Thank you so much kind sir! You have no idea how helpful this is. I was nervous about the math but your tips will help me get through it eventually. I’m also getting back on my math at my community college. I took pre calc 1 last semester but I forget everything so fast 😪
I jumped into straighterline hoping that my math from highschool and pre reqs (completed college algebra easily) in community college would've served me well enough. Turns out that wasn't the case and I had to drop calc1 from straighterline due to not remembering a few key pieces of math. I'm going to try to apply this guide before retrying straighterline and hopefully have a much better experience this time around. Thanks in advance.
Lmao I know what you mean. I never listen. I’m like a dog with a pile of Twinkie’s in front of it. I won’t stop eating until I’m sick and can’t move anymore 😂
Josh you are a life saver, thank you for all you do for the community man. Hey I was wondering if you have a video on how to use this CAS cal that would be great during straighterline
Great topic man, if I got this knowledge before started at straighterline I won't be quit. Does anyone of you from island and realized the way they teach math in USA is varied especially division😂. I'm really good at math and forcing myself to adjust to USA style sometimes is annoying me. The issue I experienced with Straighterline is lack of explanation. Respect 4 u man.
Thanks so much, really appreciate it. And I know what you mean. I've heard the US teaches math in a starnge way. Sorry bout your experience with SL :o(
@@JoshMadakor Btw, I really wanna go into CS this kinna shift me to Software developer cause at WGU they required Google It supports specialist certificate as a brand new in IT.
I took Calculus III over a decade ago. I got B+ and A- in the series. I haven’t used since 😂. I’m going to pull out my textbooks for a refresher to pass.
Hey Teresita! Super glad it came in handy. Best of luck with the math studies. It takes forever, but it can definitely be done and it feels great to get it over with!
Thanks so much I dropped out of highschool and I forgot algebra and a lot of math I’m glad I have u and these programs to help me so the courses u had highlighted in red on khan academy are all the ones I need to go through to reach the requirements for or prerequisites for computer science? Math isn’t my strong suit but I’ve always been ahead in math even tho I never fully understood it being out of school just destroyed my brain cells😅.
Haha, well the good thing about the brain is neuroplasticity. You can rebuild that brain again for sure, just takes a bit of time and practice, haha. But yeah, go through that Khan Academy list slowly up until completing AP calculus AB, then hop right into straighterline (this video). Best of luck chief :)
What other WGU CS courses can you take here, I noticed you had C++, was that to help you with a WGU C++ course or were you taking a course through Straighterline to substitute a WGU course?
Question: Khan Academy pre-study and Straighterline Calculus took you 2.5 months or just the Calculus? And thank you, been waiting for you to drop this video since you mentioned it on Reddit.
Gosh, well, JUST calculus within Khan Academy probably took me almost 2 months. Maybe 7 weeks? Then the rest of the time was spent in straighterline. And thanks for sticking around and watching it, much appreciated! I also gotta say a disclaimer. If somebody doesn't even know algebra (for example), it's going to take them time to ramp-up to calculus. Maybe it will take them 4-6 months if they are starting from BARE BONES SCRATCH. I didn't really have to deal with any of that since my math was already "up". So just hopping into calculus was 2.5 months total. Hope this makes sense :)
@@JoshMadakor Thank you for the quick reply! I have a Bachelors already but took Algebra and Trig about 10 years ago. I was hoping to rely on “begin smart” and a CAS calculator to carry me through Calculus and that sadly wasn’t the case.
Is there a guide like this for english comp 2? I'm personally not worried about math at all, but english class is a nightmare to me......which providers have it and can transfer? And out of the ones which do, which is easiest and/or quicekst?
Great video Josh! Great advice as well! Just wondering would you happen to know how to get a hold of calculus+ higher math lecture videos for a course in electrical engineering technology and not the more theoretical engineering videos that are so prevalent on you tube which pretty much are all that I have seen. Ideally courses pertaining to mostly the field of EET . Thank You.
Shoot, I'm so sorry but I'm not sure where to find something like that :(, there must be something somewhere though. It seems kinda niche which is probably why it's hard to find :(
I've seen your videos on WGUs Computer Science degree and saw the Calculus 1 requirement. The furthest I got in college was Algebra 2 and that was in 2009. How difficult would it be to just jump into calculus 1 now??
