ixi
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I know exactly what you mean.
I was a math major as an undergrad, but i've been out of school for a few years, so it's been tough getting back into it. And one thing i noticed so far this semester is how professors really only present about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the material we are expected to know. the rest of the material needs to be learned on our own. This makes things really, really tough. I find i just don't have enough time in the day to do it all and I'm falling behind.
To be perfectly honest, I'd like to know why it's done this way. I'd rather be on a trimester system with a longer school year and take everything at a more manageable pace where EVERYTHING is taught in class. Filling in the holes on my own doesn't always go as planned, especially when the only way i know if i've absorbed the "solo" material is whether or not I get destroyed on the exam.
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
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Why are you doing an MS in math with so little math preparation? Why do/did you think you would enjoy or have a passion for math when you hadn't experienced anything like upper division math courses, let alone graduate math courses? I'm not trying to be hard on your or anything, I'm just really curious. I can't imagine ever thinking of doing an MS in math with my calc 1 and 2
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.
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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?
I did pretty badly my first semester.....
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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