Calc III Final Results

Well my grades came in and all my hard work and half-assed sifting has finally paid off.  I achieved both my goals of an A and the top grade in the class.  I scored a 100.4% on my final after the curve which means the final was curved beyond what I scored.  I'm glad I worked so hard on this class.  I wish I had the ability to go to school full time, but with Gen going to nursing school I will be the main bread winner for at least another year.  I'll continue to do 1 or 2 classes each semester until she's out.  Then it's her turn to support me while I go full-bore into school...if I don't piss her off too much in the mean time.

Oh and I want you all to know that while I achieved my goals, my drinking never subsided.  You can be an alcoholic and a success.

rottenseed says...

>> ^RedSky:
Grats, what topics are you covering?
4th year maths/economics undergrad here.

Calc III was vector calculus. We dealt with a lot of calc in 3 dimensions: solids, surface areas, flux, gradients and planes. It was really just calc 1 and 2 projected into E3 . I commend anybody doing a math major. I want to do engineering so these math skills will be necessary but I'll probably stop pursuing math once discrete mathematics comes into play.

RedSky says...

Fair enough, yeah I found it surprising how much more difficult it became when we started looking at PDEs. You'd think the step up from 2 to 3 dimensions would be relatively simple but no ...

Anyway, doing an advanced maths modelling unit at the moment with ODE/PDEs where we model stuff like the diffusion, advection and chemotaxis effects of a cell density in time and space. In fact I should be studying up on an exam for it right now

moodonia says...

Hey Rottenseed Congratulations!
That some pretty severe stuff your doing (which I wont pretend to understand) you should be proud, especially if your working. I too am trying to work and do a degree and its kicking my little butt. Currently waiting to hear how badly I failed my physics class by... Repeats in August, fingers crossed!

Have a nice drinkie to celebrate!

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