I wish that were so true. If so, I would have a swollen brain for maths. Caucasian here, I have a thick frizzy hair that looks like barbed wires, enough hair to cover two or three heads. Glass hair syndrome.
Before watching, here's my list: 1) Lack of confidence; afraid to try something because you don't already "know what to do " 2) Not viewing yourself as a mathematician. 3) Not being an active participant. 4) Not allowing yourself to wonder or ask yourself interesting questions 5) Not documenting your work; erasing or throwing away incorrect solutuons.
The thing is pretty much individual, perhaps. I'm usually trying to go for a really hard problems that I can't really solve in no way. Of course it gives a little bit of confidence when you got somewhere close to the right solution, but when your solving percentage is close to an absolute zero you feel yourself like a piece of crap without any abilities to the subject. By the way, what did you mean when you said "Not viewing yourself as a mathematician"?
My two cents 1) Believe in yourself. I always did badly at high school math because j thought I was "not a math person". I changed that in college and thought "what's the big deal about math? So many people do it and hence I can" and that dramatically changed my relationship with the subject. I obviously didn't become Ramanujan but I had the motivation to sit down and blitz my way through problems rather than living in fear of the subject and putting it off until it was no longer possible. 2) Keep the faith - Nobody, not even seasoned math professors can come up with solutions to problems instantly. So don't lose faith when you hit a wall. Just take a break and get back at it. Rock is stronger than water but when the river persistently flows against the rock, it can wear it down. 3) Be fully involved with whatever you're doing. It's better to do two problems completely rather than skim through 15 and give yourself the false satisfaction of having understood a concept.
I think one of the reasons most people aren't mentioning in the comments is that ignoring a lot of aspects of your life is going to affect your studying in any area. I thought I was doing something wrong when I was having memory problems and was blanking out a lot and everyone just assumed that I was "not talented enough" in math. Turns out that my health was in terrible condition and my home life was nothing short of abusive. In many instances when you are surrounded by people acting as if everything is normal, you don't realize that your studies are suffering as a result of your circumstances and no matter how many times you try to focus, it won't change too much until you give yourself the environment to thrive in first. I understand that this advice might not be helpful to most people, but it could happen to anyone. Also make sure to drink lots of water and exercise because it legit affects how well your brain works. Leaving a disruptive and stress inducing living situations improves your results and mathematical abilities 100%. Good luck everyone!
I had to drop out of computer science virtually the same week I was supposed to start. I had everything in place I needed.. life had other plans it seems. It's a shame, a lecturer I spoke to after I enrolled said that I had a brilliant mind and I would find the masters degree the easiest part. Sometimes, you can't ignore the other factors. Sometimes, those factors are like a brick wall with a width a height that cannot be measured (this was literally how I visualised it). ..and your potential amounts to exactly ZERO when you end up as a statistic. On a lighter note, I agree about the music though. Chill LoFi or similar is best if you want music. I hope things worked out for you in the end. Sometimes when you don't know what to, the best thing to do is nothing.. or stop everything. If this didn't work for me, I wouldn't be here to make this comment. You can always try university again, you don't get a second chance at life.
Exactly, I'm glad someone else thinks like this too! Earlier in life my family was happier and we were more connected to eachother. Bscly I was a happy kid and I was the best in my class. But with time serious problems like not much money came and my parents started arguing a lot, I could see that their relationship was always abusive and my mom was very scared of my father. I could feel all of this and I felt very very stressed which made it very hard to concentrate and study effectively, which made me get worse grades. But now time is healing me and I'm slowly going back on track and I'm determined to get a very good diploma.
In my case, it was the anti-convulsant medication which I had been on, since age three. One of the most common side-effects of it....? Memory problems. A fact that my pediatric neurologist had neglected to mention to either myself, or to my parents. So I spent the majority of the first two decades of my life, thinking that I was intellectually defective (even as I excelled in classes such as English, History, and Biology). Thankfully, when I was 18, a much better anti-convulsant drug came on the market, and that made a WORLD of difference. Learning, social skills, self-confidence, they all went through the roof. I even lost two jean sizes in two weeks.
