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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 03:57:54 2020 No.11924956 View Reply Original Report

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Am I horrible at math if I have a C in calculus? I like Math but damn do I suck at taking exams. I still have a chance of getting my grade up but I feel like a brainlet Math major.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 04:08:46 No.11924977 Report

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>>11924956
>Am I horrible at math if I have a C in calculus
Maybe. What do you have trouble with?

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 04:14:08 No.11924995 Report

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>>11924977
Well the most recent exam I majorly fucked up two Related Rates word problems. He only gives like 5 questions in each exam so if you get two wrong you basically get below a B. The other two it was just minor errors in steps with the chain rule I am taking Calc during a summer block so I probably fucked up hard doing that. Overall though, I don't feel that I'm totally lost. Probably just have horrible study habits and get test anxiety. Fuck proctorio.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 04:28:31 No.11925028 Report

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>>11924995
Let me preface this by saying I'm not demeaning you and not meming either.
If you have test anxiety you should seriously consider seeing a psychologist, GP, someone, whatever.

If they can't help you help yourself to get rid of the test anxiety, they can get the school to accommodate you. If you know your shit but can't do well on tests, you shouldn't suffer because of it.

Don't let your life get fucked up because of something that can be helped. Test anxiety will linger forever: It's serious and can really fuck you up long term if you don't take care of it

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 04:51:27 No.11925074 Report

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>>11924995
Sounds like Calc 1. With the chain rule stuff that's just practice. When you're studying math it can help to have a lot of different "voices", hearing different explanantions from different people. With Calc 1 there's tons of stuff online, use those to help you study instead of just reading over your lectures notes again and again.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 04:53:07 No.11925077 Report

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>>11924956
Messing up on calculations does not make you horrible at math. But it probably means you have some ways to go with learning to study properly. For me, the best way to study is to use old exams or to make my own with similar problems to the one the professor might use, and then to time myself on finishing them. I'm very strict about the time limit, but if I don't finish something, after my practice test I start it over and look for where I went wrong.
This style of practice doesn't take nearly as long as the other kinds of studying I think most people do, and it makes me feel way more comfortable in the test room. Like I'm just redoing something I already did 4 or 5 times.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 05:08:10 No.11925116 Report

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>>11924956
>Am I horrible at math if I have a C in calculus?
Not necessarily. Could just be test anxiety, a bad teacher (especially if you're in highschool), a tough professor, or there being too tight of a time limit on the exams
If you can understand most of the topics fairly quickly and can do well on problems outside of a testing environment you probably shouldn't worry too much

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 05:19:44 No.11925145 Report

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No.

I got a C in calculus 1 and ended up with a PhD in Mathematics. Shit happens, don't be hard on yourself.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2020 05:38:12 No.11925192 Report

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>>11924956
Sorry to hear that; I was a shitty test taker as well. My professors were nice enough to put up practice/old exams for studying, so what got me through university was doing them, but emulating an exam environment at the same time. The best way to prepare for me was to struggle through the experience without repercussions and work on the things I failed at. If you don't get practice exams, use homework questions and make your own exam by changing the numbers or something.

And it's just Calc, you have time.

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