 or so to about 15 after the first 3 weeks, and we ended up with 6 people at the end of the semester.

yeah...it's crazy, after 5 years of school...starting with ~200 in our intro to computer/electrial engineering class, and graduating ~40...good thing for business and education...not that there is anything wrong with those two majors

EVERYONE has a story like that - I really hope I don't end up like that.

just study and try and be the ~40, not the ~200 g/l

 

[Triumph]

At my school, calc 2 was basically integration. I did pretty well, actually found it easier to grasp than calc 1. Multivariable was horrible though. Ugh.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: gar3555
@ my school, Calc 2 was the weed out course...I mean big time weed out, at least 60% of the class failed...they wanted to get rid of engineers then, I managed a C, with about a 50%, and I studied my a$$ off. If yours is anything like mine...Good Luck, you'll need it

God Speed

LOL...at my school...Discrete Math was the weed out course. The enrollment dropped from 35 or so to about 15 after the first 3 weeks, and we ended up with 6 people at the end of the semester.

yeah...it's crazy, after 5 years of school...starting with ~200 in our intro to computer/electrial engineering class, and graduating ~40...good thing for business and education...not that there is anything wrong with those two majors

EVERYONE has a story like that - I really hope I don't end up like that.

just study and try and be the ~40, not the ~200 g/l

:thumbsup:

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: Triumph
At my school, calc 2 was basically integration. I did pretty well, actually found it easier to grasp than calc 1. Multivariable was horrible though. Ugh.

So calc 2 just takes that one aspect from calc 1 and expands on it fifty-fold?

 

[Wonderful Pork]

if you took calc ab in highschool, that is calc 1. If you took calc bc, then you took calc 1 and 2.

 

[markgm]

Loved calc 1, did well in 2 even though it wasn't as much fun for me. Maybe because it was an extension of what I learned and not all new and shiny.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: markgm
Loved calc 1, did well in 2 even though it wasn't as much fun for me. Maybe because it was an extension of what I learned and not all new and shiny.

I thought calc 2 WAS a lot of new concepts and ideas.

 

[czech09]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
calc 2 is a lot harder than calc 1 IMO. calc 1 is so straight forward.

I agree. Calc 2 is said to be the hardest out of the trilogy and diff eq. Sequences and series is really the only part that I had trouble with my test grades in there:

A, C, C+, A+...now guess which tests were the ones on sequences and series...

 

[ngvepforever2]

CALC 1- EASY
CALC2- Easy but you have to study, it basically covers solving problems involving conics, rotation and translation of coordinate axes, and polar coordinates and if I remember well infinite series.
CALC3- Easy if you take the class on campus ( and not online like I did, but I managed a B)
Diff Eq- As easy as Calc1
Linear Algebra- Easy for some, and for the rest it's hard as hell.
forgot ...
Discrete Math- Unless you are a CS major, an engineering major or a math major...don't take you'll finish the semester crying and begging for some sleep.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
They're about the same. And neither of them has anything on Differential Equations or even Multivariable, so enjoy it while it lasts.

QFT.

 

[bonkers325]

calc3 is hard, i aced 1 and 2

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
calc3 is hard, i aced 1 and 2

Calc III was easier, IMO, than 2. 2 was the hardest, not including DE.

 

[Eeezee]

Here's how calc works

Calc 3 is easiest
Calc 4 is second easiest
Calc 1 is easy
Calc 2 is hard

Depending on who you ask, some say that calc 4 is easier than calc 3. But in general, calc 3 and 4 are the easiest courses in generic "calculus" classes. Calc 3 at my universit was called Vector Calculus and Calc 4 was Differential Equations.

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2
CALC 1- EASY
CALC2- Easy but you have to study, it basically covers solving problems involving conics, rotation and translation of coordinate axes, and polar coordinates and if I remember well infinite series.
CALC3- Easy if you take the class on campus ( and not online like I did, but I managed a B)
Diff Eq- As easy as Calc1
Linear Algebra- Easy for some, and for the rest it's hard as hell.

QFT

Calc 1 I had some trouble with because I had never been exposed to integration, limits, or derivatives before. But, I managed to do well in the class without too much trouble. Calc 2 really was a kick in the sack. It was more about applying what you learned and then some stuff about infinite series, which I happen to despise. Calc 3 was easy, although it seemed to give me quite the headache. Differential and Linear Algebra were cakewalks. Where it really hurt was in Complex Variables. Not only did I have to relearn many concepts from my other calc classes, but the theorems were touch. Anything from Cauchy Integral Theorem, ML inequalities, Harmonic Functions, etc were even more reasons to start drinking. But, altogether a rewarding class. If you can do well in Calc 2, you'll be alright.

 

[Raiden256]

See I thought calc I and II were cake (took them both in junior year HS and really liked them), but that calc III ay my engineering school was just about the hardest course I ever took.

I would spend the whole class just trying to wrap my brain around the 3D geometry... painful really.