/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11104116
take it again and fix your GPA then

>>11104116
bro but thats good i mean college algebra is really advanced, im still in the first year getting straight c's in arithmetic cuz multiplication is bullshit

>>11104116
Wtf is college algebra?

>>11104156
I was wondering the same thing

Is it Linear Algebra?

>>11104150
Multiplication is just addition on steroids, don't worry anon.

>>11104156
>>11104159
the book

>>11104165
Conic sections are fun

Apollonius > Euclid

>>11104165
how is this college algebra, this is done in the 10th grade

>>11104177
lmao. I know right? Another reminder that CS is not science or math and is a major populated with brainlets

>>11104177
My math class is struggling with systems of equations.

I'm almost done with the book and am going to end up self teaching so I can skip a class or two straight to calc

>>11104177
I think where I grew up you finish Algebra 2 in senior year of high school when you’re on the “regular” class track. If you take the calculus courses you’re two or three years ahead.

>>11104189

Jesus, algebra 2 was a requirement to get IN to my highschool (Florida)

took algebra in 6th grade
cant imagine taking algebra at university

>>11104196
My high school did
pre-algebra
geometry
algebra 1
algebra 2

I forget which order. Unless you and your parents were smart and planning ahead in middle school, you were fucked.

>>11104196
I’m from Arizona, if I recall correctly we have one of the worst public educations out of all 50 states.

>>11104188
>my math class
>not taking 5 math courses every semester
brainlet.

>>11104206
I'm taking two writing courses to get them out of the way for gen ed. Only taking 1 math class per semester because my job will pay one job related (math) and one gen ed

>>11104189
I grew up in the US and went to a public school. I took Algebra 2 in 7th grade. Your "college algebra" looks a bit like my 9th grade. We finished Calculus 2 in 11th grade.

>>11104165
Nigga you trippin
>CS Majors

>>11104246
In contrast to this guy, I took Algebra 2 in 10th grade and Precalc in 11th, and there was no offering of AP Calculus. Also public school.

>>11104246
>>11104259
It's always amazing to hear about how wide the class divide is in public education.

"College Algebra" is a fucking disgrace. It should be called "Remedial Algebra" at best because it's essentially high school or middle school level algebra for people who are somehow in college without knowing this shit already. In reality, if you don't already know this shit you should have never been admitted to college in the first place. That fact that for some non-STEM majors this is their only "college" math class essentially means that they get a college degree without even being exposed to ANY college level math is a fucking disgrace.

>>11104275
No bully please. We brainlets had to suffer through so much.

>>11104165
this seems to cover fields, linear algebra and linear programming, polynomial rings, unique factorization domains, integral domains and their fields of fractions, quotients of polynomial rings by ideals and radical ideals in general, quadratic forms and multilinear algebra, basic lie theory and the exponential map, and introductory classical algebraic geometry and arithmetic geometry. seems like there's also some composition series and elementary number theory in that last chapter.

well? seems good to me. onto analysis.

>>11104201
It's not that bad except for the professor who makes fun of you for being a loser who takes high school algebra in college.

>>11104116
i fucking wish I could complain about getting a b.

>>11104156
remedial algebra for people who didn't learn it in high school. e.g. brainlets like OP

>>11104116
lmao ur a brainlet op
>>11104165

>>11104281
The class only covers up to 9.4 (Properties of logarithms).

>>11104116
>Calc III - A
>Linear Algebra - A
>Discrete Math I - A
>Computer Science II - A
>Freshman Seminar - B
>Understanding Music - B
fuck fine-art credit, fuck "how to be a person" class. fuck meme classes

>>11104165
I forgot all of my HS math and had to learn pre-calc through calc 2 so I could take the CLEP exam and pass straight to Calc 3 at my CC

Took me about three weeks to learn everything covered in this book and I was taking my time. Axler covered everything in this book in 300 pages with worked-out solutions included, books like these are a scam.

>>11105250
How far did you get in HS math though? You may have lost the ability to pull it up at a whim but it's still in there somewhere.

My HS only went to Algebra 2 and by senior year I was skipping class/barely graduated, so I didn't learn most of it. Trig/other stuff will be even harder I'm sure.

>>11104196
I went to school in Florida too.
For me it went
Algebra 1 (8th)
Geometry(9th)
Algebra 2(10th)
Pre-calc(11th)
Calc BC(12th)

I know some who kids who took Geometry in 8th grade(mine didn't offer it), never heard of someone taking Algebra 2 in middle school though unless they did FLVS. Did you go to a private school?

>>11104116
Should have sucked the teacher off.
Only got

>>11104116
>not dropping a class the instant you start to slip in it then take it next semester for a better grade
This is your fault.

>>11104156
It is a class that middle school children have to take to prep for believe it or not, high school. lol High school also has a senior "college algebra" class as well which is mostly review of the previous class.

>Americans have to pay for bulshit general general education classes

Fucking retards

>>11104165
Oh sweet high school math

>>11104116
Are you that anon talking about how you fucked up on one test?

>>11104165
lol

>>11104184
>>11104258
What CS program is this? At my school, you need to take the engineering sections of calc 1-3, intro to proofs, linear algebra, intro CS/AP credit, and data structures just for admission into the major and to take more classes. If you started with college algebra here you’d be like 2-3 years in before you could actually declare CS as a major, much less take the classes..

