How to survive calculus 2 in university as freshmen?

Sooo, as the title says, I am a freshman who joined university this year. I am a management major. And it’s required to pass calculus 2. The problem is I am like veryyy much struggling. I am not THAT bad at math. I used to solve high school problems with not much difficulty.
- our first cal class started with limit. However, in high school, our teacher said “you will learn this in uni anyways so ima skip” and when I entered uni professor said “you all know this right? Let’s skip” and now I’m in my 5th seminar class. In function limit? Derivatives? Yeah so I’m stuck. I tried to ask chat gpt for help. Like help me understand all of this step by step. But I still don’t understand ANYTHING. Mid term is coming. I swear I think I’m gonna fail this class.
-I was wondering does watching YouTube videos help? Reading books for a long time hurts my eyes and it makes me feel drowsy…I did go to the library and borrowed a book for 2 weeks and read it but nothing stuck in my mind.
-I believe the problem is also because i genuinely don’t like math. Just seeing at those numbers annoys me. But I do like my major. What should I dooo?

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u/KDJ_5149 — 9 days ago

I am starting my first year at university this fall. Can anyone give me advice?

I am a recent high school graduate who has gotten into my dream university for Management department in my country. Since I have 2 months barely left before I start. I wish to know some thing.

  1. How to build networks that will actually help me?
  2. What are MUST things to do in my first year?
  3. What are your biggest regrets?
  4. How to know what major I should declare after my first year?
  5. What can I do to set myself up for successful career path starting from my first year and through my years in university
    I just want to be as ready as possible.
    Thank you.
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u/KDJ_5149 — 4 months ago
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I am starting my freshman year at university this fall.

I am a recent high school graduate who has gotten into my dream university for Management department in my country. Since I have 2 months barely left before I start. I wish to know some thing.

  1. How to build networks that will actually help me?
  2. What are MUST things to do in my first year?
  3. What are your biggest regrets?
  4. How to know what major I should declare after my first year?
    I just want to be as ready as possible.
    Thank you.
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u/KDJ_5149 — 4 months ago

I am kinda lost. I need help about yeesh

Yeesh is only like 3 days away. And I don’t know. I chose math, English, social studies. But..I’m no good at math. I really want to study marketing. But I believe I can’t make it. So..I was wondering. What job is actually useful in this economy? Using social studies and English? And what uni should I go to? If I can’t get good grades, maybe I should give winter yeesh? I heard it’s hard to get in that time tho. I really need help. Please.

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u/KDJ_5149 — 4 months ago

I am 18 y.o eldest daughter of my family. I am in my last year of high school. Lately, I have been very stressed cause of YEESH. I go to three separate lesson centers for my subject, so I mostly spend my days in bus, commuting. Today is Friday and I was watching some horror game stream to unwind. But my mom said “is that even useful for your future?” I said “oh, today is my rest day, so I am watching this to let go of my stress”. She stayed quiet for a bit while, until I talked about doing my marathon volunteer. I really loved it and felt happy to cheer on runners and give waters. So I was planning on doing it again this year, but when she heard that she said “You don’t have time for that! That’s so fucking useless. You should study more!” I was Kona upset and hurt so I said “I do this cause I feel happy and it helps me unwind sooo much!” She scowled and yelled at me, “stress? You have been talking about stress all day long. What kind of stress would you even have!? Even I am not stressed so why would you be stressed? You don’t have anything to be stressed for.” I was so speechless and just scoffed. She yelled at my face for hours.

  1. Whenever I watch my phone I am told to study, but when I am doing my homework fr, I am accused of watching my phone secretly, so apparently I don’t even study nor one bit. It’s funny, I am studying until my hair is falling out. What is she even looking for?

  2. If I get stye, cramps anything hurt, it’s all me and my phone’s fault.

  3. I found out I focus so well in the evening, so I started studying at that time in MY room. But she would come in and turn off my lights and tell me to sleep. And I am supposed to study in the morning or something. And when i told her i focus better at evening, she even laughed at me and said “there is no such thing!”

  4. I am so tired, I am doing everything I can! I am memorizing, I am solving problems! I am studying! I can’t even play my video games cause I am anxious. I have even been crying in my bed for 5 days straight now. I feel so drained. What am I supposed to do!?

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u/KDJ_5149 — 6 months ago

I am 18 y.o eldest daughter of my family in Asian household. I am in my last year of high school. Lately, I have been very stressed cause of my university entrance exam. I go to three separate lesson centers for my subject, so I mostly spend my days in bus, commuting. Today is Friday and I was watching some horror game stream to unwind. But my mom said “is that even useful for your future?” I said “oh, today is my rest day, so I am watching this to let go of my stress”. She stayed quiet for a bit while, until I talked about doing my marathon volunteer. I really loved it and felt happy to cheer on runners and give waters. So I was planning on doing it again this year, but when she heard that she said “You don’t have time for that! That’s so fucking useless. You should study more!” I was Kona upset and hurt so I said “I do this cause I feel happy and it helps me unwind sooo much!” She scowled and yelled at me, “stress? You have been talking about stress all day long. What kind of stress would you even have!? Even I am not stressed so why would you be stressed? You don’t have anything to be stressed for.” I was so speechless and just scoffed. She yelled at my face for hours.

  1. Whenever I watch my phone I am told to study, but when I am doing my homework fr, I am accused of watching my phone secretly, so apparently I don’t even study nor one bit. It’s funny, I am studying until my hair is falling out. What is she even looking for?

  2. If I get stye, cramps anything hurt, it’s all me and my phone’s fault.

  3. I found out I focus so well in the evening, so I started studying at that time in MY room. But she would come in and turn off my lights and tell me to sleep. And I am supposed to study in the morning or something. And when i told her i focus better at evening, she even laughed at me and said “there is no such thing!”

  4. I am so tired, I am doing everything I can! I am memorizing, I am solving problems! I am studying! I can’t even play my video games cause I am anxious. I have even been crying in my bed for 5 days straight now. I feel so drained. What am I supposed to do!?

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u/KDJ_5149 — 6 months ago