<p>I'm looking for anyone who didn't do so hot in math during high school but excelled in college.</p>
<p>Is there even such a thing?</p>
<p>Math in high school is not the same as in college, according to my research.</p>
<p>I got C’s in algebra, geometry, trig, and didn’t even take pre-calc in hs. In college, I’ve gotten B’s in calc 1-3 and a low A in linear algebra.</p>
<p>Senior year, I took Fundamentals of Calculus (an intro class, basic stuff) first semester and AP Calc AB second semester. I worked very hard yet got a C in both classes. When I took Calc I in college I got an A without having to try and rarely studying. It ended up being the exact same stuff as my AB class, which by that time had been beaten into my head so I knew it pretty well. </p>
<p>I think it probably just depends on the person.</p>
<p>I don’t think either of the examples posted above is what the OP is looking for.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I don’t know anyone who did poorly in high school math but a lot better in colleges.</p>
<p>You’re right that high school and college math are not the same, but in my experience doing well in high school is a prerequisite for doing well in college, especially the higher level stuff.</p>
<p>I didn’t do well in high school because I didn’t try hard. In college, I study and get help from the tutors and do pretty well.</p>
<p>Assuming that you’re putting in the same amount of effort and attending a college that has a similar academic caliber to the high school you went to, your grades are likely to decrease.</p>
<p>The reason why it might decrease is because the people who are not so good at math get discouraged and drop out of the math sequence, so each subsequent math class you take is filled with the better students from the previous math class. That makes the curve more difficult with each subsequent math class you take.</p>
<p>Right here</p>
<p>I got a 100% on Calc II, 87% on Calc I (fell asleep during final…yeah), 93% on Linear Algebra</p>
<p>In high school grade is 50% to 77% max</p>
<p>if it even helps, I failed the AP Calc BC exam</p>
<p>You FAILED the BC Exam???</p>
<p>Like 45% of kids get 5s on it</p>
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<p>Self-selecting population.</p>
<p>ok, 45% of the kids that take the exam get 5s on it.</p>
<p>You sure your story isn’t “smart but lazy in HS” then “just smart in College”?</p>
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<p>I didn’t have a teacher, all I have was a textbook…and it was almost unreadable. It was some old version of Stewart’s</p>
<p>I hated math in high school. Did poorly D’s and C’s. </p>
<p>In college I have gotten A’s all the way through Calc 2…and I lurve math now. :)</p>
<p>It’s all about mind set.</p>
<p>I did poorly in middle school and high school in math. Because of this I started at a pre-college level when I went to community college. I had great teachers and a fast-paced curriculum. What I really needed was a teacher that did not mess around. 100% lecture and practice problems are best for me. Afterwards going to the tutoring center really helped. I became a B average student. Not great… but compared to before college it was a miracle. I was never able to comprehend anything. I found a major difference in how math was taught. My college teachers explained the logic behind the problem instead of just having us memorize the formula or do hundreds of those problems.</p>
<p>Former C/D high school math student here who ended up with B+ in calc I at a top 25 LAC and an A in Stats at Harvard. </p>
<p>What’s more interesting was the pacing of the math courses in college was far more manageable than my high school classes…even when in the latter case…I was working a full-time job while taking that course.</p>
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<p>how did you get into Harvard as a “Former C/D student”?</p>
<p>I was hopeless in math up to 9th grade(hopeless meaning i was in the bottom 5),then improved to being a C/B- math student in high school.I stayed a year at home before joining college.During that time i taught myself all the math from 9th to 12th grade.I also bought a copy of Thomas&Finney’s Calculus book and cleared it(cover to cover).I am now a junior taking a double major in Math and CS with a GPA of 3.9/4.0.It can be done</p>
<p>^ wow, that gives me hope.
i was thinking of adding a math minor to my studies. now that i look back, i had a slew of bad bath teachers and only 1 really good one, which happened to be during the year i was going through personal problems.</p>
<p>she inspired me. anyways, my plan is to start REALLY SLOWLY this fall by taking the best fit math course i feel will help challenge me but is within my range. i would continue this pattern until i feel as if i had enough, but not after a long and winded battle.</p>
<p>learning math isn’t something i want to “put on my resume” and instead is a personal goal. i really do think i have what it it takes and there are moments in class where i do have “eureka moments”. like i mentioned above, i’m going to take math courses and only stop after a formidable long and winded battle.</p>
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<p>Wow, that book is over a thousand pages long and you read it page to page? Did you take a break after your senior year just to improve your math? I am thinking about majoring in math too, therefore I am interested!</p>
<p>I was ok at math in High School.</p>
<p>I never attended college but instead became a janitor at a local college (oh I am gonna finish this). One day I saw a math proof on a chalk board outside of one of the lecture halls. I completed it and then left before anyone saw me. That prof then tracked me down because I was apparently a genius, which I already knew, photographic memory. He helped get me out of prison time after I beat the **** out of some punks. One stipulation was that I had to see a shrink though. After blowing through a bunch he found one that stuck and this guy really turned my life around. During all this I also met this beautiful British chick and we became very close. When all the pressures of the situation got to me though I had a fight with her and told her I didn’t love her and she left for Stanford. I continued to blow off interviews for jobs for me set up by the prof and didn’t want any part of this “gift” I was born with. After some deep conversations with my best friend and the shrink that I had grown close to, I realized I had to do what I wanted. Using the car I received for my 21st birthday from my friends I decided to drive cross country to “see about a girl”, the one I let get away…</p>
<p>…and that is where my story ends my friend.</p>
<p>Wait, what was the question?</p>
<p>I don’t find Minnie to be beautiful, Matt.</p>