/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7735501

Yearly reminder that anything short of all A's is a disgrace

B+
A
A
Which is about par for grad school.

That last grade was shortly an F before I called up the prof and informed him that my final had been in his email for a week.

>>7735501
I like you OP

>>7735501
Why you do not respect humans right to search end?
World is so terrible, Worse than hell,
Some people just tired, just tired to fight,
So try understand him,
Understand right,
So someday this wheel of hell,
Should be rotated well,
And Death would show their might.

All A's! my scholarship goes up to 18 credits so that's why i take so many classes every semester. Biochemistry and Existentialism were my favorites this semester

>Calc III:B
>Modern Physcs:B
>Chem 101:B
>Spa III:B
Everything that could've gone wrong this semester did go wrong, and it was probably the most difficult one I've had on top of that. Got sick the week before three of my classes had exams, got sick again towards finals, my spanish prof had a hernia or something and everyone but a few people that I liked got really pissy after she was replaced.

3.5 at a CC isn't life ending, is it?

>>7735508
>2015
>not getting all A+'s

Pre algebra: C+
Intro to Biology: B-
Honors Language Arts: D+

I'm trying to apply to Harvard, do you guys think I'll make it?

>Stats: Pass (probably the hardest course I've ever taken)
>Plant bio seminar: High Pass
>Department seminars: Pass
>Doctoral Research: High Pass, passed my Oral Exam
a little bit sad I didn't high pass the stats class but I handed a couple homeworks in late and that probably dinged me enough to bump me down

I got a 9.3 for Real Analysis and a 7.5 for Programming

>>7735592
>Splitting hairs

>>7735564
>doing biochem
>2/7 courses related to Bio or chem

What the actual fuck

>>7735632
Is there such a thing as a BA in biochem?

B in Assembly and Computer architecture
B in thermodynamics and modern physics
A- in Proofs
2nd year
GPA: 3.43
Double majoring in engineering and math. Feeling pretty OK. Applying for summer jobs. Trying to do it all in 4 years. Might have to do it in 5 if I don't get all my classes. That's OK though. Haven't failed anything yet and I'm declaring both majors this quarter.

You can do this /sci/!

I got a 78% in Calc 1.
It was my third try, and I still didn't do my daily homework.

I'll show myself out.

>2.11
>graduated in may
>no job

Electrodynamics - A
Intro to Symbolic Logic - A
Intro to Statistics - A
Linear Algebra II - A or B depending on my final grade. I went in to the final with a 98% and didn't study. Dumb decision.

I work 20 hours a week(10 hours if research and 10 of TAing) so I could only do 4 classes. I just changed majors so I'm picking up some gen eds I need for my new college.

>>7735663
Its your fault for studying some useless shit like engineering. Who the hell would hire an engineer.

95% Naval Architecture
90% Generic Math

Top of the class for the 1st time ever :)

>>7735663
Graduated in 2009, no job.

Now stuck in the army reading reports everyday.

Cry myself to sleep.

>2.01
>graduated in 2014
>No job

>>7735743
>being surprised at this

>3.5 CS gpa
>4.0 lellanguage degree I got at the same time
>any job I want, 60k starting.

>>7735662
>It was my third try, and I still didn't do my daily homework.
Why?
No really, I want to know why. That homework is practically all the studying you need to be doing.
A few missed assignments I can understand, but just not doing it period is practically asking for a fucking C. Your professor notices that shit and probably gave you less partial credit just to make sure you got a C, because that's what that bullshit deserves.

I'm not trying to be a dick, but that should've been at least a B for you. Instead of moping about it, fix whatever the fuck is holding you back. Take the class by itself, if you have to.

>>7735662
>It was my third try, and I still didn't do my daily homework.
Why?
No really, I want to know why. That homework is practically all the studying you need to be doing.
A few missed assignments I can understand, but just not doing it period is practically asking for a fucking C. Your professor noticed that shit and probably gave you less partial credit just to make sure you got a C, because that's what that bullshit deserves.

I'm not trying to be a dick, but that should've been at least a B for you. Instead of moping about it, fix whatever the fuck is holding you back. Take the class by itself, if you have to.

>>7735754
>>7735754
>any job I want 60k starting
Topkek, why don't you just write 300k starting. Since you like to meme.

c+ in linear algebra
b- in prob/stats i think
a- in american history (lol)
a+ in data structures / algorithm analysis

3.11 this semester, would've been higher if i didn't just give up during finals

Differential Equations: A
Interpersonal Communication: A
English - Critical Thinking: N/A
Introduction to c++: N/A

Still have not received my grades for English or C++.

>>7735501
Final letter grades not posted but all the course component marks are.

Technical Communications: A
Theory of Computation: A
Principles of Operating Systems: A-
Telecommunication networks: A-
General Chem: B+

Woulda aced chem and networks if I actually attended the lectures.

>>7735842
The fuck's with all of these people who took like 5 or 6 classes.
How many credit hours was that? It's gotta be a fuckload, if your gen chem was anything like mine.

>/sci/ talking about grades
HAHAHAHAHHA. This board fucking sucks. No wonder its filled with IQ, GPA, College and major rankings, and pop-sci cancer. As someone who works as an Engineer I can tell you the real world sucks and most STEM jobs are shitty and low pay. Even your beloved engineering field is shit. Its mostly like the movie office space with more Rajesh and Donnas.

>>7735868
But I'M GONNA MAKE VIDYA GAEMS!

>>7735868

>Butt hurt about real life

Its what you make it to be, son.

>>7735873
Those faggots end up working jobs that only require a high school degree, and certifications. This is why military fags with cyber experience make fun of CS fags.

