Studying for the calculus CLEP in only 10 days

[Anonymous No.10862371]

Is it possible to learn calculus in 10 days? Not ALL of calculus or super advanced stuff, but enough to pass the calculus CLEP. Right now I'm working on Khan Academy (I've finished 2 units) and I'm looking into some MIT open courseware stuff.

Here's the thing, my senior year of hs starts in 10 days (turned 18 this summer dont worry), I'm marked down to take precal but I don't want to. I want to take the calculus CLEP and hopefully with that I can pass it as credit by exam.

I'm afraid I'm wasting my time with Khan academy but the CLEP website has it listed as good online study material.

Preparing for the calculus CLEP in 10 days. Is it do-able?

[Anonymous No.10862373]

if you are have a complete understanding of algebra and trig then you can yes. calc 1 is baby tier

[Anonymous No.10862380]

>>10862373
Well I have a highschool level understanding of algebra and my trig isn't all that good. But I'm not having any problems with this khan academy course. Exhaustion is the only thing holding me back.

[Anonymous No.10862402]

>Questions on the exam require candidates to demonstrate the following abilities:
>Solving nonroutine problems involving an understanding of the concepts and applications of calculus (approximately 50% of the exam)

What does this mean?

[Anonymous No.10862446]

>>10862371
Use Paul's Online Math Notes

[Anonymous No.10862468]

if your algebra is good, yeah. differentiation could be learned in a day, limits another day, optimization and the other crap the rest of the time

[Anonymous No.10862902]

>>10862371
If you could learn 10 concepts in 10 days, then you might have a chance. In my experience, to learn even a single concept takes at least a week or two, but I'm a brainlet, so what do I know.

[Anonymous No.10863017]

the explanations on pauls online are concise but the questions almost always play out totally different than actual calc tests and require miscellaneous knowledge. do pauls online to learn, then khanacademy or clep training questions to practice

[Anonymous No.10864637]

>Is it possible to learn calculus in 10 days?
I took the AP calculus exam this year, which is also a calculus 1 exam given by the college board where you can earn college credit. I have no idea how they compare in difficulty, but most of the other students in my class thought the AP exam was difficult despite spending 9 months learning Calculus, so keep that in mind. I'd say you should wait until at least 2 months of studying to take it

[Anonymous No.10865170]

>>10862371
I've never heard of this test, but I sincerely doubt you'll learn calculus in 10 days.

[Anonymous No.10865175]

>>10862371
>I'm marked down to take precal but I don't want to.
>>10862380
>Well I have a highschool level understanding of algebra and my trig isn't all that good.
I don't know what your future plans are, but it sounds like you should take pre-calculus. If you really don't want to then take stats.

[Anonymous No.10865178]

>>10862371
Intro level calculus is just basic derivatives and integrals. If you can get those down, then yeah, you’ve learned calc in ten days.

[Anonymous No.10865182]

>>10865170
Watch me

[Anonymous No.10865186]

>>10865182
You’ve admitted that you’re not even good at trigonometry. I’m guessing that you spent more than ten days learning trig.

[Anonymous No.10865194]

>>10862402
It means exactly what it says?

[Anonymous No.10865389]

>>10862371
Take a look at this summary of calculus.
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/getfile.aspx?file=B,40,N

[Anonymous No.10866318]

>>10865178
Even if he learns all of the basic derivation and integration techniques in 10 days, he'll still probably need to know stuff like Riemann sums, disk/washer method, optimization, fundamental theorems, L'Hopitals rule, limit techniques, net change theorem, graphical analysis, etc. None of these things are hard on their own, but going from knowing none of them to all of them well in 10 days seems nearly impossible

[Anonymous No.10866352]

>>10862371
Just watch 3b1b series on calculus and do the problems on khan academy and in your textbook.
Also if you study for 4+ hours a day it should be a cakewalk if you pay attention during all of that time.

[Anonymous No.10866548]

>>10866352
How long did it take you to learn calculus? I’m guessing more than ten days. If you think you could have learned it in ten days then you’re probably lying to yourself.

Maybe OP can learn calculus in ten days, but I think you guys are just fellating yourselves by suggesting ten days is enough time.

[Anonymous No.10866773]

OP here

9 days left. Yesterday i learned about the basic rules of derivatives. I just learned about the chain rule. I already know about limits and countinuity but I learnt that before I started counting down the 10 days.

