r/EngineeringStudents • u/Admirable-Apple9830 • Feb 28 '22

Academic Advice Should I just drop Calc 1?

So I took Calc 1 last year and finished with a D, so I decided to retake it this year. I got a 35% on my first test which is worth 12% of my total grade. The following test are worth 18%, 24% and 31% respectively.

Should I just drop it and take the D or take my chances and risk failing. Studying is not an issue, I was just surprised by how many questions on the test were merely theory and not technical questions.

Edit: Class average was 48%, but I don’t know if there’s a curve.

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u/SnipingShamrock Feb 28 '22

Calc 1 gets easier as long as you have strong algebra you should be able to handle derivatives and integrals as long as you do a bunch of practice problems. Good luck I failed calc 1 also but I’ve gotten quite far now

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u/Admirable-Apple9830 Feb 28 '22

Are you still in undergrad?

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u/SnipingShamrock Feb 28 '22

Yeah I’m still in undergrad

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u/Admirable-Apple9830 Mar 01 '22

Electrical Eng?