Hey Adrian, if you follow the advice in this video it's not so bad. You can really expedite it if you focus on learning how to use your calculator and fast-track it with Khan Academy. Study-dot-com has a calculus transfer now actually, which MIGHT be easier than straighterline, but I don't know! If you stopped at Algebra 2, I would probably budget like 4-5 months to focus purely on math and see if you can do up to AP Calculus AB in Khan Academy. Careful not to overdo it though, 3 hours per day on math is about my limit. It sucks, but it's not easy to just power through it. Best of luck :)
Can we directly jump to Pre Calculus ? Studying Algebra1,2 ,Geometry and Trigonometry is taking too long. What my view is Precalculus will prepare us for whatever we need in Calculus then why to study Algebra which everyone studied in school already. Thoughts ?
Hey Jillian, it's not usually needed unless you are some kinda game dev working on a physics engine or something similar. Hence why the Software Development degree exists which has less math and more applicable classes. Discrete Math on the other hand, comes in handy for a lot of algorithms and figuring out their efficiencies. Here is an except I pasted from Carnegie Mellon University: _"Calculus is a good means for introducing and reinforcing mathematical rigor. Both differential and integral calculus are important and useful. Multivariate calculus is more directly relevant than calculus of approximation to computer scientists. Discrete Math and Logic are essential for CS."_ Hope this helps! (though, they didn't say why calc is useful😂)
@@JoshMadakor Thank you! It totally helps because I'm starting the software dev track at WGU in December so it sounds like I'm still on the right track. 👍
Yeah, I would recommend completing Calc from Study dot com or straighterline though. You don't want to eat up your precious WGU enrollment time on Calculus lol. If you go the SDC route, you can use my discount code (JoshMadakor), but I think Straighterline is still cheaper. IDK which one is better, but I took it from SL :P
Would it be ok to speed run this course for the credits on Sophia with “tools” or should a slower approach be taken to actually learn the material? I don’t want a speed run Calc if it’s going to hurt me in Discreet Math or other parts of the degree program but I also don’t want to waste time if all I need to know is Derivatives or something.
It won't hurt you in discrete or probably anywhere to be honest, haha. Taking my time to learn calculus changed the way I think about the world though but you'll probably also get that if you learn it enough to pass lol. Anyways, it won't hurt your career to speed run calc :)
How do employers respond to the WGU Computer Science degree? I am considering it…I’m wondering if it will give me an edge on getting a software developer job. At present I’ve been doing coding bootcamps and Udemy courses. Again, do you think the WGU BS in computer science will you you an edge with employers
For the BSCS, I actually transferred 2 from Straighterline and 2 from study[.]com. You can transfer much more, but I had a lot of stuff marked off already from my other degrees and stuff :p
Hey Nick! I used one or two random youtube videos to learn how to do what I needed with the calculator. There isn't a whole lot to learn, just a few basic functions. Maybe takes an hour or so :P
The calculator will definitely work for pre-calc. Whether it's allowed though, is kind of up to your school. I BELIEVE WGU allows it, but you might want to double-check!
You said precalculus AP AB, but WGU allows you to use that to register. After you did the precal and entered WGU did you do the calculus so you wouldn’t have to do calculus with WGU?
I've read online that WGU calculus classes are awful and it's better to knock it out of the way. If you struggle with math, I'd definitely recommend doing it this way. There's also sophia which has unproctered exams to my knowledge.
Oh man, this calculator seems so fun, selling it anytime soon? Lol just kidding. I passed in the old days with pen and paper in another world, we used Matlab for graphs and it was pain to download over a 4.5kb connection. Now I just hope I don't have to take calculus again
Sounds like you had a hard time with Calc lol, at least harder than I did at SL. The calculator literally saved me lol. I hope not! you doing the CS program?
Hey I noticed Straighterline has Introductory Algebra, College Algebra, and Precalc courses before Calc 1. You think it might be worth it to take those instead of working on Khan Academy? Part of me feels like a lot of Khan Academy will be unnecessary for Calc 1 and Comp Sci, and it'd be nice and time-efficient to only learn what I'll need to know with the Straighterline courses.
Gosh, I forget exactly how the program is, but you pay a monthly fee + a fee for the class. I think It was like a $99/mo fee plus 69 for the class or something? Then there was my calculator as well :o(. Not too bad though, relative to other options, hehe
@@JoshMadakor which calculator did you use for WGU calculus. I’m in the cloud computing degree but do have an itch to get in computer science as well. Also how long did it take you to grasp the foundational aspects of calculus? The highest math I’ve taken is statistics and algebra.
Midterm exam is not proctored. I've just tested it.
Excellent! Pinned! Thank you!
1. You are an inspiration:
2. I’m following your lead
attending WGU.
3. You speak and articulate
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Just finished calc on wgu a few days ago!! Doing data management applications right now and then I have discrete math 1 & 2 next term!!!
