Help with college math

[Harrison Ford]

I suck at math. lols :(

Do you guys recommend a certain book, method, tutor, whatevers, to be able to learn college math. I'm talking pre-algebra/algebra, and whatever else the basic math classes request.

[DreamerGirl]

Does your school offer learning support services? It's usually free and you can just meet with them whenever to go over what you are learning in class.

[Harrison Ford]

Does your school offer learning support services? It's usually free and you can just meet with them whenever to go over what you are learning in class.

I belive they have a math tutor. I should check that out. The thing is that my classes are very compact and I pretty much skipped math in high school.

[DreamerGirl]

Well, for over the summer maybe get a SAT study book for Math? Or ACT....

I think trying to teach yourself math is kind of suicidal though. I always relied on the teachers to explain what the book was saying. (I just never understood the language they used in those things.)

The important part about math is to try and go through the problems as the teacher does them, or even before if possible. It's mainly about practice, for me at least.

[amy]

Are you taking a math class?

I took intro calculus in high school and I think the key is just to do a shitload of practice problems. If you are taking a class you can ask your teacher for extra problems. Another thing that helped me was to go through the chapter and make a sheet of all the important points/equations in that chapter or section. With math, there are usually at most 4 or 5. You can use the sheet to do problems but try not to

[Harrison Ford]

Are you taking a math class?

I took intro calculus in high school and I think the key is just to do a shitload of practice problems. If you are taking a class you can ask your teacher for extra problems. Another thing that helped me was to go through the chapter and make a sheet of all the important points/equations in that chapter or section. With math, there are usually at most 4 or 5. You can use the sheet to do problems but try not to

Not at the moment. I want to get ready for when it starts. Everyone tells me it's hard as fuck, especially if you failed the assessments like I did.

Good points.

Well, for over the summer maybe get a SAT study book for Math? Or ACT....

I think trying to teach yourself math is kind of suicidal though. I always relied on the teachers to explain what the book was saying. (I just never understood the language they used in those things.)

The important part about math is to try and go through the problems as the teacher does them, or even before if possible. It's mainly about practice, for me at least.

Yeah, teaching yourself math must be hard as hell. Maybe I can get one of those books and ask a tutor to go over it with me. Or maybe just ask them to teach me whats coming up.