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Originally Posted by Ducky280
It's not that I can't do math at all because I am good at it to a point. It's just the fact that my high school teachers math aren't really good at breaking things down and teaching them. I'm not saying there not good teachers but their just confusing. But I can do math like Algebra and Geometry, I just haven't experienced Trig or Calc yet and will not have the opportunity to take it since this is my last trimester of high school before graduation.
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I would add to what the others said and take Trig at a community college, and then when you start at Fort Wayne you can start with Calc. In most cases trig is a pre-rec to calc so you will need it to start with calc, and calc is absolutely necessary for any type of engineering.
My university started out with Calc 1 for all engineering students. We did have to take a basic test at our orientation to prove we were ready to handle it.
I took calc in high school and I thought I had the worst teacher ever. Well, the whole class did. When I got to college and re-took calc 1 and 2, they came SO easy to me. Perhaps taking a calc course over the summer or at a CC and then starting fresh at a university will help your understanding.
Basically what I've gotten out of my ME degree is that Engineering=applied math. At least that's how our courses were structured, we learned the mathematical concept behind all of the applications.