<p>Do you guys think its possible for a student to be a successful engineering major who isn't that strong in math? How harder is it going to be compared to someone who is math minded and scored 700+ on the math SAT component?</p>
<p>It is definitely possible, but there is a lot of math required. What do you mean by isn’t that strong it math? (Stressed out over difficult math problems or just takes really long to comprehend them, or both?)</p>
<p>Takes longer to comprehend them. Not REALLY long, but longer than a typical engineering major. I don’t get stressed out doing math because I do enjoy it even though I struggle with it.</p>
<p>It’s possible, and definitely encouraging if you enjoy the math. Engineering is lots of math, no doubt about it.</p>
<p>hey me too. 
I struggle, but I like the challenge, and the best feeling in the world is finally understanding some seemingly obscure math concept 
…to me…rofl. yeah, if you like it, stay with it. I’m sure there are people out there who ROCK at math but HATE it, and the fact that we like it and are OK at it seems much better to me :P</p>
<p>The harder you have to work at Math to understand it, the better. As long as you end up understanding it.</p>
<p>build into your college budget money for a tutor, right up front. Put tutor time on your schedule like a class. If you get behind at engineering school your dead. Intro math classes are classicaly very hard, to wash out the unprepared. Be prepared.</p>
<p>Well first off, I’m what one would call a pretty dedicated math major, and my lowest SAT score was in math, though it was 750+. If your school curriculum sucks, try picking up a book and working through it yourself. I would avoid classes over summer if possible, because it may make for a more boring, frustrating summer, and I think the most important thing is to have steam to absorb things during the school year. </p>
<p>If you’d like recommendations + to discuss your background, I can discuss over PM, because this will involve my pinpointing exactly what you will be weak at.</p>
<p>If you’re already having a tough time with math, but have developed a strong toolset to combat the issues you face when you’re stuck, then you’ll be better off than the engineering students that have breezed through math up to this point in their life, but will start to face difficulties as they hit the more complex stuff.</p>
<p>I’m an EE major that isn’t a natural at math. EE is one of the most math-intensive engineering disciplines, but so far I haven’t had any significant troubles. I would encourage you to practice as much math as possible, and try to get as fast at doing problems as possible. It should take a couple of months to get up to speed if you focus on it. The only significant down-side to being weak at math is: being slow at doing problems (finishing exams), and making unnecessary calculation errors. If you have been fine with picking up concepts and procedures, then you will be fine with that in college as well. Just work on your speed and accuracy.</p>
<p>Get a tutor. Believe me, it helps A TON!</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone. I think my biggest problem is going to be with the exams. I can pick up the concepts but I think I work a little slower than others.</p>
<p>the more you do math the better you will be at it</p>
<p>SATs really don’t have much at all to do with college mathematics in an engineering curriculum.</p>