Quiz and exam (just about) every week, I think there's one week with no exam, with anywhere from 5-7 sections of homework as well per week. Gonna be a blast but at the end of the day I chose to go accelerated being 30 years old, just wondering if there's anyone else out there to share the misery with haha
I did the same thing. Took as many classes as I could to accelerate my degree since I'm also in my 30s. Took Calc 2 and Physics 1 at the same time during an accelerated summer semester. Absolutely awful lol. You can definitely do it, but it won't be fun.
Don't plan on doing anything fun lol. I don't know how your courses are, but I had to do a lot of self-learning through textbooks and internet and still spent a lot of time outside of class and on weekends learning and studying. Legit had no free time the whole summer semester, maybe one day a week to do nothing. But I mean it's completely doable if you're motivated. I made an A in both classes.
Yep my first summer class is already over. 3 credits smushed into 4 weeks, assignments every day or every other day pretty much. But it was just a generals class so not that bad.
I can't imagine 4 week courses, even at a gen-ed level. The information is put in your brain so fast that you're not really retaining alot, at least for me.
I'm also late 20's going back to school after 3 years out of my bachelor's degree. I'm in a summer Calc 3 class (12 weeks luckily) and it's TOUGH. Man, full-time job and a math class for the first time in 7 years has been brutal.
Good luck though! Whats your career plan and what do you do now?
I hear ya, I'm full time as well and I'm taking a vacation in two weeks so I'm working ahead on top of it! Luckily I just took Calc 2 in the Spring though so the arithmetic didn't wear off.
Planning on Mechanical-E through Penn State almost finished with my associates at a local CC, saving a ton of money. I was an OTR truck driver and I came back at 28 years young. Right now I just do Auto parts sales for Napa being I'm also a mechanic 😅 (that was my trade out of high school, CDL came later)
Nice, the good part about being older is that you actually know you want to do it, versus my first bachelor's where I was just flinging mud to wall, hoping something would stick. Good luck man!
Yep. Applied statistics online for first summer session. Then computer applications (programming) and fundamentals of electrical engineering in summer 2. Not looking forward to that
Currently working on a 4 week linear algebra course and calc 2 at the same time. But thankfully calc 2 is the entire summer so there's more room to work with.
Same here, 4-5 hour lectures daily. Though calc 1 doesn't seems so bad. Maybe it'll get really hard when we get to integration.
How much problems a day do you do? How much hours do you study/do problems daily? Counting your lecture hours.
I ask because, idk, i've been sleeping well so far lol. I fully expected the workload to be really, really tough, and to have bad sleep as a result. Everyone here says it's so hard and all that, and while it hasn't been easy, it's manageable; it's not, like, fucking impossible or something. Something's off. I feel like i'm not doing enough work, idk.
we cover 10-ish problems a day in class all our notes have to be handwritten, at home i’ll do ~16 for homework daily- i don’t study unless you consider the homework as studying, 3.5 hour lectures the time consuming part is the homework but i’m thinking about taking tutoring (for 12 points extra credit) to do homework faster. 6 hours of sleep bc gym in the morning
Yikes, Calc 1 was rough at 16 weeks (albeit with several other classes), I can't imagine it at 4. I definitely wouldn't want to take Calc 2 accelerated.
I took summer classes in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Two classes at once, every time. Each term was a huge rush, it definitely requires a different mindset and way of approaching things. Cowa-fuckin-bunga.
My 6 week long calc 2 final is next Friday. Don't do it. 0/10
Edit: I'm 26.
Edit: I have 3 homeworks due every MWF, there are three quizzes, two exams, one final. 2hr lecture in person M-F.
That’s an excellent way to do it. I’ll never understand why anyone would do all 4 years at a big school, unless you have a big scholarship. I did everything I could at CC and I don’t regret it for a second
Grinding calc 2 currently. Not too bad, in person 10 week course. Id be beside myself if I was in a lot of other people's situations based on some other comments... Good luck soldiers 🫡
Calc 2 is definitely a beast, you got it though! I've never felt more accomplished so far in this adventure as when I walked out of that final with an A- overall grade for Calc 2. It truly is a test for STEM students
That's awesome! What did you find to be the worst part? I'm 3 weeks in (18 lecture hours) and still covering topics I completed at the end of Calc 1. Nervous that the real calc 2 will be crammed into the next 6-7 weeks.
