Should I drop Calc based physics?

[sm20992]

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I'm a freshman right now. I'm taking Gen Chem 1, Nutrition, Biostatistics, and Calc based Physics, and an honors seminar. Gen Chem 1 at my school is a killer and I already make a 65 on my first test. Should I drop Calc based Physics and just concentrate my efforts on chem? Or should I try to do both and wait it out? I could just take Algebra based Physics this summer? HELP

 

[medguy24]

I'm a freshman right now. I'm taking Gen Chem 1, Nutrition, Biostatistics, and Calc based Physics, and an honors seminar. Gen Chem 1 at my school is a killer and I already make a 65 on my first test. Should I drop Calc based Physics and just concentrate my efforts on chem? Or should I try to do both and wait it out? I could just take Algebra based Physics this summer? HELP

Drop it. A) No reason to take such a hard course load. B) no reason to take calc-based physics. Take it over the summer.


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[Turkishking]

I think you should drop the cal-based physics.

 

[sm20992]

Is it ok to drop even though I will get a W on my transcript? Thanks

 

[Turkishking]

It's one W. As long as you don't make a habit, you will be fine.

 

[Scrizzy]

If it's not for your major, drop it. Maybe even the gen Chem depending on your score for the next exam. If it's another D, you're pretty much guaranteed to take a hit on your GPA unless you drop.

 

[Turkishking]

If it's not for your major, drop it. Maybe even the gen Chem depending on your score for the next exam. If it's another D, you're pretty much guaranteed to take a hit on your GPA unless you drop.

Unless OP can miraculously get an A-, or a B, I think she will be fine.

 

[Scrizzy]

Unless OP can miraculously get an A-, or a B, I think she will be fine.

Yep if she gets all As afterwards, she can probably turn 2 Ds into a B or B+, maybe even a A- depending on the professor.
Sadly I'm a man of science and don't believe in miracles... Unless it's from our Lord and savior, the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

[Turkishking]

Yep if she gets all As afterwards, she can probably turn 2 Ds into a B or B+, maybe even a A- depending on the professor.
Sadly I'm a man of science and don't believe in miracles... Unless it's from our Lord and savior, the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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[sm20992]

The test was only worth 100 points out of 1600 so I can definitely still pull an A in the chem. On another note, should I still drop calc based physics if the algebra based physics is said to be just as hard? Thanks

 

[Turkishking]

The test was only worth 100 points out of 1600 so I can definitely still pull an A in the chem. On another note, should I still drop calc based physics if the algebra based physics is said to be just as hard? Thanks

Whether to drop or keep the course is your choice. If you feel that you can potentially come out with a B+ or greater in both courses keep them.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

The test was only worth 100 points out of 1600 so I can definitely still pull an A in the chem. On another note, should I still drop calc based physics if the algebra based physics is said to be just as hard? Thanks

Algebra-based physics will not be as hard as calc-based physics. Personally, I think it's better to take card-based physics, but most people disagree with me. I'd still drop it if I were you, since you have a pretty crazy course load and don't need calc-based.

 

[Lawpy]

Algebra-based physics will not be as hard as calc-based physics. Personally, I think it's better to take card-based physics, but most people disagree with me. I'd still drop it if I were you, since you have a pretty crazy course load and don't need calc-based.

algebra-based physics can be hard in the sense it involves pointless memorizing of random equations without much context.

since i'm terrible in memorizing stuff, i'd probably view that as harder than a course that requires me to think things through

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

algebra-based physics can be hard in the sense it involves pointless memorizing of random equations without much context.

Troof. But most people on here seem to think pointless rote memorization is easier than calc. I disagree, but I'm a math guy.

 

[Ignatius413]

Ditto to the above. Unless your major requires you to take calc-based physics, then don't take it. I thought algebra-based physics was pretty easy to get, though you do have to be able to remember quite a few equations depending on your professor. That said, I'd suggest finding a funny or cool way to really understand the relationships between variables in phys equations instead of just rote memorization.

I lived in an engineering/computer science dorm during my freshman year (I was a Spanish Major, then) and I had a lot of fun talking to tech nerds who found algebra-based physics child's play. One of them made weekly physics manga demonstrations to illustrate Newtonian physics.

Good times. In another world where I was a math whiz, I would have definitely pursued a physics degree.

 

[tantacles]

Drop it. One W is not bad.