More math than I can shake a unit vector at
Ugh, every moment I am not at work I have spent my time on this one math course. I don't know if I'd be able to do the next level of mathematics with another course while working full time. I might have to ask for a reduced work schedule if I ever want to make it to the big leagues.
That being said, I'm pretty stoked on my standings in the class. I got a 95.9% on my last test, which was second in the class by a 0.5% difference. I rank third overall grade so far with only 0.6% from the leader. Some may think it's weird that I use a ranking system relative to others in my class, but being a competitive person, sometimes that secret contest I have with the class leaders helps my drive.
At a 91.0%, though this next test and the final are going to be detrimental to my success. I don't get B's. B's are shameful and I refuse to pay 20 dollars a unit for one 
. That means I'll really have to buckle down and prepare for a final that's worth 30% of my grade.
Also, it's such a surprise at the amount of people that still cheat and copy homework/take-home assignments at this level. You'd think if people had the discipline to get this far, they'd know that they're only f*cking themselves over in the long run. I guess one day they'll hit a wall where they just don't know enough to go on. This is all a part of my negative view on many students of modern-day higher education. They treat it like a glorified vocational school; gotta make money so I gotta pass, gotta pass so I gotta hand in the bare minimum, gotta hand in the bare minimum so I gotta take short cuts. Put down the dixie cup and get busy. Your frat brothers will keep your bed warm for ya.
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Doc_MAfter Calc. II, I decided that that was enough math for my lifetime. Having passed, I could move on in peace and harmony... Little did I know that PChem cometh, and on a pale horse. That class turned my casual dislike of complex math into a fiery hatred to which the core of the earth could not compare. Curse you Schrödinger! CURSE YOU!! and your little particle-in-a-box too!
rottenseedI love chem but since it is such a difficult subject to get the layperson caught up on because if its abstract nature, my math skills had always been far beyond my chem needs. They touch on things like Schrodinger's equation, electron cloud probability function, etc. but they never really tied it into math. At least at those more general levels. Physics on the other hand is easier to conceptualize so they just kinda jumped right into the calc.
JAPRI haven't touched math since I took Math 104 in Freshman year. Going into the end of my Junior year now, and I have no current plans to ever take anything harder...I have a friend who is a math major, and I've seen his pain. No thanks, lol.
rottenseedMath majors definitely like their pleasure spiked with pain. I guess you could call them "mathocists" HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
rgroom1I recently made the decision (after 3 years) to switch my undergrad from economics to mechanical at ga tech. I'm taking the prerequisites to apply, and I'm excited to get into this stuff (after just completing calc/chem I). This summer is gonna rock, with calc II and chem II!!
rottenseedwhooooooooooooooooaaaaaa...calc II and chem II during a shortened summer semester?! Good luck with that. I took those two at the same time during a full semester and it was rough. Oh and good job on Georgia tech...awesome school.
BoneRemakeI forgot how to do long division.
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