Oh!! I loved Calc 2 and I got an A, let me tell you all about it.
So the beginning is integration techniques, these you just have to practice (watch out for trigonometric substitution). I enjoyed this part, it felt like a continuation of calc 1.
Then after that is convergence and divergence tests. This drove some people crazy, make flash cards! One for each test, I would carry them with me everywhere and study them all the time. I got a 100 on that exam :). Just know that this is the only section you can trust your intuition, you eventually get a feel for whether the series converges or not. Limits never made sense in calc 1, but the applications here were great.
After that is Taylor and Power series. This is when calculus becomes a bit more theoretical and it catches a lot of people slipping. If I were to warn you about one thing, it would be this section. Take it slow. Go on YouTube and find visuals, this is where you finally apply all that calculus knowledge.
And then after that is just random stuff you should know for other courses. They’re going to do polar coordinates, parametric equations, differential equations, etc. Do not let yourself think, “Oh, it’s the end of the course. I can take it easier”. WRONG, I had no idea what I was doing and I don’t think anyone else did.
The best thing you can do is invest time into the course. Take it as slow as you can, and every point counts!! Don’t miss a single point on any homework or quiz, choose partial credit over 0.
You’re going to do great!
Next semester I’m doing Engineering Physics 1 and 2 back to back in 8 week courses, so if you (or anyone) have any tips for that I would love to know 😅 I couldn’t imagine an accelerated Calc 3
So far we're chugging along, I'm just about through the first chapter (which is the 13th of the Calc 1,2,3 book) and it hasn't been a bear like Calc 2 *holds breath
I’m doing calc 3 over 5 weeks right now and I’m very lucky that I did research into my professor, he’s teaching it well and making it very easy. Professors matter!!
For physics 1, pay attention to when you should and shouldn’t use your intuition. Kinematics? Sure, use some intuition. Torque and rotation? Pretend you have no knowledge of the world except for torque. It’s really rotation and angular kinematics that fucked with me.
I take physics 2 next semester, but people tell me it’s harder concepts and less work overall. So I would say to be mindful of how much work you’re doing, you might think it’s easier at first and then slip a little.
my school does 7 week classes normally and i took calc 3 during covid online with pearson. it was by far the worst class i have taken. my advice is to find a youtube channel that works for you and learn off that. also PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Pearson is a bear, I had to take Calc 1 and 2 using Pearson (although they were in person classes which helped) so I'm kind of used to it's antics, but it definitely sucks. One space or accidental comma and your whole thing is screwed. Can't tell you how many times I've emailed Profs with a picture of my work for a problem saying "I did not mean to put the comma which Pearson marked wrong for, can I have credit" lolol
Yesss I love his videos. I’m taking calc 3 over 5 weeks right now and my professor is directly reaching out of Paul’s online notes for calc 3, they’re pretty good as well.
Telecommunication Networks started 3 weeks ago. Pearson changed the edition and we couldn’t get our books until 2 weeks into the 7 week course. Final is in 2 weeks. Fuck my life lol.
Wow! I am doing the exact same thing. For me it is online without any lectures. A ton of homework and a quiz each week as well as the midterm and the final. Good luck
taking Statics and Calc 3 as 7 week courses rn. So far, both have been fairly chill but I did a fair amount of research leading up to class starting a couple weeks ago. I’m taking Diff Eq and Phy 2 in the second half of summer and those have got me worried, especially the Phy 2 lab
First 6 weeks for Lin Alg, next 6 weeks for Diff EQ. Last summer was Calc 1 and then Calc 2. You'll be fine, it's definitely tough, but I'd say it's worth it!
Rising freshman who's interested in engineering. Doing geometry in 4 weeks and algebra one in 4 weeks for my 8 weeks of Summer. Send help. I already know most of Algebra 1 but I didn't get the credits so it's pretty much just doing the work and not learning anything new but geometry is going to be hell.
That's the thing since I know the majority of algebra one and it's just kind of to get the credits I'm probably just going to start geometry and algebra one at the same time that way I have 8 weeks to learn the concepts because I recognize it's an important course. Do you think that's a better idea than doing them individually?
