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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:43:35 No.7616492 View Reply Report Delete

>never took calculus in high school
>have two weeks to go from algebra to starting calculus for placement test
I tried buying textbooks but they put me to sleep before I got anywhere. What do I use?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:46:53 No.7616493 Report Delete

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>>7616492
Tried Khan Academy? He's good for the introductory level math like highschool algebra and calculus

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:47:44 No.7616495 Report Delete

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>>7616492
>I tried buying textbooks but they put me to sleep before I got anywhere.
Get some modafinil and try again with the textbooks.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:49:19 No.7616497 Report Delete

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>>7616493
KA is shit for actually learning anything. It's nice to see shit, but terrible for learning and the guy takes FOREVER to explain simple shit.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:00:11 No.7616866 Report Delete

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What you should do is get a sample copy of your placement test (you should be able to find the company who makes it, like accuplacer or some such) and flip around on Khan academy and other online resources based on your comfort level with the topics. Sal does take a long time to explain some things, but the result is often that his explanation is more approachable and only needs to be heard once

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:07:16 No.7616878 Report Delete

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>>7616495

This, though I'd suggest coffee.

Step by step, mothafucka. Exercise that beautiful brain of yours. Hurts while you're doing it, but feels so good to have forced a new skill into your head.

Just be ready for the resistance your brain is going to put up. Know that it will be hard to learn, and that your brain won't want to do it. Then, make your brain your bitch. View it as an external entity which you are going to study into submission.

Good luck, OP! You can do it!

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:10:43 No.7616884 Report Delete

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>>7616878
>Just be ready for the resistance your brain is going to put up. Know that it will be hard to learn, and that your brain won't want to do it. Then, make your brain your bitch. View it as an external entity which you are going to study into submission.

This looks like a really asian thing to say, are you asian?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:24:38 No.7616910 Report Delete

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>>7616497
Shit nigga while my prof was teaching left right limits, i was doing inverse functions in class because of khan

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:57:55 No.7616995 Report Delete

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>>7616884
>This looks like a really asian thing to say, are you asian?

This looks like a really ignorant thing to say, are you ignorant?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 14:05:39 No.7617012 Report Delete

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Schaum's Outline for Calculus and Paul's Online Notes/Purple Math for algebra. You can get the book from any library (including your college library). It's not comprehensive and very terse, but it's great for cramming and fast reviews for tests.

Don't bother with videos; text provides the most dense source of information. Use videos as /supplements/ to clarify certain concepts.

However, if you fall asleep because you're bored with the material, you won't get anywhere anyway. Drugs are a desperation measure (including caffeine), and if you can't focus on the material in front of you without drugs, you won't be able to focus with them either. At least not in two weeks.

Just sit down, break down the skills you need to learn for the test (course/COMPASS/Accuplacer placement test outlines and study guides can be found online), and fucking study.

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