I’m basically in my junior year of university. It’s a little iffy because I switched my major from health sciences to a B.S in information technology/cyber security MS. In my health science days I did great in classes like anatomy and bio. But then game precalc, chemistry physics. Those classes is what made me switch because my gpa got so low I couldn’t get into a med school so I switched to my plan B.

Now at the moment I am taking calculus for the 2nd time. And my first exam I got a 28%. I blame myself for this because I didn’t study as hard as I should’ve. But the second exam I Studied weeks in advance. Atm and I got a 44%.

I’m diagnosed ADHD, signs of dyslexia and dyscalculia when I was a child but no paper recordings that I still have. Id get retested but I’d have to see a specialist and my insurance barely covers my doc costs for my ADHD. I really need to pass this class.

I try to focus on doing practice problems but I feel like I don’t really learn from doing them ? I just use formulas and steps in the side to help but when it comes to the actual exam I’ll be missing the most basic shit. Like I Actually forgot the derivative of X was just 1.

Idk what to do I’ve done bad in all math related classes. Coding and cyber security classes are easy money for me.

Anyone have a similar story and how they started to do better? Or any advice on how to study. The book is trash, her lectures are completely different in the way she calculates compared to khan academy. Which then confuses me even more .

I’m just down because if it. I’m n never going to use calculus in my entire professional life if I go into the IT field maybe, they’ll be some principles may to remember but I just do not understand why I need to take this class and do so well in it. That I need at least a 65.

So many other classes lower the curve for this class.

If ANYONE could send resources that would help me learn. I used khan academy before but she marked me down points for not doing the steps her way. Which is ridiculous.

Do you think I can fight that to get points back?

I’m positive I’m a visual and a logical learner. If theirs resources to help me find that I’d love you. The book I have sucks. The lady doesn’t post notes except what we do in class and that’ll only be one or two problems, and in the exam the problem looks similar but it’ll look completely different

I sick with exponent rules, e, Log problems, anything related to Pi. All these pre calc basics I don’t remember I took it when I was 18 and now I’m 24. If theirs any quick video to recall the basic that you recommend lmk.

But that’s the last, I wanna know how I can get a fucking 90% above on this next exam.

Here are the topics I need to know

4.1 Maximum and Minimum Values (Local and Absolute)

4.2 Mean Value Theorem

  Nov. 6

4.3 How Derivatives Affect a Graph (monotonicity, local extrema,1st derivative test), Quiz 7 Nov. 7 Last day to withdraw 4.3 How Derivatives Affect a Graph (Concavity, 2nd derivative text, inflection points) 4.4 Indeterminate Forms & L'Hospital's Rule 4.7 Applied Optimization Problems 4.7 (continuation) 4.9 Antiderivatives Nov. 20 Review Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Exam 3 Nov. 23

I know I can find these myself, but I want your opinion.I always used khan academy but that worked against me marking me down almost 18 points for using work that she she didn’t want me too

Tl:DR I need helpful resources for these topics, I’m doing terrible in this class.