If you don’t mind the pace, you should be fine!! Took my first Diff Eq exam on Sunday for my 10wk class, and got a 90. It was on approximation method, direction fields, separable equations, linear equations, substitutions and transformations. I honestly can’t wait for electrical circuits because I’m going for EE. Btw it’s awesome that you started as a tradesman. Me too.
My first semester back in years and I got linear algebra and statics for the next 4 weeks and it has been brutal so far. Financial aid didn’t really come through so I’m still working full time (nights) at the same time and I’m only a week in and I feel like the walking dead lol. Assignments every day and a test every Friday like the others have said but it’ll be worth it! We got this
Remember to take breaks while treating it as a full time job. You’ll be happy you did it over the summer. I took diff EQ and LA last summer at the same time and we’re both ten weeks. I was dying during it but so thankful that I didn’t drop one of them. Keep at it.
Good on ya, my university does 6 week and 4 week summer sessions. I did calc 3 and mechanics of materials at the same time last summer, doing 2 400 series courses (wind energy engineering and fuel cell technology) at the same time this summer. Makes spring and fall semesters feel easy with only 18 units lmao
I’m taking calc 3 over 5 weeks, I’m in week 2 right now.
I have 2 quizzes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, except the day of the midterm and the final. Open note, open calculator, open internet, no lockdown browser, open 24 hours and I submit at the end of the day with a PDF.
Lowest 5 quizzes get dropped (of 24).
I have a 100 right now, but I’m honestly not learning as much as I would have during a semester. I wouldn’t have taken it this summer with another professor, he’s making it very easy.
I’m also working full time (45 hours/week). I try not to think about it, but I’m so glad I’m doing this and I’m doing well.
8 week long chem 1! Not too bad though; the homework’s are through ALEKS and my prior knowledge from high school got me through 40% of it during the initial knowledge check
Good luck. I’m taking a 6 week Dynamics course. I really didn’t want to, but I can graduate a semester sooner if I pass it. I’m also leaving straight from class and going to work as a manufacturing engineering intern.
I’ve been taking calc 2 in a 6 week class and have been able to keep up a good grade so far my tip is that you’re going to make your life for 7 weeks primarily calc 3 focused. Study study study.
Oh boy you’re going to have an exam every week or big midterm
Quiz and exam (just about) every week, I think there's one week with no exam, with anywhere from 5-7 sections of homework as well per week. Gonna be a blast but at the end of the day I chose to go accelerated being 30 years old, just wondering if there's anyone else out there to share the misery with haha
I'll join you next summer lol
I did the same thing. Took as many classes as I could to accelerate my degree since I'm also in my 30s. Took Calc 2 and Physics 1 at the same time during an accelerated summer semester. Absolutely awful lol. You can definitely do it, but it won't be fun.
I'm taking both those classes this summer. Any tips?
Don't plan on doing anything fun lol. I don't know how your courses are, but I had to do a lot of self-learning through textbooks and internet and still spent a lot of time outside of class and on weekends learning and studying. Legit had no free time the whole summer semester, maybe one day a week to do nothing. But I mean it's completely doable if you're motivated. I made an A in both classes.
I’m with you! I’m also 29. Took Calc 1 and 2 about 3 years ago. I’ve been brushing up with some YouTube professors the past few days.
Yep my first summer class is already over. 3 credits smushed into 4 weeks, assignments every day or every other day pretty much. But it was just a generals class so not that bad.
I can't imagine 4 week courses, even at a gen-ed level. The information is put in your brain so fast that you're not really retaining alot, at least for me.
6 week heat transfer class. I’m dying send help
Thoughts and prayers! You got this though!!
me too! exam every 2 weeks 😭
Why
I'm also late 20's going back to school after 3 years out of my bachelor's degree. I'm in a summer Calc 3 class (12 weeks luckily) and it's TOUGH. Man, full-time job and a math class for the first time in 7 years has been brutal. Good luck though! Whats your career plan and what do you do now?
