So.....

I need calculus II and III. I work around 35 hours a week.

I was thinking of taking calc II at wake tech for 12 weeks compared to only 4 at ncsu....
or just take it in the fall.

I'm ehhhhhhhhh.....not sure.

Tdub..help me out.

4/21/2008 11:51:51 PM

you are a junior and you are just now taking calc 2 and 3?

4/22/2008 12:06:16 AM

I changed majors from being a history major to computer engineering...

I started working full time and thus....set myself back down a few years.

4/22/2008 12:07:57 AM

im goin to summer school

4/22/2008 12:50:01 AM

i took 2 or 3 classes each summer session. best thing i ever did... made my semesters a lot less heavy

and FYI, one session i took calc 2 and the next i took calc 3. it wasn't that bad.

4/22/2008 5:50:21 AM

Gawd I hated Maple. >_<

4/22/2008 8:31:32 AM

I would do it at Wake Tech.

4/22/2008 8:37:07 AM

I loved summer classes if i could do it all over i would have taken way more summer school

4/22/2008 8:39:06 AM

Do the 12 week one. Cramming so much coursework into 4 weeks sucks since you have a test like every week and you won't retain the material as well.

4/22/2008 10:29:14 AM

i'm an ISE major and i suck at calc during the school year but when i take it in summer sessions i'm a genius!!! less time to screw it up and less time to burn out! i have calc 3 st 271 & 2 and ise 311 over the summer in both sessions. it makes it east to work full time too because classes start and end early.

get them over with take early classes and you can get to the office by 10am!

4/22/2008 10:57:28 AM

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"I changed majors from being a history major to computer engineering... I started working full time and thus....set myself back down a few years."

haha no kidding, a lot of people starting as CPEs can't even finish in 4 yrs

4/22/2008 10:24:43 PM

Went ahead and registered at Wake Tech.

4/24/2008 10:48:11 PM

I always do better in classes I take over the summer due to less extra-curricular crap going on. I usually take just one class per session and it works out. I like the fast pace of it too, less boring.

4/24/2008 10:53:01 PM

i took calc 2 over the summer here and thought it was really easy. *shrugs*. it's cheaper at wake tech. but i didnt have a car at the time so i had to deal with what was close.

also, if math isnt a strong point of yours, if you take it at wake tech and you barely pass, it only transfers as credit so it wouldnt destroy your GPA.

4/25/2008 12:20:33 AM

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"also, if math isnt a strong point of yours"

if he's doing CPE now, math had better be a strong point

4/25/2008 12:27:40 AM

plenty of engineers aren't really good at math.

i prefer writing, actually.

4/25/2008 1:01:09 AM

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"I would do it at Wake Tech. "

agreed, they're much cheaper and easier to work with, the classes aren't necessarily any easier but you have a teacher instead of a researcher.

4/25/2008 1:11:18 AM

I basically taught myself calc 1 and 2. I took them with shitty grad students during summer sessions. Easiest thing I found was just buying the solution manual and solve as many problems as I could until I was dreaming about integration

Got an A- and a B in them

4/29/2008 5:57:42 PM

When do they post the textbooks for summer classes?

4/29/2008 6:44:08 PM

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"plenty of engineers aren't really good at math"

maybe in industrial

but otherwise, they'd better be

4/29/2008 11:00:34 PM

to be in engineering you ought to be well-rounded. most engineering students will only hold a job title as a sort of engineer for like 8 years, then they usually move up to management.

so i believe communication skills are just as important as math ones, if not more so. Engineering is all about teamwork anyway, so someone who is more technical will end up doing more of the calculation work.

4/29/2008 11:10:08 PM

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"Engineering is all about teamwork anyway"

it's cute how she still believes all the butterflies and rainbows they want you to believe

4/29/2008 11:30:17 PM

....unless you work for some small firm where you hate your life because you work overtime every week and you suffer from role overload.

4/29/2008 11:34:29 PM

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""plenty of engineers aren't really good at math""

whaaaaat. someone i don't buy that statement.

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM. Reason : hope she was kidding]

4/30/2008 1:52:13 AM

i cant believe yall are still debating.....YES, take summer classes

4/30/2008 1:55:50 AM

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"to be in engineering you ought to be well-rounded. most engineering students will only hold a job title as a sort of engineer for like 8 years, then they usually move up to management. so i believe communication skills are just as important as math ones, if not more so. Engineering is all about teamwork anyway, so someone who is more technical will end up doing more of the calculation work."

You're preaching to the choir. Bur regardless, engineers need GOOD math skills. Saying that they don't is basically ridiculous.

4/30/2008 2:58:03 PM

i mean, you need to know it, sure. you dont have to be a wiz at it though is all i'm saying. thats why you take all that crap before you matriculate to weed out those that really shouldn't be in engineering at all.

4/30/2008 3:48:17 PM