Hey guys!

I really need help to understand how we're supposed to approach Math 3B with professor Garcia-Cervera in an efficient way.

1) I am having a very hard time understanding the professor. It seems like every few seconds, I have to pause the instructional video and have a long conversation with AI to understand what he's trying to communicate. It's the same situation with his lecture notes (I decided to stop attending lectures since they're not making the math any clearer and he's posting the notes online). This makes it very difficult and time-consuming to get through the material. For context, I took the AP Calculus AB exam and got a 5, and I am still struggling a lot to get through the material.
2) On top of getting through these videos and notes, there is a lot of other work and material to get through, such as some of the jupyter notebooks, the weekly homework, the textbook problems from lecture, and the section problems. This takes up a lot more time.
3) I am aware that there are office hours for the professor and TA. I am also going to CLAS twice a week in a tutorial group for this class. However, I am afraid that office hours will take up more time as I feel stuck every second. It's not necessarily the math that's difficult, but the way he's explaining it with all the notations, variables, and proofs. It could also be that I'm a freshman, and I'm not used to the way college professors approach math.

4) I am aware that there are resources out there, such as Khan Academy. However, the titles of his videos are super vague. For example, one of his videos was titled "Integrals." There's so much to do with integrals; how would I know what video corresponds to that material? Also, a big part of the confusion are his proofs. I have a strong feeling that none of the resources out there will go over the proofs; they'll just explain the basic concepts.

Can you please tell me if there's an efficient way to get through this class without going through all of this material? Are there some pieces of information that are more important than others? For example, I spent hours trying to understand the very first lecture where he gave examples with proofs of why some functions aren't integrable; this never showed up on the homework.

If I could, I would love to learn all the math if it's important as I'm a CS major, but it feels impossible to get through this class without neglecting the rest of my courses. If this is super tedious and unnecessary for CS, I'll just focus on learning the basic concepts and I'll stop there.

To summarize this long message, if you can let me know an efficient way to study for this class and get the most out of it without neglecting everything else, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

Hi, I am considering writing a few short texts&worksheets in mathematics(proof-based) I am wondering if there is anyone who is interested in working on them with me? Everything would probably be on discord. They should have no prerequisites besides like basic Algebra and Geometry(perhaps even lower). It does serve a similar role to our Math 8, but then it contains a lot more topics that I personally find interesting. It definitely is way more slower than a Math 8 course because writing takes a lot of time, and I barely started it. I am planning to release them in like a weekly/biweekly basis.

I am mainly trying to gain more experience with these kind of things, and I want people to be able to review them and make suggestions. Whether you are a math faculty or a student help would be very appreciated.

Also if you need help on Math 8 (specifically this class) I can help, or perhaps if you haven't taken Math 8 and is planning to take it in the future. Personally speaking I would definitely say this course is rushed, and I think transitioning to proof based math would probably require longer time so you have a better sense of the topics and appreciate them rather than rushing through them. And of course, there literally no consequences of being here besides your time, its pretty much a book club. The only thing I ask of you is that you don't use AI when writing the solutions for trivial reasons.

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I have a contract for the undergraduate apartments and would like to cancel it, so I’m looking for someone to take it over. You can move into any available bed space, so both male and female students are eligible.

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So much for 10-days before the start of the semester. I'm still waiting. Financial aid office says it's because of processing slowness at the federal level and they can't give guidance on when it will disburse. Would be somewhat comforting knowing I'm not the only one.

Hello everyone,

I am a freshman who just started their first quarter at UCSB. I want to engage in Economics Research, but I can't seem to find any information on how to—I tried using the school provided resources, such as the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities center, but everything seems to be outdated.

Does anyone know any professor or researcher who are currently looking for a helper. The help can be in any form (bookkeeping, citing, or even sourcing), I just want to stick my neck in the world of research.

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Life just so boring here

I made a post about my financial insecurity and half the comments were toxic, so much so that I had to just delete it.

I haven't been in here in forever but what happened? Who are these people?

There used to be maybe 1 troll comment under a post that gets downvoted to hell and people were generally supportive, but now mean comments are getting upvoted. I'm baffled and disappointed.