I just completed my final and got an overall grade of 93%. Thanks for the advice. It was very beneficial.
Hell yeah, huge congrats to you! I wish more people could see this haha
Don't you want to finish my calculus class for a fee? Lol
Awesome!! 🙌🏻
I am on a mission to complete all this in 1 month, and I will achieve this no matter what!!!
Did you?
@@Mark-kt5mh guess we will never know 😢
Well dang. I wanna do calc 1 in one month so I can get started on the rest of the classes
If you're watching this now, don't do Calculus on Straighterline. Do it on Sophia instead-- easy 2 day course.
Shoot, Study.com Also has it now too, so wild.
Why
Glad to see you back, Josh. Grabbed my first IT job thanks to your videos. The resume advice in particular was golden.
Hey! Super glad to hear that, congrats on the job! Thanks for letting me know 🎉🎉
Thank you so much kind sir! You have no idea how helpful this is. I was nervous about the math but your tips will help me get through it eventually. I’m also getting back on my math at my community college. I took pre calc 1 last semester but I forget everything so fast 😪
I jumped into straighterline hoping that my math from highschool and pre reqs (completed college algebra easily) in community college would've served me well enough. Turns out that wasn't the case and I had to drop calc1 from straighterline due to not remembering a few key pieces of math. I'm going to try to apply this guide before retrying straighterline and hopefully have a much better experience this time around. Thanks in advance.
How'd it go?
How'd this turn out for you? Sounds eerily similar to me.
Take precalculus to refresh and learn trigonometry. College algebra doesn’t cover that
@@Bleachdemon88 I ended up switching my degree path and it didn't require calculus. If I were to go my initial route I would've 100% done pre-calc
I didn't listen to you on the "2 hours a day" rule and now I'm needing a break lol. Appreciate you!
Lmao I know what you mean. I never listen. I’m like a dog with a pile of Twinkie’s in front of it. I won’t stop eating until I’m sick and can’t move anymore 😂
@@JoshMadakor 😂
Thank you for your advice on getting the ti-nspire. I finished my final today and got an overall score of 82%.
Josh, you’re doing such good work. Thank you for this.
Started calc 1 around noon it’s almost 10 about to take the final exam,
Lol no way, are you serious? I hope you pass it 😂
@@JoshMadakor just passed !
Josh you are a life saver, thank you for all you do for the community man. Hey I was wondering if you have a video on how to use this CAS cal that would be great during straighterline
Great topic man, if I got this knowledge before started at straighterline I won't be quit. Does anyone of you from island and realized the way they teach math in USA is varied especially division😂. I'm really good at math and forcing myself to adjust to USA style sometimes is annoying me. The issue I experienced with Straighterline is lack of explanation. Respect 4 u man.
Thanks so much, really appreciate it. And I know what you mean. I've heard the US teaches math in a starnge way. Sorry bout your experience with SL :o(
@@JoshMadakor
Btw, I really wanna go into CS this kinna shift me to Software developer cause at WGU they required Google It supports specialist certificate as a brand new in IT.
@Motivamax, what do you mean, "varied especially division". I am not from USA, and wanted to know, what difference is it
I took Calculus III over a decade ago. I got B+ and A- in the series. I haven’t used since 😂. I’m going to pull out my textbooks for a refresher to pass.
Thank you so much for making this video! Really helpful! Math is my worst subject.
Hey Teresita! Super glad it came in handy. Best of luck with the math studies. It takes forever, but it can definitely be done and it feels great to get it over with!
Thanks so much I dropped out of highschool and I forgot algebra and a lot of math I’m glad I have u and these programs to help me so the courses u had highlighted in red on khan academy are all the ones I need to go through to reach the requirements for or prerequisites for computer science? Math isn’t my strong suit but I’ve always been ahead in math even tho I never fully understood it being out of school just destroyed my brain cells😅.
Haha, well the good thing about the brain is neuroplasticity. You can rebuild that brain again for sure, just takes a bit of time and practice, haha. But yeah, go through that Khan Academy list slowly up until completing AP calculus AB, then hop right into straighterline (this video). Best of luck chief :)
Thank god you made this, needed this video more than you know.
Heck yeah! Glad it came in clutch :o)
What other WGU CS courses can you take here, I noticed you had C++, was that to help you with a WGU C++ course or were you taking a course through Straighterline to substitute a WGU course?
Question: Khan Academy pre-study and Straighterline Calculus took you 2.5 months or just the Calculus? And thank you, been waiting for you to drop this video since you mentioned it on Reddit.