I've been going at this for about 2-3 weeks but now I only have 9 days left.

[Anonymous No.10867811]

Just got done learning about different ways to use the chain rule, implicit differentiation, differentiation of inverse functions, and differentiation of inverse trigonometric functions.

[Anonymous No.10868150]

Is it true that American calculus does not include proofs?

[Anonymous No.10868176]

just what the fuck do you guys study in Calc?
Our equivalent of Calc2 is analysis2 which is mostly just theory and proofs behind derivatives, integrals, sequences of functions and power series
is it seriously just computational problems??

[Anonymous No.10868283]

>>10868150
Not very many, but I had to do a few. The professor will generally do a few proofs in class however.

[Anonymous No.10869729]

>>10866773
Updates?

[Anonymous No.10869768]

>>10869729
I've been pretty busy all day, its 7:33pm and havent studied at all. Im so tired, I biked 8 miles total

[Anonymous No.10869804]

>>10862371
When I first took calculus I was working a lot, didn't have time to study or do homework. I had a D+ coming into the final. I studied my ass off for about 3 days, aced the final and passed the class with a C+. Baby calculus can without a doubt be learned in 10 days. If you need to do tensor calc or any analysis don't even try tho.

[Anonymous No.10869953]

>>10869804
Did you really do no homework and never study at all? My guess is you actually did a little bit of hw, and studied a little bit. I bet you also went to class. There is a difference between seeing something for the first time and learning it in a few days and cramming for a final.

[Anonymous No.10870007]

I don't know how the CLEP or any of that american stuff work, but it will all come down to how rigorous the test is. Also, taking a test takes more than just understanding the concepts and equations, since you have to do lots of exercises to get good at problem solving. If you're a quick learner, already understand everything that leads up to Calculus, have a good attention span, and can handle some stress, you can probably do it.

[Anonymous No.10870028]

During my junior year, i decided to take the AP calc BC test (which is calc 1 and 2, i think your clep is just calc 1). I decided last minute so i only got to study for about a month. I got a five and my calc skills are still just as good as anyone else’s. I only used an ap calc bc practice book, mit ocw, and i think some other textbook. I took about half of precalc (was a shit class anyway tho so it didnt help) and i was good at trig, which ive seen other people mentioning. Ive also always been pretty good at math and standardized tests and shit, so idk how your confidence is in those areas (if youre doing the clep like this, youre probably not too bad). But yeah i totally believe in you, i think it’s pretty possible. Khan academy is good, mit ocw is good, maybe buy a clep calc practice book or take a practice exam if those exist, so you can get a feel for what to expect and how well you have to do

[Anonymous No.10870036]

>>10870028
Oh yeah and also do lots of practice problems of the appropriate types obviously (i think khan academy should have plenty of those)

[Anonymous No.10870063]

>>10870036
Yeah these practice problems are making me feel like a brainlet its making me angry. I forgot a lot of the stuff I learnt last night, maybe because I stayed up till 2am.

[Anonymous No.10870554]

>>10870063
I'll watch the videos of Sal doing some basic problems and then the practice problems are nothing like what he did

[Anonymous No.10870558]

>>10868150
what do you mean? like in calc 1 we had to do the derivative by the difference quotient and we had to do an integral using Riemann sums if that's what we mean.

keep in mind, highschool calc tends to be way easier than calc you take in college. many colleges here recommend students who learn calc in highschool just retake it

[Anonymous No.10870867]

I'm done for "today" its now 5:34am and I've spent the last 2 hours trying to solve partice problems on khan Academy but I didn't get a single one right until my 3rd attempt at a practice module. I kept making dumb mistakes.

Today I learnt about different ways of manipulating functions before differentiation, using multiple rules to differentiate, and second derivatives.

7 days left.

[Anonymous No.10872922]

>>10870558
Most countries don’t have any course called “calculus,” it’s just called “analysis.” And they do proofs.

[Anonymous No.10872953]

>>10870867
Keep going.
I believe in you

[Anonymous No.10873560]

>>10872953
Thanks anon

Yesterday I learnt about disguised derivatives and logarithmic differentiation

6 days left

[Anonymous No.10873663]

>>10862371
I recommend watching 3blue1brown’s series on calc to gain an intuition. Then once you understand the basics of calc learn the mechanical aspects (derivative and integral techniques.) The difficult part of calc 1 is really just the algebra since it’s kinda tedious.

