u/Flowbee_Kenobi

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Thank you to everyone for the encouragement. I've taken some of your advice and am planning to do some serious Calculus problem-set work in the 2 weeks leading up to the Spring semester. I can fit that in with my current pace without an issue.

A few of you have encouraged me to slow down, not just because math is challenging (and they're non-believers who doubt I can do it (I'll show you)), but because they think I should slow down and enjoy the journey instead of rushing for the destination. I'm sorry to say that mindset just doesn't fit into my reality. I am working to obtain my Associate's and Bachelor's degrees ASAP to support my family.

Now for the actual update! I'm ahead of schedule! I just finished my Algebra 1 review, and I'm moving on to Geometry. I got ahead of schedule due to unexpected downtime at work. I do worry about burnout. I can sense it already trying to get a hold of me. So I'll keep plugging away for now, but I might adjust some of my scheduled review time to give myself a break if burnout starts setting in.

Course	Progress
Algebra 1	DONE!!!
Geometry	1%
Algebra 2	14%
College Algebra	38%
Trigonometry	-
Pre-Calculus	4%
Calculus AB	-
Calculus BC	-
Physics 1	-

I am grateful for all of your responses to my original post. In summary, the responses were pretty evenly divided between self-study recommendations and recommending that I simply re-take the courses leading up to my desired Calc 3, Linear Algebra, and Physics 2 courses.

Well I'm here to prove the doubters wrong. I'm going for it. I am still planning to take all three of those courses in the Spring. I've broken down my study by week and by day. My current plan is to have finished all of the prerequisite Khan Academy courses by Christmas, take a week off for holidays and rest, then review and general study between New Years and the start of the Spring semester.

My update for now is I will be taking the following Khan Academy courses and completing all the exercises in:

1. Algebra 1
2. Geometry
3. Algebra 2
4. College Algebra
5. Trigonometry
6. College Precalculus
7. Calculus AB
8. Calculus BC
9. Physics 1

I just took the Unit 6 Unit Test in Algebra 1, so I'm over halfway through Algebra 1. I've planned for my pace to slow down a week from now, as I'll be starting with 2 courses in the Fall semester, and near the end of the semester I'll be running up against much more complicated concepts in Calculus, so it will slow again. But I've laid it all out, I have a buffer, and I believe it's attainable. Wish me luck!

I am grateful for all of your responses to my original post. In summary, the responses were pretty evenly divided between self-study recommendations and recommending that I simply re-take the courses leading up to my desired Calc 3, Linear Algebra, and Physics 2 courses.

Well I'm here to prove the doubters wrong. I'm going for it. I am still planning to take all three of those courses in the Spring. I've broken down my study by week and by day. My current plan is to have finished all of the prerequisite Khan Academy courses by Christmas, take a week off for holidays and rest, then review and general study between New Years and the start of the Spring semester.

My update for now is I will be taking the following Khan Academy courses and completing all the exercises in:

1. Algebra 1
2. Geometry
3. Algebra 2
4. College Algebra
5. Trigonometry
6. College Precalculus
7. Calculus AB
8. Calculus BC
9. Physics 1

I just took the Unit 6 Unit Test in Algebra 1, so I'm over halfway through Algebra 1. I've planned for my pace to slow down a week from now, as I'll be starting with 2 courses in the Fall semester, and near the end of the semester I'll be running up against much more complicated concepts in Calculus, so it will slow again. But I've laid it all out, I have a buffer, and I believe it's attainable. Wish me luck!

Hi everyone, I’m a former bad student and a college dropout, but I’m trying to steer my life back onto the rails. Part of that will be going back to college to try and finish my degree.

I’m only 5 classes away from my AS degree, thanks to previous college and AP courses from high school. But therein lies my fear.

I scored 4s on my AP Calc tests in 2004/2005, and received credit for Physics 1 and Chem in college which will count towards both my AS and Bachelors degrees. But my Bachelors will require Calc 3, Linear Algebra, and Physics 2. It has been 21 years since I have done college-level math and I’m afraid I will not remember how to solve any equations going into these courses.

So now to my questions:

1. Which of the 3 courses listed above as requirements would you recommend as easiest to re-acclimate myself to academia and college-level maths?

2. What resources do you recommend for a person like me who needs to try and remember how to do math from a course they took 21 years ago?

Hi everyone, I’m a former bad student and a college dropout, but I’m trying to steer my life back onto the rails. Part of that will be going back to college to try and finish my degree.

I’m only 5 classes away from my AS degree, thanks to previous college and AP courses from high school. But therein lies my fear.

I scored 4s on my AP Calc tests in 2004/2005, and received credit for Physics 1 and Chem in college which will count towards both my AS and Bachelors degrees. But my Bachelors will require Calc 3, Linear Algebra, and Physics 2. It has been 21 years since I have done college-level math and I’m afraid I will not remember how to solve any equations going into these courses.

So now to my questions:

1. Which of the 3 courses listed above as requirements would you recommend as easiest to re-acclimate myself to academia and college-level maths?

2. What resources do you recommend for a person like me who needs to try and remember how to do math from a course they took 21 years ago?