Gosh, well, JUST calculus within Khan Academy probably took me almost 2 months. Maybe 7 weeks? Then the rest of the time was spent in straighterline. And thanks for sticking around and watching it, much appreciated!
I also gotta say a disclaimer. If somebody doesn't even know algebra (for example), it's going to take them time to ramp-up to calculus. Maybe it will take them 4-6 months if they are starting from BARE BONES SCRATCH. I didn't really have to deal with any of that since my math was already "up". So just hopping into calculus was 2.5 months total. Hope this makes sense :)
@@JoshMadakor Thank you for the quick reply! I have a Bachelors already but took Algebra and Trig about 10 years ago. I was hoping to rely on “begin smart” and a CAS calculator to carry me through Calculus and that sadly wasn’t the case.
I been waiting for this
Oh dang really? You thinking about getting into the CS program? I never expected anyone to be able waiting for my video about maths 😂
Is there a guide like this for english comp 2? I'm personally not worried about math at all, but english class is a nightmare to me......which providers have it and can transfer? And out of the ones which do, which is easiest and/or quicekst?
can I use an online CAS calculator or would that not be allowed on the final exam?
Great video Josh! Great advice as well! Just wondering would you happen to know how to get a hold of calculus+ higher math lecture videos for a course in electrical engineering technology and not the more theoretical engineering videos that are so prevalent on you tube which pretty much are all that I have seen. Ideally courses pertaining to mostly the field of EET . Thank You.
Shoot, I'm so sorry but I'm not sure where to find something like that :(, there must be something somewhere though. It seems kinda niche which is probably why it's hard to find :(
I've seen your videos on WGUs Computer Science degree and saw the Calculus 1 requirement. The furthest I got in college was Algebra 2 and that was in 2009. How difficult would it be to just jump into calculus 1 now??
Hey Adrian, if you follow the advice in this video it's not so bad. You can really expedite it if you focus on learning how to use your calculator and fast-track it with Khan Academy. Study-dot-com has a calculus transfer now actually, which MIGHT be easier than straighterline, but I don't know! If you stopped at Algebra 2, I would probably budget like 4-5 months to focus purely on math and see if you can do up to AP Calculus AB in Khan Academy. Careful not to overdo it though, 3 hours per day on math is about my limit. It sucks, but it's not easy to just power through it. Best of luck :)
Can we directly jump to Pre Calculus ? Studying Algebra1,2 ,Geometry and Trigonometry is taking too long. What my view is Precalculus will prepare us for whatever we need in Calculus then why to study Algebra which everyone studied in school already. Thoughts ?
Agreed
Thank you for this! So is there a need to use calculus on the job? I'm not making the connection as to why it's needed in the first place.
Hey Jillian, it's not usually needed unless you are some kinda game dev working on a physics engine or something similar. Hence why the Software Development degree exists which has less math and more applicable classes. Discrete Math on the other hand, comes in handy for a lot of algorithms and figuring out their efficiencies. Here is an except I pasted from Carnegie Mellon University:
_"Calculus is a good means for introducing and reinforcing mathematical rigor. Both differential and integral calculus are important and useful. Multivariate calculus is more directly relevant than calculus of approximation to computer scientists. Discrete Math and Logic are essential for CS."_
Hope this helps! (though, they didn't say why calc is useful😂)
@@JoshMadakor Thank you! It totally helps because I'm starting the software dev track at WGU in December so it sounds like I'm still on the right track. 👍
Can't lose with that track IMO! good luck with the program :o)
WGU Enrollment mentioned to me today that the requirement was only precalc. :)
Yeah, I would recommend completing Calc from Study dot com or straighterline though. You don't want to eat up your precious WGU enrollment time on Calculus lol. If you go the SDC route, you can use my discount code (JoshMadakor), but I think Straighterline is still cheaper. IDK which one is better, but I took it from SL :P
Would it be ok to speed run this course for the credits on Sophia with “tools” or should a slower approach be taken to actually learn the material?
I don’t want a speed run Calc if it’s going to hurt me in Discreet Math or other parts of the degree program but I also don’t want to waste time if all I need to know is Derivatives or something.
It won't hurt you in discrete or probably anywhere to be honest, haha. Taking my time to learn calculus changed the way I think about the world though but you'll probably also get that if you learn it enough to pass lol. Anyways, it won't hurt your career to speed run calc :)
Great to hear! Thank you sir!
Awesome Josh!
Thanks! Kinda a necessary filler video haha. It goes with the BS CS video that will be released on the 3rd :p
Thanks for the video!
NP ofc, thank you for watching!!
