Math is hard; for everyone, not just some. Just like any other pure science, it takes hard work and discipline to do well, as well as the willingness to spend long hours to do homework and study. Everyone can tell you when the subject they study got hard, the people who make a name for...
One of the professors I do research with has this book, not sure when he bought it (< 2 years ago for sure, and it looked like the 2nd edition) but the margins seemed fine when I used it.
Maybe try abebooks? They are a good resource for some niche books and international editions of textbooks...
Check out Khan Academy.
https://www.khanacademy.org/
It doesn't go very in-depth, but it's certainly enough to teach you the fundamentals. Khan teaches in a very understandable manner.
You probably don't have a chance to get an A, I would say if you do really well on the final you could get a low B (but that depends on how well you're doing on the other 40% of your grade).
The fact that you "barely understand anything in class" should be a warning. Again, talk to your...
How about a look into Monte Carlo simulations? They're fairly approachable at a beginner level if you have the proper pre-reqs, and are heavily used the physics.
I think what everyone is getting at is that if you want to read "popular science" books on Quantum Physics, then you are most likely at a level where you could begin to understand some of the qualitative aspects of the theory. However, if you want to actually be able to do computation, you need...
Physics/Math double and EE minor here, I go to a public ivy and I certainly understand your frustration. However keep in mind that while your GPA is important, coming from an ivy/public ivy does have an effect on how people view your GPA. A 3.0 from MIT/Stanford/etc. looks much better than a 3.5...
From what I hear Callen Is the best book for classical thermodynamics:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471862568/?tag=pfamazon01-20
However it's quite in-depth and not quite the quick review you asked for. The lecture notes from Notre Dame's engineering seem to be pretty good and easy to read...
I took Statistical Mechanics last semester and had a wonderful time with the material (it's one of my favorite areas of physics). I read Reif's book on the side (It was not required for our course) and I found it to be good, but very dense. Reif is a great book, it has almost everything one...
My estimation was off but my point remains (This is for 2012, but being a student here things haven't changed much):
http://www.udel.edu/IR/fnf/gendr.html
I go to UD currently (55th overall engineering, 11th chemical engineering according to us news online. I call that top tier, although your...
That's the current political climate for you. As a white male from a middle class family, it can definitely suck sometimes (try looking for scholarships that aren't for minorities... hint: there are none). However it's not completely unfounded, when I was a kid, it was a common (erroneous)...