A B+. Oh fucking nooooo

>>11105504
Since I'm starting with college algebra, my path looks like this:
Freshman year
>Algebra in Fall, Trig in Spring, Pre-Calc in summer
>Two programming classes (Fall/Spring)
>5 gen ed courses
Sophomore
>Calc 1 (Fall), Calc 2 (Spring)
>Two programming classes (Fall/Spring)
>Another CS course
>4 gen ed courses

My junior/senior years will be pretty much just classes for my major. I was able to test out of some of the basic classes for some CS credit already, which was nice.

>>11105541
>>Algebra in Fall, Trig in Spring, Pre-Calc in summer

All of this should really be just one semester

>>11105546
well I'm almost done with the Algebra textbook. I'm going to jump into trig and then precalc, then try to retake the placement exam again.

>>11105541
No but like..you’re gonna be in school for a while to get into proper CS courses worth taking, or you’re gonna be taking a barebones CS degree that people meme about. Please tell me you’ll do the former

>>11105312
Fellow florida man here. I made it to the most advance track in math in middle school and did HL in high school so it went something like this:

middle
Algebra 1 (7th grade)
Geometry (8th grade)

high
Algebra 2 (9th)
Analytic Geometry & Trigonometry (10th)
Calculus 1 (11th)
Calculus 2 (12th)

That said, this was close to a decade ago at this point.

I went straight on to vector calc and diff eq. freshman year.
It was actually quite frustrating because all the introductory physics classes attempted to do 3dimensional problems without the signifigantly more elegant vector notation, because most of the other students weren't expected to take vector calc until their sophmore year.

>>11105312
Florida here too. He's lying.

>>11104281
don't forget nonlinear PDEs and dynamical systems theory in chapter 10.

>>11104116
>college algebra
Anybody who has to take what normal kids learn in 8th grade in uni should not be attending uni. OP, learn to weld.

>>11104246
Based AP BC Calc CHAD

>>11104165
Nigger, these are basic introductory math topics. If you can't into this then you're oficially retarded.

>>11104116
>algebra
please be baiting

>>11105663
First 2 years are Gen Ed/Math. Final 2 years are exclusively CS related (combinatorics, secure programming, etc).

>tfw too embarrassed to go to a tutor or office hours

>>11104165
Isn't this just high-school Algebra 2?

>>11106747
if you're not willing to put in the effort, you deserve to fail.

>>11106776
basically, but it's been years since I took it and my high school didnt offer anything above algebra 2 at the time

>>11106747
>writing tutor gives me shit advice and is always miserable and in a rush

>>11106789
no please I dont want human interaction please anything but that I just want to pass

>tutor doesn't make housecalls

>>11104275
this but a bit less mean

What do you guys think of this Math exam?
(there are two papers)
>https://www.examinations.ie/tmp/1572485580_6909504.pdf
>https://www.examinations.ie/tmp/1572485588_3356501.pdf

How does it compare to the Math exams taken in your final year of secondary/high school?

>>11106798
Math at these levels usually requires help. Tons of group projects and socializing in college. I only have a high school degree and I’m 24, I’m shit at math.

Only took algebra 2 senior year of high school and I forgot most of the shit again already and I have troubles re-learning shit like radicals, variable problems and some other shit.

I’ll probably be working retail my whole life. Already wasted 5-6 years with a benzodiazepine addiction and smoking weed everyday.

I legit wanna eat a gun. Nothing is worse than benzo withdraw then all of the other shit stacked on.

Who knows where I’ll go in life, but I’m no where near most people my age now besides druggies.

Makes me feel retarded which I basically am.

Best of luck to you, atleast you’re attempting

>>11106836
Im in calc 4 and I have no clue what any of these words mean

>>11104203
>>11105312
>>11105679
>>11104246

the fact that you guys know your middle and high school course names shows that you are UNDERAGE. you must be 18 or older to post.

Are all university professors supposed to just not care and teach like shit? I aced all my classes until ODE and then the professor didnt teach worth shit and I failed.
inb4
>read the book retard
the book was fucking shit and he taught straight from it, probably why the class was abysmal.

>>11106891
I'm 36 actually. Try again

>>11106041
>>11105312

No,

Suncoast High School

>>11104246
Took ap calc AB sophomore year of hs. Also public school but i was one of only 5-10% of my class who was on this track.

>>11104116
You still have time anon, in 4 days im going to fail in calc and physics, idk what to do once they kick me out of the U.

>>11107262
>idk what to do
seriously, go talk to your instructors and/or counselors in the departments. They WANT students who are having trouble to come to them for help; that's their job. Ask them what your options are now, and options for future classes. Maybe you will be on probation for a while, or maybe you will have to take some time off, or maybe they will let you have an incomplete or something. There might be a lot of options. It's going to be ok anon. Talk to someone.

>>11106891
Nigga I said in the post its been almost a decade.

Im two years into my PhD candidacy

>>11107897
u probably got accepted to meet diversity quotas.

>>11104156
Freedom™ Maths, an invention for consumerist American culture so their retarded children can pass the college courses they pay so much for