You are the man! Thank you so much for this video!
No problem! Glad it was useful!
CAS calculators are allowed in final ?
for straighterline, yes, for WGU, no :)
thanks so much for the guide man, super helpful
Very helpful!
Shoot, I'm glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
How do employers respond to the WGU Computer Science degree? I am considering it…I’m wondering if it will give me an edge on getting a software developer job. At present I’ve been doing coding bootcamps and Udemy courses. Again, do you think the WGU BS in computer science will you you an edge with employers
Sorry if you mentioned it, but are the Straighterline graded exams timed?
I believe only the final is. Final is proctored and timed. Actually, I believe the mid-term is timed, but not proctored.
yes
is there retake on the other homework exams ?
How many courses were you able to use straighterline for?
For the BSCS, I actually transferred 2 from Straighterline and 2 from study[.]com. You can transfer much more, but I had a lot of stuff marked off already from my other degrees and stuff :p
@@JoshMadakor I'm starting in February and my Transcript has been evaluated. Can I still finish and transfer in the meantime?
Are all the graded exams timed or are they at your own pace? I'm assuming the midterm/final are timed since they're proctored...?
are you able to retake the graded Exams?
Clep exam for calculus would this help with that?
Hey, does Khan academy teach you how to use the calculator or is that self taught?
Hey Nick! I used one or two random youtube videos to learn how to do what I needed with the calculator. There isn't a whole lot to learn, just a few basic functions. Maybe takes an hour or so :P
Is there a precalculus version?
will this calculator work for pre-calc?
The calculator will definitely work for pre-calc. Whether it's allowed though, is kind of up to your school. I BELIEVE WGU allows it, but you might want to double-check!
do i really need to work through all of algebra, or could i just do the unit test & move on from there
Algebra is kid of the language of calculus, but maybe you can just hit Calculus and learn algebra along the way
How long it did take you to do the khan academy work and calculus course in total ?
It's hard to day cuz I started khan academy from algebra 2, maybe 6 months for EVERYTHING. If I removed all the break periods?
Thank you, I watched your video and follow what you said , then I also got 90% without reading the notes and watching the videos.😂
Lmao, you are gifted either in smarts for sure. Wow
You said precalculus AP AB, but WGU allows you to use that to register.
After you did the precal and entered WGU did you do the calculus so you wouldn’t have to do calculus with WGU?
I've read online that WGU calculus classes are awful and it's better to knock it out of the way. If you struggle with math, I'd definitely recommend doing it this way. There's also sophia which has unproctered exams to my knowledge.
Doing pre calculus will get you accepted into WGU.
However, completing calculus will knock the whole class off and gain you acceptance
My question is, how much of calc and trig are used when working in an IT job? Probably very little? lol
lmao, zero for me. I've used a bit of discrete math though. Very rarely recursion, but I have used some sets. Freakin simple stuff though
What calculator is that
I think it was TI-84 Plus Silver Edition :)
:P I'm studying this in 11th grade lmao
Still Thank you a lot this will help a lot clearing my doubts
Lol I wish I did this in 11th grade. Come to think of it, I had no 11th grade because I dropped out my sophomore year lmao. You are a true chief
@@JoshMadakor w(°ｏ°)w
How many exams are there on straighterline for the calculus course?
You can take calc1 on Sophia now. Open book.
Oh man, this calculator seems so fun, selling it anytime soon? Lol just kidding. I passed in the old days with pen and paper in another world, we used Matlab for graphs and it was pain to download over a 4.5kb connection.
Now I just hope I don't have to take calculus again
Sounds like you had a hard time with Calc lol, at least harder than I did at SL. The calculator literally saved me lol. I hope not! you doing the CS program?
Hey I noticed Straighterline has Introductory Algebra, College Algebra, and Precalc courses before Calc 1.
You think it might be worth it to take those instead of working on Khan Academy? Part of me feels like a lot of Khan Academy will be unnecessary for Calc 1 and Comp Sci, and it'd be nice and time-efficient to only learn what I'll need to know with the Straighterline courses.
I’ve always been a Casio guy lol
Do you just pay $69.00 and that’s it?
Gosh, I forget exactly how the program is, but you pay a monthly fee + a fee for the class. I think It was like a $99/mo fee plus 69 for the class or something? Then there was my calculator as well :o(. Not too bad though, relative to other options, hehe
@@JoshMadakor which calculator did you use for WGU calculus. I’m in the cloud computing degree but do have an itch to get in computer science as well. Also how long did it take you to grasp the foundational aspects of calculus? The highest math I’ve taken is statistics and algebra.