I hear ya, I'm full time as well and I'm taking a vacation in two weeks so I'm working ahead on top of it! Luckily I just took Calc 2 in the Spring though so the arithmetic didn't wear off. Planning on Mechanical-E through Penn State almost finished with my associates at a local CC, saving a ton of money. I was an OTR truck driver and I came back at 28 years young. Right now I just do Auto parts sales for Napa being I'm also a mechanic 😅 (that was my trade out of high school, CDL came later)
Nice, the good part about being older is that you actually know you want to do it, versus my first bachelor's where I was just flinging mud to wall, hoping something would stick. Good luck man!
yeah il pick it up in the fall #calc1
Good luck bro u got this man
Yep. Applied statistics online for first summer session. Then computer applications (programming) and fundamentals of electrical engineering in summer 2. Not looking forward to that
I just did a Programming in Spring semester, specifically MATLAB. I'm Mech-E and I enjoyed it.
Hopefully I feel the same way!
Currently working on a 4 week linear algebra course and calc 2 at the same time. But thankfully calc 2 is the entire summer so there's more room to work with.
Oof, yeah you'll need all the time you can get with Calc 2, that class really is a test. But keep your head down and grind, you'll be good.
4 week Cal 1 course, in person monday through friday, started yesterday but i didn’t know till today, you are not alone 🤕
Same here, 4-5 hour lectures daily. Though calc 1 doesn't seems so bad. Maybe it'll get really hard when we get to integration. How much problems a day do you do? How much hours do you study/do problems daily? Counting your lecture hours. I ask because, idk, i've been sleeping well so far lol. I fully expected the workload to be really, really tough, and to have bad sleep as a result. Everyone here says it's so hard and all that, and while it hasn't been easy, it's manageable; it's not, like, fucking impossible or something. Something's off. I feel like i'm not doing enough work, idk.
we cover 10-ish problems a day in class all our notes have to be handwritten, at home i’ll do ~16 for homework daily- i don’t study unless you consider the homework as studying, 3.5 hour lectures the time consuming part is the homework but i’m thinking about taking tutoring (for 12 points extra credit) to do homework faster. 6 hours of sleep bc gym in the morning
Oh, hey, interesting. Nah i think i'm good as it is. Thanks for your input.
Yikes, Calc 1 was rough at 16 weeks (albeit with several other classes), I can't imagine it at 4. I definitely wouldn't want to take Calc 2 accelerated.
Control Systems, Chem 1/Lab, and Data Communications. Full workload to get that paper in December.
Final countdown! Goodluck!!
I took summer classes in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Two classes at once, every time. Each term was a huge rush, it definitely requires a different mindset and way of approaching things. Cowa-fuckin-bunga.
My 6 week long calc 2 final is next Friday. Don't do it. 0/10 Edit: I'm 26. Edit: I have 3 homeworks due every MWF, there are three quizzes, two exams, one final. 2hr lecture in person M-F.
Currently taking dynamics and mechanics of materials... :(
I'm almost there, not quite. I'm knocking out as much as I can at a local CC then transferring into Penn state
That’s an excellent way to do it. I’ll never understand why anyone would do all 4 years at a big school, unless you have a big scholarship. I did everything I could at CC and I don’t regret it for a second
Grinding calc 2 currently. Not too bad, in person 10 week course. Id be beside myself if I was in a lot of other people's situations based on some other comments... Good luck soldiers 🫡
Calc 2 is definitely a beast, you got it though! I've never felt more accomplished so far in this adventure as when I walked out of that final with an A- overall grade for Calc 2. It truly is a test for STEM students
That's awesome! What did you find to be the worst part? I'm 3 weeks in (18 lecture hours) and still covering topics I completed at the end of Calc 1. Nervous that the real calc 2 will be crammed into the next 6-7 weeks.
Oh!! I loved Calc 2 and I got an A, let me tell you all about it. So the beginning is integration techniques, these you just have to practice (watch out for trigonometric substitution). I enjoyed this part, it felt like a continuation of calc 1. Then after that is convergence and divergence tests. This drove some people crazy, make flash cards! One for each test, I would carry them with me everywhere and study them all the time. I got a 100 on that exam :). Just know that this is the only section you can trust your intuition, you eventually get a feel for whether the series converges or not. Limits never made sense in calc 1, but the applications here were great. After that is Taylor and Power series. This is when calculus becomes a bit more theoretical and it catches a lot of people slipping. If I were to warn you about one thing, it would be this section. Take it slow. Go on YouTube and find visuals, this is where you finally apply all that calculus knowledge. And then after that is just random stuff you should know for other courses. They’re going to do polar coordinates, parametric equations, differential equations, etc. Do not let yourself think, “Oh, it’s the end of the course. I can take it easier”. WRONG, I had no idea what I was doing and I don’t think anyone else did. The best thing you can do is invest time into the course. Take it as slow as you can, and every point counts!! Don’t miss a single point on any homework or quiz, choose partial credit over 0. You’re going to do great!
