Calculus Personal Statement

I think it is safe to say math has always been a passion of mine. I remember learning to count to 1000 in first grade. When I was finally able to do it without any help, it was like swimming for the first time, eating the ripe tomatoes I grew myself, or putting together a new song on the guitar. The feeling of accomplishment cannot be recreated. As we get older, this feeling becomes more difficult to achieve. This only increases my motivation and determination to learn something new. AP calculus has been a roller coaster of learning. Despite the struggle and rigor, I learned valuable skills that will help me in my future aspirations. Taking the AP Calculus exam gave me a rush of accomplishment. I have built a knowledge base because I am constantly

Coming into your Pre-Calculus class, I was under the impression that I had all the skills necessary to succeed. Having taken (regular) pre-calculus my junior year of high school and College Algebra the first semester of my senior year, I had studied the various functions, graphing concepts, and polynomials/factoring. I also studied an ample amount of angle properties, the trigonometry functions (and applications associated with them), and trigonometric graphs. Even with this background in algebra and trigonometry, dual credit pre-calculus has proved a formidable foe as I did not anticipate learning so many new concepts, such as conditional trigonometric functions or verifying identities. Most other concepts, like inverse trig functions and the various identities, had slipped my mind since my experience in regular pre-cal from the previous school year (this was probably due to the fact that I did not

I am determined to pursue a degree on mathematics, specifically, discrete mathematics. For discrete math and combinatorics and a range of allied fields, Rutgers is one of a small number of best institutions in the world (not just the U.S.).  Since that is my main interest at this time, why do I want to transfer away from such a world center of discrete math?

During the summer of my tenth grade year, I interned at Accenture, a consulting firm, where I repaired computers and resolved any software issues. At first I started opening and and exploring parts of retired dell laptops. As I became more proficient, I was able to help clients fix PC issues such as broken screens, replacing RAM, and transferring data from the hard drives to another computer. This internship inspired me to consider the Technology industry as a possible career. Taking into consideration the broad range of possible career paths in technology, I decided to major in Computer Science once I get to college.

I am a first generation college student with Computer Science major with a Chemistry minor.

What I have planned for the future includes graduating with my undergraduate degree this coming December, which entails completing 12 credits this summer, as well as 12 credits and a 150 hour internship in the Fall. Upon graduation I am hoping to enter into a graduate program. Currently, I have been leaning more towards

for the entirety of your math career, youve never calculated a moment’s slope. you only use approximations based on numbers before and after the current moment. That is, of course, until you hit calculus, when everything becomes instantaneous. In calculus, you derive equations to find how things are changing in the now; no need to focus on anything that came before or after. A tendency toward instantaneous moments occurred multiple times junior year.

You might be wondering, "Wow! Stacy must be studious!" I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but you are wrong. Although it is true that in the picture I'm seen studying or doing my homework, in reality I'm not actually the type of person who is outstanding student, or someone with a lot of awards. But there is, in fact, one subject I am good at (and one subject I actually only care about), and that is math.

As a member of the honor roll during the entirety of my high school career, I have strived to achieve the best possible scores every marking period. Every day, I come to school with a positive attitude, and am always poised to learn something new. Over the last four years, I have taken all of the technology courses my school has to offer. I have a heavy “Engineering by Design” background, and also have become skilled with CAD software, programming, and scripting. As a result of my passion for engineering, I have won the Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology. Additionally, I am also very interested in Mathematics and Science, with AP Calculus and Physics being examples of courses I have taken to reflect

Having studied computer science and electronics for four years after high school and not being able to get a decent job in my home country, Senegal, dismayed me. When I decided to come to the United States, away from my family, alone and at age 24, I knew it was going to be challenging and costly. However, I did it so I can earn a degree in Business-Information Systems and start a career in the field I love. It has been a circuitous journey, but obtaining

I am an Asian-American who will be the first in my family to go to a prestigious college such as UT Austin. I am also a swimmer and that has taught me many great traits such as time management and work ethic, of which I have transferred into my education. As the first-born in my family, continuing my education is a necessity for my parents, and thus they have pushed me to take challenging courses such as AP Chemistry. I moved to Texas during the summer of my sophmore year, and thus was thursted into a brand new enviroment, but thanks to swimming I adapted and was able to excel in both academics and extracurricular activities.

Georgia Tech is one of the most exalted schools in southern Georgia; every gifted student has considered applying at one point or another. The extreme difficulty and strenuous workload of some of the courses, in particular the formidable mathematical courses, puts off many from further consideration or even attempting the grind. However, I consider myself a risk-taker. I don’t want to waste my time taking an effortless, easy journey through college. Georgia Tech, although difficult, will be completely worth the while. This school will encourage me to achieve great things, and these things will take so much time and effort that my competition will never even have dreamed of accomplishing these goals. Victory at Georgia Tech would mean so much

The author views it by telling some stories of other people and their experiences with getting bad grades and how you can still bounce back. In the story it says, "I'm ashamed I failed Precalculus, but I decided to take it again and I got a B-plus".(Paragraph 7)This quote from the text tells you that failing encourages you to do better next time and also makes you wanna work harder next time. Another quote from the text to support the first quote is, "I am now taking calculus, and even though I don't love it, I'm glad I pushed through it". (Paragraph 7)This quote is telling you that getting one bad grade encouraged this kid to try his hardest and try not to make that grade again.

The history of calculus falls into several distinct time periods, most notably the ancient, medieval, and modern periods. The ancient period introduced some of the ideas of integral calculus, but does not seem to have developed these ideas in a rigorous or systematic way. Calculating volumes and areas, the basic function of integral calculus, can be traced back to the Egyptian Moscow papyrus (c. 1800 BC), in which an Egyptian successfully calculated the volume of a pyramidal frustum.[1][2] From the school of Greek mathematics, Eudoxus (c. 408−355 BC) used the method of exhaustion, which prefigures the concept of the limit, to calculate areas and volumes while Archimedes (c. 287−212 BC) developed this idea

On one hand, one of the elements that make my HRMGT150 and Calculus 101 a positive experience is that I am internally motivated to learn. My goal for my class HRMGT 150 is, learning for my professional growth. In this class, I have been learning about hotel management, due to the fact that I want to work in this field. Moreover, Professor Mr. Kevin Anthony is a very experienced teacher, who utilizes multiple learning modalities to deliver his lectures. His Power Point Presentations and videos are concise and related to the topic. On the other hand, my calculus class goal is to learn as much as I can and master its skills, because I desire to be able to help mu daughters with their math classes. Here the intent to remember as well as motivation are two of Dr. Myron Dembo’s principles, which are guiding me through the semester. Moreover, some of the calculus material, which I learned in college few years ago, but my memory was fuzzy, due to the fact that I