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<p>Sounds like a summer school student.</p>
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<p>Was taking it as a summer class while working full-time during my undergrad.</p>
<p>I failed math in 7th and 8th grade and had to go to summer school before my parents sent me to a private school that did not have grades. I did lousy when compared to my classmates in high school at math. I scored low on my SAT’s and ACT’s because of math and barely made it into college.</p>
<p>I took remedial classes in college starting with beginning algebra (like 9th grade math…not for credit,) then elementery algebra (like the first part of high school algebra 1…not for credit,) and then intermediate algebra (the second part of high school algebra 1 that many had in 10th grade…not for credit.)</p>
<p>After my remedial courses I took College Algebra and barely made a “B” then i took Stats and made an “A” followed by Cal1 and made an “A”…I finally got it and decided to look into math more… Five classes later im finishing up my math minor in the fall and have a 3.9 GPA</p>
<p>Math is different in college because there’s pure math. Being a math major isn’t really about doing calculations for calculus or linear algebra (that’s more applied math), it’s about proofs and theory. You’ll run into classes about abstract algebra, real analysis, etc. if you go down that path.</p>
<p>A private high school without grades?</p>
<p>That’s like a children’s sports league that doesn’t keep score</p>
<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 just got deeply interested in math after high school,so i had no option but to clean up my past.Plus,i needed a scholarship in order to survive so i took a year off.In that period,i took my SATs and they were good enough to get me a full ride.</p>
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<p>That sounds like that one movie with Matt Damon… The Bourne Identity wasn’t it?</p>
<p>^^Goodwill Hunting starring Matt Damon,Ben Affleck and Robin Williams</p>
<p>^I think he was joking</p>
<p>I was awful at math in high school. I was still performing badly at it when I first started college as well, and I was in remedial classes. It wasn’t until last fall that the material just suddenly made sense. I had a fantastic professor, excelled in the course and received an A, and even re-took the placement test mid-semester to place directly into college math without having to take intermediate algebra, which was in turn successful. I didn’t need any tutoring. I recently finished my last math course, statistics, this spring, with an A. The last time I ever received an A in math up until this year was in eighth grade. </p>
<p>I think it totally depends on the professor you have for your course. Math courses are already tough to get into as it is, which unfortunately leaves a lot of students with unsatisfactory professors, but when you finally get the opportunity to learn from a good professor, you will really grow to enjoy the material. Some professors will really dig deep into the material, which can confuse students who aren’t as math savvy, but those who equally balance details and general points will allow you to succeed the most.</p>
<p>this thread needs a more inspiring example.</p>
<p>something like “i failed HS math and later became a math professor at UGA”</p>
<p>(which is almost true - except the math professor failed intro calculus)</p>
<p>also, another guy got Bs and Cs in college math and later got Fields Medal. His name is Stephen Smale</p>
<p>^^Please check back after 10 years.I will have more inspiring update.I actually thought the current one was good enough since my average score in 7th grade math was 16%,then it moved to 50-60% in high school.Now as a math major in my junior year it is between 86-95%.</p>