[Anonymous No.10873935]

>>10873663
I love 3blue1brown! Thanks for the advice, I'll watch his videos. Right now I'm only doing Khan Academy and it seems to be working.

[Anonymous No.10874996]

>>10873560
>disguised derivatives
Didn't know what this was so I googled it. Khan academy is such a meme.

[Anonymous No.10874998]

>>10874996
I didn't know what else to call it

[Anonymous No.10875006]

>>10874998
It's ok. Calc1 is just a meme.

[Calc Fat Goat No.10875018]

>>10875006
Good/Fun meme though
...i think

Also OP (me) is gonna start posting as Calc Fat Goat

(Say Fat Goat fast)

[Anonymous No.10875032]

>>10875018
Know you have my support, anon. Keep studying.

[Calc Fat Goat No.10875295]

Almost done for "Today" more when I finish.

[Calc Fat Goat No.10875460]

>>10875032
Thanks Anon!

It's 3:40am. I didn't get as much work done "today" as I hoped. Mostly because I procrastinated.

Today I learned about interpreting the meaning of the derivative in context, interpreting straight-line motion using calc, non-motion applications of derivatives, and related rates.

5 days left

[Calc Fat Goat No.10876709]

I've been having thoughts about giving up...

But how cool would it be if I didn't give up?

[Anonymous No.10876887]

>>10862468
You can do it. For personally, I took calc bc (calc 1 and 2) and just shitted around in class and got 60s on the tests, but crammed for the AP in a weekend and nearly aced it. Just do problem after problem, and move onto practice test after practice test, and it'll eventually click for you

[Anonymous No.10877156]

>>10868176
yes and we'll always be better than you at it. lmao

[Calc Fat Goat No.10878362]

Barely studiedat all. I'm a day behind

[Anonymous No.10879163]

[Anonymous No.10879198]

>>10862371
HURRY UP OP,TWO DAY LEFT

[Anonymous No.10879215]

>>10879198
4 days left actually
It will be 3 days in 50 min
I'm gonna be 2 days behind

If I do 14 lessons a day I should be fine
I just have to stop being lazy.

[Anonymous No.10879323]

>>10876887
So you studied calculus for an entire school year and then crammed for the test. This is not the same as studying for 10 days.

[Anonymous No.10880143]

Bump

What will be the end of this saga?

[Anonymous No.10880284]

>wanting to live like a korean student

[Calc Fat Goat No.10880716]

Ouch linearization is hurting brain

[Anonymous No.10880735]

>>10879215
I'm telling you man you're gonna regret not using Paul's Online Math Notes

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/CalcI.aspx

[Anonymous No.10880798]

>>10880735
not op. b ut thanks this is great

[Anonymous No.10880828]

>>10862371
Why did the aesthete dislike calculus?
>it was too derivative

[Anonymous No.10881409]

>>10862371
I think the look on this Wojak's face is much more appropriate than the look on retarded Pepe's face, and MUCH more appropriate than the one on smug Pepe's face. I mean... thousands of years of your ancestors carrying a flame and then you all throw it away, for some reason. That's nothing to be cute or smug about, but horror is the correct reaction.

[Anonymous No.10881439]

>>10868150
Usually you have to take the “advanced” classes in calc for proof requirements in my experience

[Anonymous No.10881441]

>>10881409
I think wojack deserves better than to be appropriated by boring fags from reddit

[Anonymous No.10881457]

>>10879215
If I remember correctly a lot of my calc 1 stuff was related to motion (ie. distance, velocity, and acceleration) or knowing fundamentals about derivatives and integrals for finding areas of graphs, related rates, tangents, etc. OH, and memorize/learn how the unit circle works and learn your trig rules. I don’t know how much it will help for your test though, but with these you could at least pass the AP test

[Anonymous No.10881760]

>>10880716
Linearization is just tangent line approximation.

[Anonymous No.10881767]

to pass a test? possibly. to actually learn it? probably not. I know some posters who already know and use calculus regularly will say it's possible but it's important to remember that's coming from a hindsight of already knowing it, it's easier to forget the difficulties or time it took to get to that point. if you're trig isn't great that's gonna cause problems with integral calculus when doing trig sub.

[Anonymous No.10881768]

>>10881767
and definitely when doing Taylor expansions.

