First off, congratulations on your pursuit of a higher education; the fruits that will follow from the actions of these first steps in the academic world will benefit you for the rest of your life. In today's day and age, it should be needless to say that the internet is by far one of the most important tools in spreading knowledge and education. Depending on what you would like to improve on, there are a variety of websites that can help you achieve your personal goals for virtually any field of study. I would say the most important thing you can do for yourself right now is to chase your interest in mathematics with "why?". Getting a better grasp of why mathematical concepts in engineering are important will create deeper thinking and sprout remarkable ideas/thoughts. To do this, just get involved in the community of people who share your interest for this area of study. Add a few famous math forums or reknown mathematicians to your facebook/twitter feed, begin asking questions and socializing in forums that discuss math or engineering, and continue to study the practice and application of it in your freetime. Much like any skill, one can excell by first developing an interest in a field (which can be forced quickly & naturally through vigorous study and research), and then pursuing that interest with their newly found passion of their work. I would consider checking out these websites in an attempt to point you in the right direction. (99chan's /calc/ community thoroughly impresses me on a regular basis. There are already a good majority of people on this board who can offer a great deal of help to those in need)

http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/mathematics

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/

Also, you can create a "stumbleupon" profile and tailor your interests towards math/engineering/science/technology/philosophy/etc to create a "shuffle button" for the internet that finds interesting material about your newly discovered interest. Good luck, a little ambition can go a long way!

I've never really used it, but lots of people seem to like khan academy.
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/calculus/v/introduction-to-limits
Limits are the main gist of calculus.

Also this is pretty good:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Calculus

I think the OP is vastly underestimating how hard calculus is.

1. Did you even make it through trigonometry or pre-calc? If you didn't everything from calculus will likely just go way over your head

2. Have you ever considered that you just might be interested in some of the applications of mechanical engineering and not care at all for any of theory behind it? I ask this because my experience with higher education in the math, science, and engineering like fields has been that professors will teach you all kinds of theory but won't give you any idea in hell about to apply that theory in the real world. You have no idea how many times I've been sitting in a math or science class and have thought to myself why the fuck am I learning this?

Personally, I don't think you have any chance in hell at being successful in a mechanical engineering program. However, I do think you have a chance at being successful in a mechanical engineering technology program.

engineering = theory/design
engineering technology = implementation/application

I really think you should do some research about the difference between an engineering degree vs an engineering technology degree

Believe me when I say that my response is over 9000 times more valuable to you than any of the previous posters responses

>>109
If you can follow directions and read an integral table you can do basic calculus.

SAGE has been used.

http://patrickjmt.com/

I owe it to this man for what may very well be getting me through freshman engineering. If your university's anything like mine you definitely expect an abundance of incoherent math profs who absolutely refuse to upload lecture notes or conduct generally non-convoluted lectures. I don't buy textbooks so I came to basically rely on these online resources.

At some point I outright stopped attending class as for the amount of time an incomprehensible prostitute of academia could ineffectually convey a mathematical concept I could thoroughly progress through at least 5x as much independently with the internet.

>>110

>>106

I'd recommend you try Math Tutor by Jason Gibson.

He teaches from basic mathematics and builds to more complex topics.

Here's a torrent:
http://beta.demonoid.me/files/details/1952715

Different version with more worksheets:
http://beta.demonoid.me/files/details/2843025

I'm going to school - I'm in my mid twenties - and I'm in the same boat. I recommend that you take the classes you need, so you absolutely positively have the math you need mastered.

>>154

broken links

>>178
Demonoid was permanently taken down.

SAGE has been used.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ad441dkk6kppgw3

Khan Academy, got me up to speed, now I'm rocking calculus I.

Odds are you're not bad at math, you just never really tried. Unlike other things you learn in school, being smart and having a decent memory aren't enough to get you by in math. You really have to practice, it's more comparable to a skill like playing an instrument or writing than it is to a subject like history or sociology.