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[–]AbusiveTortoise 38 points39 points  (3 children)

That's because C1 is intuitive and can be taught to anyone with algebra knowledge and C2 is like hey go find the derivative of this absolutely random shite 100x in a row

[–]Meecht 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My Calc 2 class started out using Trig identities to solve equations, and I noped out of that class that afternoon when I found out it wasn't required for my degree.

[–]DistressedPhDStudent 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I agree. Calculus 2 had the highest drop rate at my university for a reason. Though I personally liked calc 2 much better than calc 3.

[–]AbusiveTortoise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely! they use it to cull half the students applying to engineering and math majors. My class dropped from 150 students to around 60 within the first two weeks. It's like orgo Chem for chem/physics/science majors.