>>7735868
>going into STEM for the money

I'm going in computer engineering because I wanted to learn the field and maybe get a job in the field. If I don't, I at least have the knowledge. I'm not transferring to a college with a 40k a year tuition. I'm transferring to a college where the tuition is 6k a year. Essentially, I'll be out of debt within 10 years with a McDonalds job if I can't get a job in my field.

>>7735895
Everyone hates real life. Why do you think everyone has a drinking, drug, or porn problem?
>Its what you make it to be, son
It sounds like you're young and never worked a day in your life. Your life revolves around your jobs and bills. That means you are making someone life, not your life. Hence /biz/ meme of wagecucks.

>>7735910
Jesus are you 19? I didn't go into engineering for the money as well, but eventually when you're living on your own, money becomes a factor into everything. Most engineering jobs aren't stable as well. They're linked to your project performance and the company profit earnings. This is why a lot of engineers go into finance or insurance. To have a stable paycheck. I'm going to get my MBA next year at a top 10 school, because fuck engineering.

>>7735868
>engineering
>beloved
lol'd pretty heartily

Only mark back is my "Theory of Computation" which I got an A-

Hard to say the other ones though.

>>7735923

27 who grew up poor, so I know how valuable money is. I also know not to buy a BMW and a house when I'm not making the money to support such living expenses.

A in General Chemistry
A in Circuit Analysis Lab
B+ in General Chemistry Lab
B+ in Circuit Analysis
B in Computer Organization and Assembly Language

Intro Mech. & S.R. : A-
Intro Phys. Lab: A-
Linear Algebra: A-
Macro. Econ: B+
Engl101: B

>>7735632
>>7735648
i'm not a biochem major I'm a chemistry major, i just took biochem for fun. I also came into college with an entire year of chemistry knocked out so I have lots of time to take random classes like humanities and philosophy. i really enjoy the liberal arts as well as sciences !

>>7735678
symbolic logic <3

it's literally a class that is just little puzzles

>>7735867
i take 18 credits. Most lecture classes are 3 credits and any class with a lab will be 4 credits.

>>7735678
EE or CompE? How's the wizardry that is electricity? Would you recommend the major to a HS fag?

For the midterms (my finals are in January)
Algebra: 16.5
Geometry: 15
Functional analysis: 14.5
Probability: 9.5

>>7736196

What's the max? What is considered a good score? I'm guessing this is France, with these grades out of 20 and 16 and higher being the highest level of honors.

Symbolic Logic: B
History of Math: C
Intro to Programming: C
Physics I: B

>have to get an A average for the year to keep my scholarship
I'm fucked.

>>7735611
How did you get a C+ in pre algebra? I'm really not one to compare grades but as a friendly warning: you need to change something.

>>7736238

Nah, you're just gonna have to get a bigger loan. Enjoy the debt.

>>7735776
>Why?
No really, I want to know why.

I'm the kind of person who wants to be good at something without doing any work. I don't like the frustration of putting significant time into a problem and getting that problem wrong.

I did homework in the beginning, but when we got to integral calculus, I stopped doing homework because of my other requirements.
My test grades were 72%, 78%, 86% and 64%. The last one was the integral stuff.

I thought I finally learned my lesson and gained some discipline from it, but I guess I haven't yet.
I'll go back and study math from Pre-Algebra onwards, to build a solid foundation.

B- Thermodynamics
A Dynamics
A Intro Material Sciences and Engineering
A+ Professional Topics in Engineering 1

Still NEVER EVER getting a job.

>>7736314
A+?
What type of school do you go to lol
I don't think I've seen one of those since elementary school

>>7736247
A level of thickness that's hard to come by these days

>>7736314
>B- in thermodynamics

>>7736350
Almost all schools in Canada and most in US have this so basically, your just an idiot

>>7736437

> your an idiot
> not you're an idiot

>>7736311
Is the 78% higher than your previous attempts?

You're going to have to learn to deal with the frustration. If I don't get a problem right, it makes me want to put more time into it because I'm genuinely curious about what I did wrong. Your mistakes should drive you to get better, not discourage you.

All As for my first semester of Grad School

Stats, Budgeting and some dinky required "Leadership" class since its for Business

>>7735663
Start your own business mang

2nd year EE with CS minor. 3.116 GPA /sci/, do I have any hope of grad school? I have time right?

Differential Equations: B
Intro to Statistics B
Discrete math D
Creative writing B

Currently first year CEGEP student.

>>7736812
>exams designed for a >50% average
pleb tier as fuck, don't even show your grades any more thx.

>>7736812
Was chemistry culturally enriched?

>>7736836
Marks below 50% are not calculated in the class average.

>>7735611
Low quality bate

>>7735662
What percentile?

>>7735611
kek

Probably shouldn't have completely blown off anal chem all semester, I deserve that for being lazy. All in all everything went better than expected this semester.

>>7736437
My school has no A+ but I don't know how common that is.

>>7736238
What the fuck kind of scholarship? I just need to do 30 hours every year and stay above a 3.00 or something.

>>7736920
Are you serious?

Pretty proud this semester but feeling pretty bad ever since school ended since I have done nothing but sit in my room and play videogames. Unfortunately the school I go to isn't too well known so I really should be studying for Math GRES so that I can hopefully get into a better grad school.

>>7735662
Don't know if that's a bad score or not.
Who knows, if 90% of the class got above 70%, then you're golden.

I once was taking a complex analysis course and got a 68% on the mid-term. I didn't know that the class was being curved, so I assumed I was doing bad and dropped the class. My prof. asked me why I dropped. He said I was in the top 80%. This had to be one of the worst decisions of my life.

