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Thanks for the kind words Believe me, I'm NOT applying to a PhD program, at least not anytime soon, I'm not ready. That's what I'm hoping, that the material will be "easier" as I build a stronger foundation. That's a good idea. I had a study group as an under but everyone seems so busy in grad school, I'm not sure who to ask to form a study group

Yeah, exactly. My professor basically copies examples and theorems word for work from the text, skipping the same steps the book does, which isn't very helpful. I went to his office hours once asking him if he could show me the proof but he said that it would be more helpful to me if I figured it out myself. I talked to one my friends who's a second year and she said that this was normal, that professors except us to know everything ourselves. I know, I never know if I truly understand the material until I take the exam, but by that time, it's too late

I like math and I'm good at it...or at least I thought I was. I mean, I got prefect math scores on my SAT and GRE which probably doesn't say a lot. I guess most math majors got prefect scores. I easily got A's in my calc courses. Looking back, this probably wasn't my best decision. It's really tough because no one goes over anything anymore so half the time I have to keep referencing and teaching myself things that a lot of my classmates already know. At this point, I honestly don't know what to do. I definitely don't want to quit or take a break from school, but I also don't want to do so horribly anymore.

I took all my finals already and my grade for one class is a B and I have no idea what I got in the other 2 classes. Obviously a B is not good. I'm pretty sure I didn't get an A in the other 2.... This is first my semester and i really didn't think grad school would be this difficult. I got my BS in the sciences and I'm going for a MS in math, so it's a bit of a jump for me and I did struggle with the material. My background in math consists of calc 1 and 2. Do you guys have any tips for ways I can do better next semester?