[Anonymous No.10882725]

Bumping for op update

[Calc Fat Cow No.10882733]

>>10882725
I'm watching 3b1b's videos on calc he's gonna start talking about L'hospitals (or whatever it is) rule

[Anonymous No.10882741]

>>10882733
stop watching videos brainlet

[Calc Fat Cow No.10882750]

>>10882741
Ouch

[Calc Fat Goat No.10883268]

>>10880735
This helps a lot thanks

[Calc Fat Goat No.10883629]

Learned about L'hospitals rule. Learned about Integrals. Tomorrow I will continue to learn and practice.

[Anonymous No.10883670]

>>10882741
A lot of people learn better that way.

[Anonymous No.10883940]

>>10882741
3b1b is great though.

[Calc Fat Goat No.10884006]

>>10883940
It is

[Anonymous No.10884011]

>>10862371

Yes, I self studied the AP Calculus BC exam in a week (got a 3 though). Doing Khan Academy exercises and watching 3b1b sufficed. Make sure you get a good night's sleep before the test.

[Anonymous No.10884039]

>>10883940
His voice is unsettling and I don’t enjoy the infantilizing context of the presentation style, I hate that its accessible to idiots as well. Every aspect of it is displeasing to me. Textbooks require some verbal intelligence, tax executive function and require more will power than vegetating in front of a screen being fed information. This is good, and the people who can’t bear that kind of focus don’t deserve to learn.

[Calc Fat Goat No.10884060]

>>10884039
>kid with disability
>always had a hard time with text books
>one day finds youtube videos about subject
>guy has a weird voice but it feels like you're actually getting a lesson
>pause and rewind whenever you want
>no longer feel embarassed to ask to repeat
>information is presented in a way that is very easy to understand
>would always lose focus on textbook bcause of disability
>videos are short which makes it easier to stay focused

I don't think accesibility is a bad thing, even if it's to "idiots" with no disabilities. These videos will help them not be idiots, and not everyone has money for textbooks. I think you're just being elitist.

[Anonymous No.10884434]

>>10884060
Just watched some of his essence of lin alg vids and that is a good way to make yourself legitimately retarded. What a fucking idiotic approach to any abstract mathematics.
>help them not be idiots
Its always people who claim to want to do this that perpetuate helplessness and impoverished understandings of difficult ideas. Read a fucking book, stop being a faggot

[Anonymous No.10884916]

>>10884434
Some people learn better with a book
And some people learn better with videos. It's just straight up mean to shame them for that. 3b1b's videos offer a different approach to abstract mathematics and maybe you might call it idiotic but I'm sure many people find it helpful. It's okay if you don't like learning from videos and perfer learning from books, and it's okay if you don't like 3b1b's videos, there's nothing wrong with that.

[Anonymous No.10885057]

>>10884039
>I hate that its accessible to idiots as well.
>people who can’t bear that kind of focus don’t deserve to learn.
You're mad that people other than you are learning? You fucking suck dude.

[Anonymous No.10885060]

>>10884434
His linear algebra videos are great. Why do you say they're idiotic?

[Anonymous No.10886654]

Update?

[Anonymous No.10887214]

>>10886654
Today is the last day. I have a pretty good understanding of Calculus. I just need more practice with integrals and their applications. My progress has slowed down significantly. I learn less and less every day. I stopped watching khan academy videos and instead watching 3b1b and reading Paul's Online Notes. This definitely helps me progress faster. I haven't finished the khan academy course yet, and I hope I can do so today.

Yesterday I had more practice with L'Hopital's rule especially exponent functions. Then I started learning about the Mean Value Theorem.

16 hours left

[Anonymous No.10887242]

>>10887214
at this point i would pick up a textbook like stewart or simmons and grind some problem sets, make a practice test and memorize mean value theorem, extreme value theorem, conditions for continuity, integration by parts, trig subs and some optimization problems. good luck

[Anonymous No.10887818]

Well I feel like I did a hood job. It's my last day of summer and I would rather have fun. I'll continue to study and I will take the CLEP maybe next week.

[Anonymous No.10887928]

>>10887818
*good

[Anonymous No.10887988]

>>10887818
Will you post an update after you take the test?

[Anonymous No.10888029]

>>10887988
Yes

[Anonymous No.10888685]

>>10862371
I learned all of calc 1 in a weekend so probably (then again i got a C in the class)

[Anonymous No.10888928]

>>10887818
fuck you