>>7736959
Is that A&M Corpus Christi? I know two people who went there and absolutely fucking hated it and transferred out. Best of luck, anon.

>exchange semester
>all classes are pass/fail
>only need credit for 3/5 of my classes
Feels pretty good man. I put very little effort into my work this semester because of it, though, and only really tried at classes that really interested me. I wish I were less lazy and unmotivated.

>>7736962
I meant 80th percentile.

>>7736959
Asian detected

>>7736951
It's a tactic to raise the R-score, which pretty much means everything in cegep by lowering the standard deviation of marks in the class.

>>7736966
yes, it isnt too bad because its cheap (i live with mom and pop) and i have a few long-time friends here
>>7736975
technically yes, but i don't think the "overachieving-asian-student" stereotype applies to filipinos, in fact most filipinos I have met did poorly in school or do not care about academics

how do I get good

>>7737005
You have to convince yourself that getting Bs is NOT cool.

>>7737005
already not too bad

>>7737016
I was pretty bummed having squandered my chance at an A in Thermodynamics considering the exorbitant amount of effort I put into the class, but everyone was in the same boat, so in the end I cannot be too bummed.

>>7737017
thanks fäm

>>7735501
Passed Org Chem with a C+. Couldn't be happier, all things considered.

Computer Science 101: Got a B.

Ticks me off. I had a 95-96 entering the final exam and bombed the final. Went from a solid A for 15-16 weeks to a B. I feel like all those hours spent programming late at night, all the hard nights studying and all the large programming projects I made 100% on went to waste.

I'm spending my break self-studying data structures & algorithms on my own so that I can ace those two courses when I take them next. If anything it motivated me even more to be successful.

>>7735611
overqualified tbqh

>>7737032
if you don't like programming leave comp sci.
leave that shit to the people who find programming
>fun

90.0 is still an A!

I'm a junior but I switched programs so I'm doing all intro courses. It should be pretty smooth sailing due to no gen-eds.

>>7737005
>going to meme tech
aids indeed, familia

I got a D on my calc 2 class. It was my third try. In all tries i've never been able to give it all my effort because of personal problems that pop up.

Very depressed right now. Im at a CC, if i take it a fourth time and get and A will my three past fails hurt my transfer application?
At least I got a B+ on my other class considering i barely gave it time...

>>7737039
If I didn't like Computer Science I wouldn't be studying data structures & algorithms for fun.

>>7737047
what's meme about it my man

B- average reporting in

gol scrubs

>>7735501
A
A-
B
A

>>7737024
Not bummed enough.

B+ Physics 2
B+. C programming
A- Intro engineering
F Calculus 2

>>7737017
It's terrible

>>7737084
nigga you gotta take the W next time

>>7735501
A
A
A
A
A

>>7737084
What >>7737087 said, nigneramus. There's a reason why the final withdrawal date is late in the semester in most universities.

>>7737055
https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/53595

Enjoy your meme degree

>>7737092
i couldnt because I'd have to drop physics 2 if I wasn't in calc 2 and I was doing fine in physics. Doesn't really matter as they replace your grade when you retake a class at my school.

Linear Algebra, intro to numerical methods and physics 3 is next.

>>7736764
quarter system is a bitch my friend

>>7735501
>What grades did you get?
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

>>7737098
I'm pissing myself, this shit is so absurd.

I seriously wonder how wrote this. Better yet, what mentor approved this.

whoops lol

>>7735548
Alright faggot i'll take the bait.

Killing yourself is a selfish act, but so is keeping you alive.

The entire concept of selfishness is flawed.

You can try and kill yourself if you want but we're free to try and keep you alive to use you like the dirty whore that you are.

Both are done for selfish reasons, we want to use you to do useful things for us.

Kill yourself now faggot, good luck.

Real analysis: A
Differentiable manifolds: A
Algebra: A
Statistics: no grade back yet but I couldn't give a fuck, see above

>>7737255
A meme-tech mentor, that's who.

Intro to Linear Algebra: A
Principals of Physics I(Lecture): B
Principals of Physics I(Lab): C
Data Structures: A
I actually failed the lab, but I was really close and I was only short a few points because of some things that weren't really under my control, so my professor passed me anyway.

I want to take it easy next semester and so I'm only taking the next physics course and different equations.

A+ in Classical Mechanics
A or A+ in Differential Equations, depending on curve
A or A+ in MATLAB
A in Intro to Aerospace Engineering
B to A+ in General Chem 1, depending on exam grade
A+ in chem lab

>>7735501
A in analytical chem
A in physics II
B in molecular biology
B in microbiology
Pretty happy, started to get lazy towards the end of semester so I'll take what I got

Quantum Mechanics - A+
Optics - A+
Electricity and Magnetism - B+
Rus. Lang - A
Poly sci - A

3.94 GPA
Should I just end it all? All I feel is pain.

>>7735501
B+
B+
A-
A-
A
A

;_; all my classes are so fucking boring
the work that we're assigned isn't even remotely reflective of whether or not we know the material
we learn something hard one day, and then our assignment is just a review of something we learned 2 years ago and it pisses me off

>>7736723
>Is the 78% higher than your previous attempts?

Yup. Got a 67 for life sciences calc, then I dropped the engineering calc the first time. >>7736943
Not too sure atm.
>>7736962
That is true. I heard a few others dropped the class. I never had much trouble until I started getting involved with volunteering.

