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clazziquai
6685 Posts
I thought about my major and definitely want to do business or math. I really like math, but Engineering kind of stuff just didn't work out for me. So I'm pretty much fucked when my parents find out...they wouldn't want me going to CC T_T I'll probably be working during the summer/fall too...since I only need 12 credits to re-apply. I'm taking 6 credits right now and probably 6-9 during the fall.  | ||
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brian
United States9633 Posts
business is more of a joke imo. | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
 I know a few people who made that mistake since it was so easy before uni. | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
Anyway, when you try again go for business first since it is an easier major than maths, if you fail again it would be really bad to get back I think. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
On June 01 2009 05:28 T.O.P. wrote: I agree, don't make the mistake thinking math is easy. University math is on a totally different level compared to high school math. I wouldn't say it's actually harder, though. It's more advanced, but the rate of learning is about the same (well, you go faster, but that's because you can focus on it more). Mainly it's just more abstract. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
Also I've checked out some of the math stuff at my university looking for fun courses I have to choose next year, it's pretty damn hard. I also have a friend who chose math as his major, which he's pretty good at and he's smart as hell, but he still completely failed due to lack of motivation. | ||
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B1nary
Canada1267 Posts
As for business, well... I sort of see it as a major for people who aren't really interested in anything but want to get rich (sorry business majors). The classes are reputed to be really easy but you need appropriate personality traits to get anywhere. | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
On June 01 2009 05:32 Luddite wrote: I wouldn't say it's actually harder, though. It's more advanced, but the rate of learning is about the same (well, you go faster, but that's because you can focus on it more). Mainly it's just more abstract. While the calculus courses are really intuitive things like Lie algebras are not. More abstract is the same thing as harder unless you just muscled through your earlier courses without visualizing anything at all, I wouldn't really recommend doing that though... Also the average maths student do not get 100% of every course, and if you missed a bit of the last course you will miss even more the next making the amount you understand of the latest course exponentially decreasing with every new course you take. Like, a good student understands 90% of the course, while a bad one 50%. Then a few courses later the good one have maybe 50% left while the bad one is down to 3% and flunking everything. This is probably the biggest problem with people, they do not realize that they really need an A in every course if they want to study maths/physics since otherwise stuff you don't understand starts piling up and it will hit you really hard later, getting A in every early class is like mandatory if you want to get anywhere. | ||
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
On June 01 2009 05:47 Klockan3 wrote: This is probably the biggest problem with people, they do not realize that they really need an A in every course if they want to study maths/physics since otherwise stuff you don't understand starts piling up and it will hit you really hard later, getting A in every early class is like mandatory if you want to get anywhere. Yeah I'd agree with that. If you do a good job with everything and never get behind then it's not too hard, but if you do start to get behind, it's really hard to catch up since everything is related. | ||
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Macavenger
United States1132 Posts
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
@travis: yeah, I am really worried. I knew this would happen anyways, so it's sorta gotten over me now. When the letter comes, it's my parents that I have to take care of =/ i don't know how to explain it to them..... @everyone else: Math is REALLY hard. I know that because I have a friend from another university that dropped out of Math because it was really hard for him...and he was really good at math. I'm most likely going for business. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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DeathSpank
United States1029 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On June 01 2009 05:40 Frits wrote: I'm assuming credits work differently here in the US because 30 credits per semester seems pretty crazy. Generally the minimum to be a full time student is 12 credits per semester (which roughly equals 12 hours of class per week + however much homework is given) and I rarely meet anyone who goes for 21+ credits.You need 12 credits? Are those comparable with ECTS credits? Because I take 30 per semester and still have plenty of time left each time. We have to get 60 credits per year, if you get below 40 you get kicked out and can't do the subject again for about 5 years or something. | ||
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rgfdxm
United States239 Posts
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jonnyp
United States415 Posts
 Being a comp sci major and hating math 0.o lol | ||
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aznmathfreak
United States148 Posts
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Ender
United States294 Posts
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
i got out of my probation... thank goodness | ||
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
On June 01 2009 08:57 Ender wrote: just out of curiosity, how much sc have you played during the past few semesters? not that much, like 1 hour a day? which is like 3 games | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
On June 01 2009 06:56 Falcynn wrote: I'm assuming credits work differently here in the US because 30 credits per semester seems pretty crazy. Generally the minimum to be a full time student is 12 credits per semester (which roughly equals 12 hours of class per week + however much homework is given) and I rarely meet anyone who goes for 21+ credits. EU credits are worth half of US credits. | ||
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
Tell your parents, they'll be angry, but they're your parents, nothing terrible can happen (I hope). Tough luck! Work harder bro | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
My advice to you, take a break from studies (if you can), find a job, and actually work for a living. Because right now, anything you undertake academically will end up in less than satisfactory results, trust me, you simply don't have the (sustainable) motivation for anything academically. On the bright side, most of the respectable individuals in any field have undergone what you have, don't think you are doomed for failure but don't think that the road back will be easy. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32098 Posts
As aznmathfreak said, go to a CC. It's cheaper, and you can bang out all the bullshit, gened classes there.  O NOT FORGET* Any classes that you failed at your prior uni WILL count against your GPA when you return from probation, even if you took them over at your new school. (if you decide to just go to a CC and to a new school, I think that circumvents this)The retards at my school failed to notify me of this, so even though I had my associates when I came back, I still had to take about a half dozen bullshit courses over for a third (and even fourth!) time to fix my wonderful GPA. | ||
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