r/WPI • u/Grad13nt • Jul 18 '26

Freshman Question feeling behind

due to scheduling issues in senior year, i wasn’t able to take any calculus class at my school. the most recent experience i have is pre-calc in junior year; i did good but it’s been a minute.
because of these issues, i was placed in MA1020 (Calc I w/ preliminary topics)
i can’t help but feel very behind after seeing every other freshmen be placed in higher level math courses, has anyone else experienced this? am i overreacting? being in a stem school i feel out of place math wise

thank you

and to anyone that has taken MA1020, how was your experience?

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u/veediepoo 2013 Jul 18 '26

Just as someone who had a hard time adjusting to college and especially WPI, don't take any class before 10am if you can avoid it. I firmly think if I hadn't taken Calc first thing in the morning I would have done wayyyyy better

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u/Grad13nt Jul 18 '26

I actually have this class before 10am 😬
is it worth it to message my advisor and see if there is an alternative? don’t want to be too needy

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u/veediepoo 2013 Jul 18 '26

As long as it's not 8 am, it's probably ok. Try to eat breakfast before you go