>>7736215
Yep the max is 20. Some of these are curved as hell though: the analysis midterm was so hard that the prof decided that doing one page perfectly would earn one the perfect score (the test was two pages long and he had tried to make it short..)
In the same way, I got a 9.5 in probability despite having done less than half of the test.
I think they don't want our records to look too bad when applying for other PhD programs.

>>7737050

3 times? Just how? The thing about math is you have to learn the matetial and do most if not all of the chapter questions following that chapter.

>>7736949
You're UTD aren't ya?

Calc 1: 98
US sjw history 1: 95
Eng comp 1: 91
Chem 1: 97
OOP in python: 95

How fucked am I? CC here. Am I in danger of getting into academic dismissal?

>>7737084
dont feel bad, I just got a D in calc 2, and while it was enough to get credits, I'm retaking it so I can get the A and fix my gpa

still feel like a shithead for basically spending entire weekends doing homework and studying and still coming up short ;_;

>>7738175
at some point you need to step back and think about why you're actually in college

>>7737248
>still the worst in the thread.
Fuck me.

A
B
C
D
F
F

>sign up for 5 classes
>fuck up 2 of them

Why do people do this?

>>7738637

tfw taking five classes next semester.

Chemistry 101
Physics I
History (8 weeks)
Biology (8 weeks)
Nutrition (8 weeks)

How fucked am I?

Honestly, none of you guys have to complain if it's just grades; man up, redo them, and take the weighted average.

It's only the people that wants to go to grad school that I feel bad about.

Complex Analysis: B+
Analysis II: A
International Trade: B
Still waiting for results from Game Theory.

Dunno why the fuck I bothered with this econ shit; I haven't seen this many linear equations since high school.

>>7738649
If I have Ws, will I ever be able to get a Master's degree?

>>7735947
I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a 100 level course in the philosophy department that only had like an hour or 2 of hw a week. Let's see if metalogic is as fun next fall.

>>7735501
Language: A
Music: A-
Physics: B+
Math: B

I'm pissed off because I actually understood everything in the math class, but the teacher started a huge difficulty spike at the last month out of nowhere.

I might get an A- because I missed 1 iclicker point depending on the curve...

Should I end it?

>first semester mech engineer

all those B+'s should be A's, got pretty lazy at times. eh

Intro to Prog: A
Discrete Math: A
Calc 1: B
Game Design 1: A

>>7739047
>game design
>Calc 1: B
No wonder you guys say CS majors are retarded all the time

>>7735717
Going to usna?

>>7739057
I thought I did alright given that the highest math I took in high school was basic stats

>>7739044
>kechanical engineer
>public speaking
>calc 1

>>7739173
hows purdue senpai

3.0 in undergrad
doing post grad level work
ask me how

Pretty happy with this, desu senpai (except phys, salty af about that)

>>7739120
other major classes were full, had to knock out a GE sometime :^)

>>7738449
But foundation of algorithms is such a fun course, I honestly couldn't help but pay attention. Are you even interested in CS?

>>7738175
Damn, less than a 1.0... Do you study?

>>7739177
couldn't see myself in any other circumstances than i am now. pretty good.

I didn't get good grades but I didn't any D's or F's 1 C the rest are A's and B's

>>7735527
If you are getting just one B throughout your gradschool thats fine.
But more than one of those is pretty shitty.

>>7739264
How much will a low GPA in undergrad cripple me in terms of job prospects and grad school?

4 A's and a B+ in math. I did nothing in math though, like chegged all the homework and crammed for exams the day of, so I really can't complain. Thought I'd do worse in it honestly.

>>7739181
you had good grades near the end, you had a high GRE score, you wrote a good essay, you interviewed well in person

The last two are A's, but haven't been updated yet. A+ is not offered by my uni.

>>7739287
That B is the bane of my existence and the worst grade ive ever gotten in physics
Feelsbadman

>Hydraulics Lab: B
>Hydraulics class: C-
>Biology of the Cell: C
>Mechanics of Materials: C
>Structural Analysis: D+
>Differential Equations: D+

It's my fault for slacking off on the homework. I'm really at a loss about what to do now.

>>7739256
What major is this that you're taking MA 261 and Latin and CLCS 181?

>>7739335
those are gen eds obviously. hes doing chem

>>7739328

>take 5 classes
>fail 2, almost fail a third.

Why?

Take a smaller number of classes, there is no reason to take lol5 and fail close to half of them. It doesn't speed up graduation and it ends up costing more money.

>Ochem1/Lab - A
>Microbio/Lab - A
>Cal 2 - C
>Shitposting101 - A
Fuck me man. I aced every fucking test up until we got to series and sequences on the midterm. Our professor only made two questions max out of our ten question midterm, all the others were made by some other chucklefucks and asian grad students in the math department. Average grade was a D, and that fuck wouldn't give us a curve on that one fucking test. Shit son, I'm mad.

>>7739335

I'm guessing chemistry since there is a "freshman chemistry orientation", with Latin and classics being gen-eds.

>>7739335
Chemistry major, classical studies minor. MA 261 is required for chem major.

>>7735613

>stats
>hardest course you've ever taken

Was it advanced stats or something? The stats I took was vegetable-tier easy.

>>7735501
My grades in lexicographical order: A, A-, B+, B, B-. That's a straight if I've ever seen one.

>>7738175

Pretty fucked. Unless "Intermediate Algebra" is actually an abstract algebra class, then you're OK

>Intermediate Java: A
>Database Systems: B
>Computer Organization: B
>Cal 1: A

I'm changing majors though and I don't need any of those classes. I fucking hate STEM. It's so boring and I'd rather kill myself than do this shit for the rest of my life.