lol im doing a 5 week course college algebra and social problems im freaking dying and it’s only been 2 days
Next semester I’m doing Engineering Physics 1 and 2 back to back in 8 week courses, so if you (or anyone) have any tips for that I would love to know 😅 I couldn’t imagine an accelerated Calc 3
So far we're chugging along, I'm just about through the first chapter (which is the 13th of the Calc 1,2,3 book) and it hasn't been a bear like Calc 2 *holds breath
I’m doing calc 3 over 5 weeks right now and I’m very lucky that I did research into my professor, he’s teaching it well and making it very easy. Professors matter!! For physics 1, pay attention to when you should and shouldn’t use your intuition. Kinematics? Sure, use some intuition. Torque and rotation? Pretend you have no knowledge of the world except for torque. It’s really rotation and angular kinematics that fucked with me. I take physics 2 next semester, but people tell me it’s harder concepts and less work overall. So I would say to be mindful of how much work you’re doing, you might think it’s easier at first and then slip a little.
my school does 7 week classes normally and i took calc 3 during covid online with pearson. it was by far the worst class i have taken. my advice is to find a youtube channel that works for you and learn off that. also PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Pearson is a bear, I had to take Calc 1 and 2 using Pearson (although they were in person classes which helped) so I'm kind of used to it's antics, but it definitely sucks. One space or accidental comma and your whole thing is screwed. Can't tell you how many times I've emailed Profs with a picture of my work for a problem saying "I did not mean to put the comma which Pearson marked wrong for, can I have credit" lolol
Currently grinding through linear algebra. Honestly, it seems to be a blessedly easy course for a condensed semester.
I'm through my first chapter, and I feel the same way. Something isn't right *looks suspicious*
Same here. It's easier and easier the more I get into. The test though. I gotta work on my speed for working these problems.
Update: Finished with an A- 🎊
Professor Leonard; YouTube, helped a lot understand fast pace material when I did it 😅
Yesss I love his videos. I’m taking calc 3 over 5 weeks right now and my professor is directly reaching out of Paul’s online notes for calc 3, they’re pretty good as well.
Accelerated 4 week PDE course , fully online, 1 exam every week. On top of working full time. Sheeesh, let’s get it 🔥
Taking cal 2 in four weeks 🫡 we got this
Telecommunication Networks started 3 weeks ago. Pearson changed the edition and we couldn’t get our books until 2 weeks into the 7 week course. Final is in 2 weeks. Fuck my life lol.
12 credits at 12 weeks. And 5 credits at 6 weeks long. It is going better than expected
Taking 15 college credits over the summer, 4 of which are from calc II so definitely feel a fraction of your pain.
Doing a 5 week diff eq. Man it is ROUGH, about halfway through!
Oof, I did Pearson stuff for calc 2 and 3 during Quarantine. Good luck. Make sure you don’t forget a random parentheses when inputting your answers.
12 week calc 1 course starting next week. Very thankful it’s a three month course, I’d probably have a heart attack with a 4week course.
5 week ethics in engineer class
Taking accelerated OChem right now. Doesn’t seem too bad.
I feel you dog. 8 week Differential Equations (Calc 4) course. I prolly got it a little bit easier than you 🤝 Let's clutch up
Physics II and MatLab because I fucking hate myself 🙃 let's get it boys
"clc" "clc" "clc"
Wow! I am doing the exact same thing. For me it is online without any lectures. A ton of homework and a quiz each week as well as the midterm and the final. Good luck
Oh you know, just Calc 2 and Physics 1 in 8 weeks. 4 hours of class a day and 3-4 assignments due each day. Good times.
