Hi James,
Were there a specific reason why you failed calculus 1? I have a friend who is a tutor for maths, physics and chemistry with over 10 years of experiences. Sometimes, he tells me that it is usually the teacher who does not really explain it with a simple way, to make it easy to understand. A lot of his students are actually very bright and they learn very fast. But sometimes, just because the teacher is not really giving the tricks to learn easier, they cannot achieve high marks.
The tutor has created online courses recently. Maybe you can go take a look at his website:
http://www.goforaplus.com/courses/all/
He also gives live courses to a group of students. The online courses are made from his live crash course that is very popular and helped a lot of students to succeed and learn calculus easier. Maybe you can take a look at his courses (He has some free videos in which he demonstrates some examples) to see if you understand better.
Hope it helps and wish you all the best !
Yuichue
There is no reason to tell them about calculus it is not a requirement of modeling.
Go to your library and find vocational apptitude tests. Do them Maybe engineering is not your field. maybe modeling is. You don't want to throw money after a bad career choice. If you really want to be an engineer you will know that it will be a struggle but you can do it. the test will show where your interests and strengths are. You may be the next world famous chef or Model or baseball player. Find your passion. It's free.
Anything with engineering requires calculus for a long time..
If you dont have a strong foundation with calculus, i suggest you switch majors. there are other majors that make a decent amount of money with minimum calculus.
Stay away from physics lol, thats 50% physics, 50% calculus..
How do you fail calculus? Maybe it's time to take that IQ test and see about collelting government benefits buddy.
I failed calculus 3 times with an extremely low score (below 20 percent) because I wasn't prepared enough with my algebra courses in high school. I started college taking calc 1 my first semester like most engineering students do, but now after my third failure it has taken its toll on my GPA and I have lost all my scholarships and am left to foot the bill. Since I have failed calculus, I will need to go through remedial math, and it will take my 6 more years to get my petroleum engineering degree. for a total of 7.5 years spend in undergraduate school, and without my scholarships I will be at least $150,000 in debt for a career I dont know If i can handle, and thus repay the debt. University of Miami is obviously very expensive and remedial courses feel as though I will be burning money I will have to pay back with interest.
In my panic, I sent several applications with pictures and stuff to modelling agencies in the miami area hoping to get some sort of money in a last ditch effort to avoid borrowing a debt I could not repay. Strangely, I recieved responses that said that they wanted me to visit their offices in the coming weeks because they think I had potential. I already had one visit, and they said I could get more than enough to pay all my expenses and I was possibly another Marcus Schenkenberg or the next John Pearson, but I had other offers, and would consider signing after I reviewed them all. I never told them I failed calculus, and would I be required by law to mention this and could it adversely affect me here.
I really want to be a petroleum engineer so I can have enough money to own a BOAT, and a fast cool car and have a large house and all the markers of success. do you think failing calculus will have any adverse effect on my plans and do you think the modelling agency, or future employers of petroleum engineers would care about my struggling with math?