>>7739450
I'm not sure where he goes to school, but intermediate algebra at my university is basically a remedial math course. It's 9th grade math.

>>7738175
You don't have to get a degree. At least not right now.

Go work and figure out if you want to go to school and why you want to do it. Plenty of people go to college in their late 20s+, some by circumstance, some by choice.

Focus your efforts on something else for your own good.

>>7735928
Interesting. I grew up poor so I understand money isn't everything.

all f's

cfccdcc

Lin alg: A
Set theory: A
Optimization: A
History: C
Fucking GEs man

>>7735586
Prolly depends on your major but I managed to transfer to a decent school for math with a 3.2 so I would say it isn't life ending

>>7738175
I'm sorry man, but you aren't ready to put in the work involved in college. Work for a few years and come back if you realize that there are real benefits to working hard.

>mfw I get a test
E means I could have done worse, but didn't

>>7740125
I know what you mean, a straight up 2%-tier complete fail somehow feels better than a "you got 40%" grade

>>7736951
>doesnt know what average means

>>7739173
>lafayette
nice shithole

>>7735564
>existentialism
>liking any philosophy ever
>liking any useless humanity ever

>>7735501
>retake a class
>go from C to A-
>GPA should be 3.62
>instead it's just 3.56
>trying to get into semicompetitive school

>lolhappyholidays

>>7739287
What is women math/sci/engineer? Is it just a colloquium for women in the sciences?

Stratigraphy and Sedimentation - C
Stratigraphy and Sedimentation Lab - C
Gen Chem I - B
Gen Chem I Lab - A
Art History - C
Graphic Design - A

Had 30+ credits at 4.0 prior to this semester, so I am not too butthurt. Was a hectic semester after having a personal spat with my stratigraphy professor. GPA is still above 3.5 though, which means my internship offer for this summer still stands.

>>7735824
Wtf kind of special snowflake liberal arts school do you go to where you earned an C++?

>>7736764
>not getting all As in those classes

Pic related, it's you.

>>7739243
Evidently not.

Advanced analytical chem: A-
Calculus I: A -
Biochemistry Lab: A
Quantitative analysis: A-
Quant lab: B
Orchestra: A
Undergrad research: A
Theology: B

I took 19 credit hours and literally begged for sweet release by the end of the semester.

>>7739173
hey senpai

>>7740619
>not showing classes

>>7740611
tfw 22 credit hours for 11 weeks


JUST

>>7737084
>failing calc 2

Jesus

Is it really that hard?

I got a B+ in calc I, what horrors await me?

>>7740739
>B+
>Calc 1
Rip in peace, senpai

>>7740700

>>7740739
Got a 99% in calc I, and looking back on it, it was so fucking easy, like baby math (which I guess it relatively is). Got a D in calc II. Definitely need to step up your game

>>7740546
Underrated

>>7735628
>splitting atoms

I missed an A by 1 point...

Should I end it?

>>7740817
What is so difficult about Calc II?

>>7740817
>calc II
>not literally 1+1: the class

>>7739264

>caring about your GPA in grad school

>>7740864
Fellow UIUC student here. Nice work. How were Phys 213 and 214? I don't have to take them for aerospace but I'm wondering if I should anyway.

>>7740817
How do you get an A in calc 1 but fuck up in calc 2 when most of the semester is the same shit and it only changes with series?

>>7741151
>Implying every school's calc 2 curriculum is the same
It's your shit uni, m8

Why do so many people even take calc 2? It's the second half of the BC calculus curriculum, right? So why are so many people taking it at uni if they could have passed out with AP credit? And if they just didn't do well on the AP test, then it comes as no surprise that they did poorly in the more rigorous college version.

>>7741184
My high school didn't have a AP Calc BC course, only AB

>>7736247
Its b8 m8, im actually getting an A in Geometry

>>7741145
>diffyq
>matlab
Fuck m8. I must've seen you at least once if not several times. Sergey?

Does your school give out A+?

>>7741184
I took Calc AB, passed it with a 4, but retook Calc 1 in college because people had it in my mind that a college calculus class would be magnitudes harder than an AP class. Turned out it really wasn't and I ended up getting an A but it at least boosted the GPA anyway.

>>7740864
>S

lol wat

>>7741355
Satisfactory

>>7740380
It's a wymns studies class disguised as an engineering course. Easiest class in the school, and its online.

I somehow pulled a B in Thermo I
A- in Stoichiometry and lab
A in French I

I was expecting a C or lower in Thermo and a B or B- in Stoichiometry, but I ended up doing really well on my finals for both classes much to my surprise.

Software Design Project I - A
Computer Graphics - A
Design & Analysis of Algorithms - A
Computer Networks - A

>>7740864
Fuckkkk how do I into S-ranking University

How do you guys study? Like, HOW and how many hours a day?
I wanna be like senpai and stepping up my game.
B' and C's are not an option anymore

>>7741562
I get straight A's ask me anything. I'm still a math undergrad shitter though.

>>7741543
have S++ R&D skill
wait for guy with robot arm and horn to fulton you

>>7741562
the secret is to attend a mediocre university full of retards so even if you fuck up you'll get curved to an A because everyone else is dumb

>>7741564
Like, how are you preparing yourself for exams?
What do you do to try to understand the material?
What are you doing during the semester?

And now more catchy:
How are you sure to capture the little important details? I feel like I miss out on a lot.
Are you learning out from a textbook or just via the lecture?
What kind of 'learn methods' are you using? Just good pen and paper and problems?
How many hours are studying a day?
How are you sure you REALLY understand a chapter/part/concept and can apply it to any problem you encounter related to it?

