I could use some help picking classes for next semester...

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I took 21 credits for two semesters.

I did it a couple times, wasn't bad til exams came around, I think I had an exam every day of exam week with 2-3 days with 2 exams. Sucked

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

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Same way at my school, all those f*cks are suppose to be there to help you but they dont give a f*ck. Best to talk to a favorite teacher or someone you know will listen. Most I ever took was 18 wasnt too bad.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

I will be carrying 19 credits next semester.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

You've never taken calc?
Math skills are important, yes, but anything under calc is pretty much assumed as a given for a BSEE track at an engineering school...I'd test out of what I could in order to get to Calc I/II as soon as possible. Then you've got engineering-level chem, physics, differential equations, etc...

I am thinking he doesn't have the time to take all those classes because of prerequesites and whatnot. He will have to do some good planning, or he won't have the right classess at the right time. And cal I/II just isn't for engineers anymore. Well, maybe it is...you have your own, we have ours. However, we rarely use it. Excel does all the calculus we need..besides Taylor Expansion.

I did it a couple times, wasn't bad til exams came around, I think I had an exam every day of exam week with 2-3 days with 2 exams. Sucked

I worked 2 PT jobs during that time. I had near zero social time.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I will be carrying 19 credits next semester.

I will be taking 9 or 12. I haven't quite decided. I am glad to be done and hopefully on the other side of the podium this time next year.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

And cal I/II just isn't for engineers anymore. Well, maybe it is...you have your own, we have ours.

Was a requirement for me too, stopped at III...I got the first one done in high school, though.

High school advisors are mostly like that. I had one tell me that I should apply to a tiny liberal arts in-state school because I wouldn't get accepted to a research-oriented out of state school...

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Remember, either they have their own agendas they're trying to push on you to make the HS look better, or they'll just ignore you...either way, coming out of HS with a good distaste for authority isn't a bad idea...

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

My high school didn't require me to take math after 10th grade. My highest level of math in high school was algebra.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

You've never taken calc?
Math skills are important, yes, but anything under calc is pretty much assumed as a given for a BSEE track at an engineering school...I'd test out of what I could in order to get to Calc I/II as soon as possible. Then you've got engineering-level chem, physics, differential equations, etc...

Nope. Closest I got was Anal Func... which is LOLwork.

You think I could just into Calc with out in-depth knowledge of Pre-Cal?

I am thinking he doesn't have the time to take all those classes because of prerequesites and whatnot. He will have to do some good planning, or he won't have the right classess at the right time. And cal I/II just isn't for engineers anymore. Well, maybe it is...you have your own, we have ours. However, we rarely use it. Excel does all the calculus we need..besides Taylor Expansion.

Time isn't really a factor. The school just won't allow me to take more than 17 credits / semester. Or says my adviser. I should e-mail the school and see if I can take more. I'd take 24+ if I could. Not having a social life > Trolling these forums all day.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

Is this your first semester of college?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Was a requirement for me too, stopped at III...I got the first one done in high school, though.

I always forget your major.

Nope. Closest I got was Anal Func... which is LOLwork.You think I could just into Calc with out in-depth knowledge of Pre-Cal?

Yes, imo, they are not really the same. At least when I was taught, pre-cal was more about strengthening skills in algebra rather than derivatives and limits, which is what most of Cal 1 was for me.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

I took calculus in 2006 and have forgotten everything I was taught in that class.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I took calculus in 2006 and have forgotten everything I was taught in that class.

That's because it isn't used very much. Besides bond duration and yield curve analysis, not much calculus.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I always forget your major.

Business/IT, minor in operations mgt.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

That's because it isn't used very much. Besides bond duration and yield curve analysis, not much calculus.

Yea I don't need it. I always have you in case I find myself tangled up in stocks and bonds.

 

[thieves 10+ year member]

FYI precal has virtually nothing to do with the following calc 1 class. the only relation it has, that is utilized in class, is the sin, cos, tan of angles (in rad or deg). precal, as said above, is a strengthening of algebra, with a hint of derivitives and integrals. if you can clep out, do it. go straight to calc, if you love math, you won't need precal.

that being said, take as many core classes as you can, that you are SURE will transfer to the university of your choice. if there are some iffy classes, go to an advisor at the university or email/call them and ask them. if you can, and they say said iffy class is transferable, get that shit in writing no joke. after 3 years, I have realized advisors really try to **** you here. if it isn't in writing, they WILL BLAME you for not taking the appropriate class.

if you have all your cores or a majority knocked out, then start taking classes both toward your AA and if possible toward your BS or BA, whichever you ultimately want.