tips for college freshman?

[Trik'Stari]

Well...I have yet to find an app that can solve my oh so tedious integration questions and differential equations

Well that sucks. Someone should make one.

 

I honestly don't see the need for anything more than calculators in this day and age, unless, like I said, you are a math teacher or a physicist.

[Tocsin_786]

wolframalpha.com 

it was good when it was you know.... kinda free when it was established around 2008.

[T.Vengeance]

The answers are free.  

 

http://www.marblesoftwaresolutions.com/AlgebraSolver/default.aspx  This gives you the answer+the steps.  I suggest learning how to from these and/or your professor though since you can't use this on an exam.

Lol? Who needs that at a university level????? If this doesn't solve indefinite integrals or differential equations, at a university level it is useless.

[79wjd]

it was good when it was you know.... kinda free when it was established around 2008.

It's not free anymore? I used it all of the last two years.

Edit: It's still free (mostly), go to wolframalpha.com and most things you could put into it, it will answer.

[RazerZ]

Don't look for shortcuts.

 

GO TO CLASS.

 

Make friends. When you sit next to someone new, introduce yourself.

 

ratemyprofessors.com

 

Join a few clubs/societies. Some of those should relate to your major.

 

Take part in campus events...

 

Don't haul all your textbooks around. Looseleaf sheets, pen/pencil, and a calculator is really all you need unless your professor requires else wise.

 

Look for used textbooks

 

Try not to change your major a bunch of times, especially for stupid reasons. It's expensive and the drop out rate becomes higher.

[chaozbandit]

Don't be lazy, work on time management, be organized, and stay active - else 'dat #Freshman15 gunna getcha.

[nerdyrcdriver]

You actually don't need a whole lot. Make sure your calculator is appropriate for your math classes and that you know how to use it. Graphing calculators are not allowed in a lot of classes. 

 

Keep your dorm room door open and make new friends. College would suck without friends. 

[Tocsin_786]

It's not free anymore? I used it all of the last two years.

Edit: It's still free (mostly), go to wolframalpha.com and most things you could put into it, it will answer.

yea i know the basics are free, but the entire website used to be free. Sure i get that its a clean (no ads) look, but some of use cant afford a subscription if we need help on it. 

[79wjd]

yea i know the basics are free, but the entire website used to be free. Sure i get that its a clean (no ads) look, but some of use cant afford a subscription if we need help on it. 

I used the free version for the past two years, so unless something changed since December the free version still works for most things you can put into it (Up to Calc III, I'm not sure about anything else past that).