A bunch of question, I know. But I would really like to know how others do it and what I do wrong. I feel like I spend a lot of time wasting and not learning as good as I potentially could.
Thanks, I would be very pleased and happy if you can drop a few words on these.

>>7741585
Mh. My university and classes are not curving anything. 50-70%+ (depending on class) or you failed. 95%+ for an A.

>>7741586
>Like, how are you preparing yourself for exams?
Do practice problems and exams. The more the better.

>What do you do to try to understand the material?
Derive everything on your own using the things you know. That way you'll understand how you got from point A to point B.

>Are you learning out from a textbook or just via the lecture?
I'm sure in math and the sciences, it's much better to just read the textbook. Lectures are largely pointless, especially if your lecturer is just boring. Use lectures as pacing, but read the material to actually understand anything.

>What kind of 'learn methods' are you using? Just good pen and paper and problems?
Google the Feynman technique or whatever it's called. It's very effective.

Lastly, don't be retarded, mop up all the free points from attendance and homework as you can because that might just be what pushes you over the boundary to get an A.

>>7741588
They might curve, as in not lowering the thresholds for the respective grades, but by giving free points to people to bump them up.

What university doesn't curve? It's like the greatest American pastime.

>>7741600
Im not attending a University in US. It's really transparent to us what we need to earn a grade. Even on the sheet of paper on top of the exam are the points mentioned you need. It's not uncommon 50-90% people are not passing at all. Lowering is, like, really really rare and an exception case. There was a math course here (Uni Köln ) whereas 94% (!) failed the math exam

http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/uni-koeln-studenten-bestehen-mathe-klausur-massenhaft-nicht-a-826946.html

>>7741598
Thank you alot. Really. I'm gonna Feynman asap

>free points from attendance and homework
Kek. We don't have this either.

>>7741608
>>7741598
gonna google Feynman asap*

>>7741598
Wow thanks bro, i feel like i hit a jackpot, will try this out.

Intro to Psych: A
Intro to Comp Sci: A
Vidya Game Programming(Fufilled shitty ge requirements): A
Composition: A
Short Story: B+

Comp Science and Psychology major. Everyone says it's a great combination. Am I getting meme'd?

how do you guys take all these classes? im a CC student here and i tried to do it but it overwhelmed me, i felt that i wasn't learning the material well and i don't want to transfer without feeling fully confident with everything i learned. i would end up staying up late nights trying to figure things out and burned out after the first two weeks. i was taking intro to C++, calc2, and a history class that required a lot of reading and writing.

Im 26
and im barely in calc 2 and intro to physics .
is that bad for my age? i wasn't motivated or pushed into academics as a kid.

>>7741815

Who's everyone? I have never even of that combination before.

>>7741843
26 is fine. It's not like you are an old guy.
There's no age limit on education. Just get familiar with time management and get rid of "fully learning". You wanna pass the exams and if you're more interested, you learn that in your freetime. Doing 1-3 semester longer (taking longer) is not that bad aswell. Just stay strong on your game.

>>7735541
what a guy!

>>7741865
I mean everyone I talk to. Most of the professors I ask about it to say it's a really good combination. From what I've gathered, they're kinda like the direct opposites to each other. Also, with that combo, I only need two additional classes to minor in Cognitive Science.

>>7741870
thanks i lose motivation, and its good to hear stuff like that sometimes. I read all the posts from anons on this board and all the hard af sounding classes (which they all pass with A's) and it makes it sound that if im not a genius by the time i transfer, i wont make it out alive.

>>7739267

Chemistry grad student here. Can't speak about industry application process.

Largely dependent on field. If you bust your ass and get out a first author paper (or even second/third would be infinitely better than not), grad school applications can be a slam dunk. Admissions committees for STEM departments are professors who went through the same processes and understand that one can be an adept and fervent researcher while having disdain for the gauntlet of Rote memorization that is most undergrad programs.

In your letter, you can also talk about having a long term goal of becoming a professor to help underprivileged youths, etc. Even if it's pure bullshit, it will still score points with those susceptible to it (as well as professors seeing you as "one of them")

Lastly, just apply for the NSF GRFP. That thing is essentially a lottery as long as you don't half-ass the application. If you get it in undergrad, you are almost *guaranteed* admission to your choice of grad schools.

>>7740593
>telling people their grades aren't good enough

you must be fun at parties

>>7737579
0.06 off 4, how is that bad?

>>7739444
That's trips if I've ever seen one.

>>7739719
better than most people, at least you tried :)

Non-American here, what's about the average letter grade for courses?

I'm currently at an 8.3/10 average (in the Netherlands, don't know how much it varies between countries), I guess most students hover around a 7, but I have no idea how that compares to the letter grade system.

phys ii: B+
diffeq: B+
digital circuits: A
discrete 1: A+
c++1: A+
LinAlg:: C
i guess i can kill myself

first quarter here got a C+ in math and a B- in chem, middle of the curve in both cases

didn't study so i deserve my shitty gpa

algorithms - a
computer systems - a
computational biology seminar - a
linear programming - b

>A+ in Calc 1
Calculus 1 should be mandatory in grade school. If you understand the topics conceptually, you will not have a problem.

>>7741883
No no, the combination you mean when you refer to comp sci pairing well with psych IS cog sci. psych (PSB) is retarded to pair with CS. do CS&CS, forget the social behavior aspect entirely. A few profs at my uni hold these degrees, some in the comp sci degree others in cog sci/linguistics/etc. Really opens a lot of doors

>>7740704
I'm so fucking sorry friend.