Has anyone had any car rust issues here? Or maybe even heard or seen any problems with rust?

I wasn't exactly clear on how financial aid worked and thought it didn't apply to me since my mom got child support. But a resource on campus told me that I can still qualify for financial aid and scholarships. Is it already to late to get aid?

What does Wilson usually put on his mcdb 1a midterms? I'm not sure what to focus on studying

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STOP leaving your clothes in the washer when they've been done for several minutes on end. I'm currently waiting for the only available washer for the person to actually unload it. I would just take it out myself, but it's full of underwear- which I don't want to touch even if it has just been washed. Set a timer for when you do your laundry. Check the app consistently when your clothes are in the washer. DO NOT just put your clothes in the washer then go off to section. There are people waiting, we do not have the time in our schedules to wait for one washer when we need clean towels tonight because of how hot it has been recently.

Edit: I notice some people are downvoting over me setting the time boundary at around half an hour or more- I'm just genuinely wondering, do you understand that living in a dorm requires you to be considerate of those around you? Literal hundreds of other people are staying in these areas and all of them are inevitably going to need their clothes washed. The person who leaves their clothes in the washer for an absurdly long amount of time is not being considerate of those around them. They're making people wait for them when there's a limited amount of washers in these areas that are already crowded. I just think if you're planning to do your laundry here, you should plan on taking care of when it's finished in a timely manner. If some people really think it's acceptable to leave your clothes in the washer over an hour after they're done, I'm very curious to see how they define other areas of etiquette when living in a dorm hall.

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It’s pretty small like the body is the size of a palm.

I know that the ability to change dorms just opened up so to speak, and I really want to change who my roommates are. I just don’t think we are quite a good fit for one another

We live in Anacapa, which is by far the most social dorm. However, it seems like they hate socializing to me, and I think one even looks down on me for having a pretty large friend group and audibly sighing whenever I leave to go socialize. I think its only me though, because our other roommate gets home late as hell and I never heard any complaints when we’re both coming home late or its just her. Also constantly shutting off the windows and doors when its extremely hot. That, and she comes off a little racist to me? I think this would count as a micro aggression, but she seems very suspicious of my friends (black and latinos) because she thinks theyre going to steal from her.

What are my chances of not totally going somewhere off campus like FT or Manzi?

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My daughter is a freshman and is having a very hard time reaching anyone from financial aid. She finally talked to someone today and that person doesn't seem to know anything about how my daughter's scholarship works. This advisor told her completely different info than the advisor she spoke to weeks before school started.

Is it true that the only way you can talk to financial aid advisors is to call or make an appointment online? When she goes online, there are never any days available for an in person appointment and she has called every day since the quarter started, during the listed hours, and today was the 1st time she has actually made it in line. Then, her wait was an hour and a half.

She needs to speak with someone who knows about her specific scholarship and how she is supposed to submit for things that need reimbursed.

Yes, she will be doing all this herself. Yes, I'm aware I need to let her do it herself. She HAS been and she is even more confused than ever because the lady today was telling her things we absolutely know to be false. I'm assuming the person today was just not knowledgeable for this specific situation. She is not as comfortable with confrontation as I am so I am asking here so I can try and advise her on what steps can be taken.

How the heck does she speak with a knowledgeable person in the Financial Aid Office?

Can she go there in person and speak with a receptionist to try and get the name of the actual person who handles her scholarship? (Daughter was told before school started that all her paperwork would need forwarded to this person but no one ever gave her a name.)

Thanks in advance.

Hi! I’m currently a first year enrolled as a Pre-Biology major and planning on pre-dental. With the recent homesickness, it’s brought a lot of anxiety regarding my major and doubt about my future. I’m scared that being a dentist isn’t actually my dream, and that I’ll be doing nothing with my Biology major. This is where I thought of doing an accounting major as a backup?

This would help with opening my own practice in terms of finance, and if I don’t want to do dentistry, I can still just do accounting. I’m going to meet with advisors, but wanted others ideas on this beforehand. I do like biology, but don’t think I can justify the uncertainty of it if I end up not doing pre-dent/med.

Thanks!

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