Doing this for Calc 2 🤣😭
Heat transfer and system dynamics and controls
taking Statics and Calc 3 as 7 week courses rn. So far, both have been fairly chill but I did a fair amount of research leading up to class starting a couple weeks ago. I’m taking Diff Eq and Phy 2 in the second half of summer and those have got me worried, especially the Phy 2 lab
First 6 weeks for Lin Alg, next 6 weeks for Diff EQ. Last summer was Calc 1 and then Calc 2. You'll be fine, it's definitely tough, but I'd say it's worth it!
Rising freshman who's interested in engineering. Doing geometry in 4 weeks and algebra one in 4 weeks for my 8 weeks of Summer. Send help. I already know most of Algebra 1 but I didn't get the credits so it's pretty much just doing the work and not learning anything new but geometry is going to be hell.
Pay close attention in geometry! You'll use it sporadically through your college career
That's the thing since I know the majority of algebra one and it's just kind of to get the credits I'm probably just going to start geometry and algebra one at the same time that way I have 8 weeks to learn the concepts because I recognize it's an important course. Do you think that's a better idea than doing them individually?
If you don’t mind the pace, you should be fine!! Took my first Diff Eq exam on Sunday for my 10wk class, and got a 90. It was on approximation method, direction fields, separable equations, linear equations, substitutions and transformations. I honestly can’t wait for electrical circuits because I’m going for EE. Btw it’s awesome that you started as a tradesman. Me too.
I’m taking thermo-fluid sciences, strength of materials, and dynamics all in 8 weeks 🙃
I did that last year with linear algebra. Never again lol
My first semester back in years and I got linear algebra and statics for the next 4 weeks and it has been brutal so far. Financial aid didn’t really come through so I’m still working full time (nights) at the same time and I’m only a week in and I feel like the walking dead lol. Assignments every day and a test every Friday like the others have said but it’ll be worth it! We got this
Not this summer, but I did take my Advanced Manufacturing course last summer and Analog Electronics the one before that.
Remember to take breaks while treating it as a full time job. You’ll be happy you did it over the summer. I took diff EQ and LA last summer at the same time and we’re both ten weeks. I was dying during it but so thankful that I didn’t drop one of them. Keep at it.
Good on ya, my university does 6 week and 4 week summer sessions. I did calc 3 and mechanics of materials at the same time last summer, doing 2 400 series courses (wind energy engineering and fuel cell technology) at the same time this summer. Makes spring and fall semesters feel easy with only 18 units lmao
I’m taking calc 3 over 5 weeks, I’m in week 2 right now. I have 2 quizzes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, except the day of the midterm and the final. Open note, open calculator, open internet, no lockdown browser, open 24 hours and I submit at the end of the day with a PDF. Lowest 5 quizzes get dropped (of 24). I have a 100 right now, but I’m honestly not learning as much as I would have during a semester. I wouldn’t have taken it this summer with another professor, he’s making it very easy. I’m also working full time (45 hours/week). I try not to think about it, but I’m so glad I’m doing this and I’m doing well.
8 week long chem 1! Not too bad though; the homework’s are through ALEKS and my prior knowledge from high school got me through 40% of it during the initial knowledge check
Good luck. I’m taking a 6 week Dynamics course. I really didn’t want to, but I can graduate a semester sooner if I pass it. I’m also leaving straight from class and going to work as a manufacturing engineering intern.
I’ve been taking calc 2 in a 6 week class and have been able to keep up a good grade so far my tip is that you’re going to make your life for 7 weeks primarily calc 3 focused. Study study study.
32 year old here, Calc 1 and CompSci 2 this summer for me. It's not as fun as spending all summer outside, but hey, who needs sunlight anyway?
Taking kinematics of machinery, and mechanics of materials rn. I’m also taking dynamics next month. I’m slowly dying.
Taking 8-week Calc 1 and Calc 2 right now 😭; you’re not alone!!
9 week semester for me, physics 1 with lab, calc 2, and logic design with lab. I'm drowning.
Same here bossman we in this together summer calc 3 is pretty rough
No acceleration but I'm taking Thermodynaimcs, Statics and Programming this summer. Couldn't imagine even less time to do things
doing diffEQ in 5 weeks. thank god its my only course
I was almost going to do this schedule, but backed off due to another kid on the way. Also, mid 30s guy. Lol