I wanted to shoot myself in the head more than once this past semester. It didn't help that I was busting my ass rounding up recommendation letters, applying to grad schools, taking the GRE, taking the chem GRE, taking a test to get out of a German class, and tutoring weekly. Holy shit I'm glad that semester is over.

>>7739264
I'll try not to get another then. I knew anything below a B was essentially considered failing, but I didn't figure that Bs would be looked down on too badly.

>>7742192

They are only looked down here where autism reigns supreme. A B-grade is considered good in the STEM fields.

>tfw did well on all my exams
>but felt like I fucking bombed my linear algebra course
literally froze in the exam, it's never happened to me before..

>>7741323
lol yep. That mofo was awesome but we had some serious fuccbois in there. I got pretty sick of constantly hearing
>Do we have to know this?
>Is this -really- useful for engineers?
>Will you give us this on the test?

>>7742350
Who the hell ever said that?
More like
>omg im dropping this class
>i give up
>fuggen sergey reeee
The funny thing is even though so many people dropped the class or got close to 0, I don't think the department bothered to curve anything in the slightest, like to get an A you need above 93.

As for 213 and 214, basically I'm sure you'll never need to know anything in 214 for aero and you don't need 213 because you have your own thermo classes anyway.

>>7741586
Here's what I do, the other guy is not the one you replied to:

Before lectures I always briefly skip through the paragraph we're gonna do, I don't understand shit at this point.

During the lecture I take notes and don't fuck around on my phone.

Then, that same day, I read the book again and try some of the easier problems in the book from that paragraph.

In the weekend after, I do some of the harder types of problems.

I prepare for the exam by making 3-4 practice exams, and doing the hardest problems in the book.

Major key to success here is to have neat handwriting and organized notes.

>>7742010
Waar studeer je?

Een 8.3 is een A- volgens mij, een 9 is een A+.

>>7742368
Hahaha true
There was that one annoying dude who always asked dumb questions and eventually dropped after the second midterm slaughter.

I think there was a slight curve because my roommate had a 90.6 on moodle and he ended up with an A. But the curve must have been almost exactly 2.4% because I had a 94.55 and didn't get an A+.

>>7742490
You're not even ECE so how'd they even let you in the class anyway? Why would you even do 286, all aero needs is 285.

>>7742402
Ik had een tijdje geleden hier op /sci/ gezien dat een 7.2 al naar een A omgezet wordt, weet het niet helemaal zeker maar er zijn omrekentabellen te vinden voor uitwisselingsstudenten enzo.

>engineering is hard
>2nd year is the REAL weed out year!

i literally play fallout 4 every lecture

>>7742538
I like math (already took real analysis 1&2) so I thought 285 would be boring and hence went for 286. No regrets

>>7742544
Are you that same UBC bro from that engineering thread a while ago?

>>7742572
ye

>>7742544
>>7742572
>>7742573
So UBC engineering is a joke? Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time my department needs an intern.

>>7742566
But aren't you a freshman?

>>7742600
Yeah I'm a freshman. I lived right next to Harvard the last two years of high school, so I was able to take a bunch of classes there (Calc 3, Linear Algebra, Analysis) for transfer credit

>>7742594
>2nd best engineering school in canader

yep :)

>>7742665
You seem like a smart guy. Why'd you end up here instead of MIT? I mean you must live right next to it, and taking classes at Harvard must look impressive on your app.

>>7742667
Feels good being on top.

>>7742683
My high school GPA was shit because I didn't care about humanities classes. I was rejected from MIT and the whole lot of schools more prestigious than U of I. Honestly couldn't be happier at U of I though.

I just noticed you took Diff Eq and Calc 2 in the same semester. How/why? Was that tough? Seems like you would already need to know integration by parts, series, etc to do 286.

>>7742689
No, that's UofT. Waterloo is below ubc. Nice try.

>>7742705
Are you sticking around for break? I'm stuck here ;_;

I never met with an advisor before I signed up for classes here. I'm not American so I didn't know what "calculus" even was. In high school it was just called "math". So I guess I just signed up for whatever, and when I came to Calc 2 I realized I know this stuff already. I wanted to proficiency out of it, but I missed the exam because I overslept like a retard.

So yeah, I don't think 286 was that bad. Even if I fuck up on the exam, Sergey is always a nice guy and gives points all over the place rather than throwing it into the trash like they would in EU.

>>7742714
lol stfu University of a Billion Chinese

uoft is literally shit tier

>>7742717
Damn, where are you from? That's pretty interesting. Also it's good you got an A in calc 2; I know some people who didn't do well despite taking BC calc in high school, because they overcomplicate stuff here to weed people out.

And yeah haha the extra points are nice. On the second midterm I would have gotten a B, but he just magically gave everyone 20% extra because of the typo in the first question.

Also I don't know if you'd recognize me, but I always brought a longboard to class and sat in the front row.

>>7742722
kek
uoft is the #1 engineering school in canada, and the only canadian school to penetrate the top 50 in engineering worldwide.

peasant.

>>7742722
>waterloo calling out other schools for being full of chinese
Do you even go to the school?

UofT is a world class research university. Waterloo is a factory that spits out subservient wagecucks. You can't really compare the two.

>>7742733
thanks UBC-bro

>>7742742
gotcha bro

too bad all canadian schools are shit compared to american, im going to MIT for my masters for a reason

>>7742750
Good luck with that. I have one friend who's there right now.

>>7742728
Overcomplicate stuff? Each exam in my section in calc 2 had averages in the 70s and 80s so I doubt that's the case. I don't think its like 241 which is the cause of a lot of posts on the subreddit.

