Help Me Get My Math Back?

nwm writes "I am trying to refresh my math skills back to the point that I can take college-level statistics and calculus courses. I took everything through AP calculus in high school, had my butt kicked by college calculus, and dropped out shortly thereafter. Twenty+ years later, I need to take a few math courses to wrap up a degree. I've dug around some and found a few sites with useful information, but I'm hoping the Slashdot crowd can offer some good resources — sites, books, programs, online tutors, etc. I really don't want to have to take a series of algebra-geometry-trig 'pre-college' level courses (each at full cost and each a semester long) just to warm my brain up; I'd much rather find some resources, review, cram, and take the placement test with some confidence. Any suggestions?"

Comments

suggestions:

[goombah99]

1) get a good test like this one on biscuit topology

2) and learn a major turing complete programing language preferred by mathematicians use

Re:If you can't handle calculus, science isnt for

[Anonymous Coward]

you are full of shit. stats dont model anything, differential equations do.there's already way too many people mistaking statistics for a complete analytical toolset, so, please, refrain from talking when you're actually clueless. (i mean, seriously, you avoided statistics until your master, just to act like you have found some holy grail? please. do some real math)