I had a similar problem; I originally wanted to study computer science, but I failed calculus 2; unfortunately, computers and math are inextricably intertwined, unless you want a career teaching MS Excel to high school students. I don't know that I'm going to be of much help, though, because I jumped ship and double-majored in Spanish and education, and now, I have a rewarding job working for Big Pharma. Life is funny like that. Thanks for the train!
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My goal/dream career is to work on video games, i already started doing that but i want to be my job. Thank you for your reply! and indeed life is funny and weird sometimes.
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In that case, I wish you the best; I hope it turns out better for you than it did for me! 💜
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I can relate to this. You should try to practice for it for a few consecutive days. Not too much, just an hour a day or maybe 2. Even if it doesn't feel like it, you'll get better in it. (And after this you can try the usual learning routine, it shall become easier.) There are times when you need to put more effort in it than 1 or 2 nights, but always think about 2 things: the reason you are doing this, and that if you have passed the exam you don't have to stress over it anymore. Well, at least for me these were good incentive.
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Thank you for your advice, you are right.. i will try to do that and think about these two things.
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Bu tarz durumlarda yaz okulu genelde en kolay çözüm. Veya bir arkadaşımın yaptığı gibi paşa paşa bir üst sınıf öğrenciden matematik dersi alacaksın. (öğrenciler daha ucuza veriyor). Ben de nefret ediyorum, anlıyorum seni yani.
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Thanks for the train, Ragido.
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First of all, even with English being most likely your 2nd language, be more careful with your words. The words, that we use to describe things, have the power to slowly transform those things in our minds.
Trash is something, that we throw away; mess is something, that we need to deal with. Sure sounds, like your life is currently a mess, but it's far away from being trash (assuming, that any life can be seen as trash).
It's a very long time, since I've been dealing for the last time with math and physics, but if you decide to fight this battle, here are some small bits of advice, that have worked very well for me.
If you have just 6 days left and "failed Math terribly and failed Physics by 1% only", then the question is, can you repeat the math exam after the summer break? If so, I would advice you to concentrate on physics now, and accept the fact, that you may need to do math again in 2 months or so.
Even working for yourself 2 months should be enough to fix the problems with math foundations and prepare yourself to the exam and quite painless further studies. The key is to have a good textbook. Books are not created even. And even a good textbook may not fit your preferred style of learning/way of understanding text. Also, don't look for high school textbooks or early college textbooks to fix your foundations.
You already have a lot of knowledge in math, you just need to plug holes and put the stuff together. Look for something like 250-300 page math preparatory textbook for University entrance exams - books, that are exactly meant to consolidate, what you know and plug holes in your knowledge. And if we are talking about dealing with problems with Algebra, a book like A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra may be a good start, though most likely in your native language (I don't know this particular book, it's just an example, but I have made a great leap in my math thanks to a book like this in my native language).
Long term I wouldn't worry too much about physics. If they are already quite better, than math, then they should become quite easy, when you fix the issues with math and algebra. And, yes, I believe, from my own experience, that 2 months should be enough to do this. Assuming that you will need to go altogether through no more than 600 pages, it's just 10 page/day of learning. Actually, myself I would plan to do this in 4-6 weeks, and then spend some time polishing, what I have learned.
Not much more, that I could say, except: good luck dealing with this mess :)
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Thank you so much for your reply, i didn't mean to say my life is trash, i wast referring to the giveaways train. Yes English is my 2nd language.
I would advice you to concentrate on physics now, and accept the fact, that you may need to do math again in 2 months or so.
That's what i started to do, today i started physics and started with revising what i already knew before until i reach the things i don't really know. I will take Math in the next semester, which is my second year.
I don't have a text book to follow, i usually study from online videos, but i will consider getting a book from school library just like the book you mentioned here or the book that was mentioned in the first page on this thread..
After this thread and after reading each reply, i had much more motivation to work myself than i had before, i am having some problems with focusing but still, learning a line or two is way better than learning none. Thank you so much for your reply again, i wish you the best.
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Should I be depressed that I already have all of these? :D :D :D :D :D
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Well you might be down but i guess don't be depressed, i am trying to be cheerful especially after all of these great replies!
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This right here is why I am an informatics engineer, it was the only IT college degree that had no math/physics involved :D Sadly I can't help but I do wish you the best of luck!
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Why did you choose this study? Are you feeling any kind of passion for the jobs it might open?
I'd advice you to talk with some study counsellor or whatever it's called in English to help you figure out what you want to do in the future, you might be surprised and find a study you actually want to, well, study.
Remember, you can drop out and take a bit of time to get your head together. There are always people dropping out in their first year due to lack of interest etc. It's only one year lost now.
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Hello, as a university student, I can 100% relate to your struggles. I'm going for health science, but like you, I really struggle at math. I found that I learn best when I put concepts into practice and that helped me improve. My university gave a course on college success and I think it may help you. The free online textbook is here https://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/. I would check out the learning styles (1.3) and the note-taking (chapter 4) sections. By understanding your learning style, you can change how you study and get information more effectively and by improving your note-taking method, you can have better notes to review from. There are other helpful sections like goal setting and preparing for tests, so hopefully, this will give you some basic support (since I'm not really at the point where I can help with math and physics myself).
Good luck and dont give up!
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Have you talked to your professors about this?
I personally find that "hating" math and physics usually translates to "this is difficult and I don't understand it." You can do Comp Sci, which is very similar, so you clearly have the aptitude. I think that if your professors could go over the parts that are difficult and frustrating for you, and explain them an easier way or help you understand what's going on and why, that may help you get over the "this is difficult and I don't understand" part and over to "this is challenging but I get it".
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Well first of all, i am a Computer Engineering student who is terrible in math and physics and hate both of these subjects so much. I almost finished my first year as CE student, i passed all the 'computer' subjects with good/average grades but i failed Math1 and Physics1 in the first semester, second semester started and i took these subjects again as repeate student, fast forward to last week. I failed Math terribly and failed Physics by 1% only, i only need 2 more grades to pass the class but i didn't get it. Six days left for Resit Exams, i didn't study a single thing because i was down, i am in a private university and i can't really afford going for summer school or to do extra semesters. I can't force myself to study something i really hate, i just do it before one or two nights from exam day.. but sadly i am terrible at math because my foundation of math is terrible too (i changed countries / schools when i was in mid/highschool so my basic algebra is not that good too). . I don't really know how to force myself to study these classes, i want to pass them so i can fix my life who kinda depends on me graduating so i can work and continue my 'dreams'. I wanted to study Computer Science but sadly it's not really a thing in Turkey that's why i went with CE because it's the closest thing to CS.
I have a future plan, i know what's right and what's wrong, but still can't do a thing and i am really mad about myself, i don't even know why i am writing this here but i just wanted to talk about the one thing that bothering the most.
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