I almost never attended lecture because he just follows the book, and if I did it was the 12:00PM one. Maybe you were the lecture after that? I don't recall anyone with longboard in the front row, but that's maybe because I always sat at the very back next to that 35 year old sophomore guy.

I'm from somewhere in the south Asia btw, if I be anymore specific I'd get doxxed instantly since I'm like the only person from that country in my department (for real).

>>7742761
What's he taking?

>>7742765
Sleeping pills and anxiety meds.

>>7742765
He's in course 6, EECS. One of the smartest guys I've ever met.

>>7742772
nice, I'm planning on doing a masters in aerospace eng. Getting my footing in CFD research and stuff since that's what we're good at here at UBC

>>7742790
I'm an MIT undergrad, just wanted to let you know we think grad students at mit are a meme.

>>7742763
Yeah, almost everyone on my hall took math 241 and got rekt.

I went to the 12pm lecture and usually sat in the leftmost seat of the front row. I think I know which sophomore guy you're talking about though.

Haha damn, alright that's cool. You have a great holiday anon.

>>7742874
Y-you too.

>>7737697
How do you get less than perfect scores on math things?

What criteria is used in marking to justify this bullshit /20 scoring that France does?

>>7737005
gatech brah how the fuck do you get a b in inta though

Damn, what are the odds two UIUC students would be on the same /sci/ thread at the same time.

>>7735501
light semester

This was a good semester. So glad I did my senior project last year and picked up a TE and econ over the summer.

I'm all done now, heading to grad school. I'm hoping to become employed well doing it.

>>7742750
MIT doesn't offer terminal masters degrees.

Not that bad of a semester, I'm glad I got that A- in physics II

>>7742940

They do if you're already an MIT undergraduate student. Or if it's an MBA. Or if you're doing some engineering disciplines (e.g. Civil).

>>7742905
Wouldn't you make three?

The only thing I know for philosophy is that I got an A on my final paper.

No, game design was not my first choice for a CompSci class. I have no intention in making games. I got dumped there because nobody bothered hiring more professors at Rice.

Multivariable Calculus was a 79% C-.

Am I fucked? Please tell me it will be alright.

>>7743267
>79% C-
What the actual fuck

>>7739044
>public speaking lab

lol'd irl

Intro to Philosophy: A-
College Algebra: B
Analytic Geometry: C+
College Writing: C-
Intro to Geography: B
Geography Laboratory: C

Yes I know I'm stupid

>>7738191
Maths a bitchs like that
You can get every step right but forget to round or carry and your fucked

Two Ds, an A, and an F. Dropped my GPA from 3.7 to 3.0. Third semester and I'm fucked.

>Calc III class grade is 10 points each for three tests and 5 points for homework
>fuck up on first test, get 6.5/10
>fuck up on second test, don't even look at my score because I don't want to see it
>got the five hw points
>study my ass off the two weeks before the final
>feel really confident going into the test
>estimate grade can either go from a C if I get a 0/10 or an B+ if (and only if) I get a 10/10
>finish test, feel really extremely good about it
>know this means i either did extremely well or extremely bad
>feel like I'll end up with a B
>feel extremely anxious until grades come out
>mfw managed to pull an A- out of my ass

I must have really underestimated how I did on that second test, but still this was a real confidence builder.

>>7735717
dude who le fuck are you?

are you going to the webb institute? that shitty school in texas? usna?

pls be a webb person that would be very cool

>>7742900
>How do you get less than perfect scores on math things?
Because sometimes other people do better than I do ?
>What criteria is used in marking to justify this bullshit /20 scoring that France does?
I dunno, maybe they think it is more nuanced than letters.. I remember having been graded using A-F instead of 0-20 in elementary school though. It did not make much of a difference.
I'm guessing it is mostly tradition.

What's so hard about Calc III anyway? Everyone seems to make a huge hassle out of it, including people in this thread

>>7743313
C+ My bad

Is it like an American thing to get all As? I heard you guys get graded on things like homework and even attendance, so that probably inflates your grades.
Where I live, our grade is 100% the grade of our final exam.

>>7743653
I'm American and I've never heard of being graded for attendance, im sure it exists somewhere but it's more an outlier than a rule and homework is something like 10% of your grade give or take, or doesn't count at all depending on prof

>>7735564
>existentialism

u wot m8?

>>7735622
Out of what?

>>7740546
This is what lack of ignorance looks like, kids.

WAKE ME UP
A on German btw it's just not showing up

>>7743693
Out of 10.

>>7743432
Nothing, it's the easiest in the calculus courses.

>>7742799
How manyhours do you spend a day doing work/relaxing

>>7743717
WAKE ME UP INSIDE

What do you guys think about UIC? Should I just kill myself?

>>7743772
Lol, maybe at your shit school

>>7743802
lmao 2bh family

>>7743795
>UIC
Yup.

>>7735501
What is this A, B, C bullshit? Where are you guys studying? Kindergarten?

>>7743816
What should I do?

Next semester is 4 math and 2 computer sci classes

>>7741871
for you

>>7743867
UIC is a decent engineering school and is most well-known for it's med school. Everything else is average to garbage (physics department).

Quantum I: B-
Thermo/Stat Mech: B+
Emag I: A
Research: A
PGRE prep: A
Analytic Functions:C

I wanted an A in stat mech but my professor wanted us to do all 29 chapters of homework from the book and I think that was impossible.

>>7736949
>My school has no A+ but I don't know how common that is.
My school does that too. Flat A is a 4.0 max grade.

>all these canacucks bragging about their straight A's in their shit tier universities.
Top kek
>good old US of A masterrace reporting in.