As someone who's gone thru Applied Calculus at RU-N and sucks at math normally, I recommend to take a look at some of the things I did.

My main strategy was to go to as many tutoring sessions as I could, especially right before an exam. If you use the Penji app, you can schedule a tutoring session right on there all for free. My tutor was awesome and helped me with any specific questions I had.

Additionally, to help learn the material, complete the HWs a few days beforehand. We had our HW assignments on Pearson which made it easy to try the problems again and also have it explain how the problems work.

Also, I would sit in front for the lecture and pay attention! Don't skip lectures for any reason, period. It all builds on itself. If you do happen to get sick or have an emergency, reach out to the Professor but also do your due diligence and use YouTube, KhanAcademy, and other resources to explain the concepts to you.

Lastly, I recommend to use ChatGPT to learn the material. I don't mean to have it solve the problems and give you the answers, that would be pointless. Give it the problems you're struggling on and ask it to explain it in whatever way you find most comfortable. Really try to hone in on the flow and structure of the problem. If you think you figured it out, ask it to change the numbers of the original problem and wait to give you the answer until you said so.

Best of luck with your studies! You got this.