One of my profs told me to talk to the theorems, and ask what they are telling me. In every theorem or definition, always ask "what is it all about? when can I use it?" I always have that reminder whenever I study. Also, whenever we study, we should always have paper and pen with us and try to solve and prove theorems with our own.
When I was a kid my mother always said we weren't good with math that why I was bad at math in HS and middle school. So I kept that mindset. That wasn't gonna fly in my math courses in college. So I changed my study techniques. Studied math for 3 hours every day (no music, no phone near me) even right after my work shift. I ended up finishing math exams way below the allotted exam time with high exam scores.
I advise everyone to obtain a copy of “How to become a straight a student” by Cal Newport which introduced me to the difference between work and pseudo-work. Work is where your entire mind is totally focused on what you’re working on; pseudo work is where you are working, but have other things on your mind and other distractions at hand, spending your energy griping about how you’re not productive.
Newport's "Deep Work" and "So Good They Can't Ignore You" are also really good. I recommend them! And everyone should watch Marty Lobdell's "Study Less, Study Smart" lecture, and then apply the lessons. I did, and I think it's working good for me
I think these lessons are especially important for those who are naturally gifted at math and choose to study it at university. Possessing natural talent in no way prepares you to be a goal-oriented and functional human being. In fact, having things come easy introduces more opportunities for complacency to settle in. It's also not something you can master and call it a day. It's the struggle of a lifetime, but it makes all the difference. Thanks, Math Sorcerer
Thanks for making videos like this and “don’t give up on math” I’ve been dealing with ptsd/suicidal attempts for the past 10 years (homeless the past year) and sometimes it helps to be reminded not to take the easy way out on math 🧙♂️
What I found to be an evolutionary event that totally changed how I understand math was my method studying math. I got encouraged when I first saw truth tables in high school, after that for every single mathematical statement or formula I tried constructing theorems and proofs to why they are true. I remember spending up to half a day and more for the simplest laws in algebra. So maybe starting to teach my self pure mathematics out of nothing, because I cannot understand applied mathematics well. Huge time sacrifices were made to be successful with this and it very hard, but I can say that the gains were at least doubled. So it comes down to what you want in life, I said to my self I want to understand math and I did everything I could ( still doing).
I started doing better in math and enjoying it when I decided to stop caring about my grades as much and to study for understanding and personal interest; an increase in my academic performance followed effortlessly. The biggest problem that I see is that people take with them into higher level math classes the mindset they learned in lower level math classes. Most people don't like math (their loss), but everyone has to learn some math (and I roll my eyes when I think about the gulf between what I learned as a math major compared to what people who had to pass college algebra complain about), and since they don't want to be there, they just ape the examples on the tests and hope to get a good enough grade to pass. People don't actually read their math books, and they certainly never look at other books or resources that aren't strictly required. They sit like zombies in their classes, use the examples in the book as a template for the homework, and then hope it works on the tests. They don't learn anything because they are only focused on passing. They view math as some kind of sausage grinder where all that matters is producing the correct answer to a math problem. I really hate that view of math. The truth is that most math problems were cooked up for math exams and math homework and they are arbitrary and meaningless and so are their answers. Instead, we need a holistic approach that incorporates history and culture and a treatment of ideas and the development of math and what problems it was able to solve historically. I'm guessing people would be far more interested in that approach than grinding their way through a worksheet of contrived problems for the sake of contrived problems. I do not share a Lockhartian view, and do not find beauty in math for its own sake, and take a view more akin to Morris Kline. I find math beautiful because of the power it gives us to understand our world and our limited existence.
Well i've also seen the opposite,professors handing out outdated and limited homework,not guiding their students effectively and then expecting them to perform well at a test much harder than the one they prepared their students for.I get it nobody is going to hold your hand but i need some guidance from which point it is on me.
I blame math teachers for a lot of this. Growing up, I was taught how to do all of these procedures and mathematical manipulations but nothing about why I was doing them. For example, when dividing fractions, I was taught to just flip the second fraction and multiply. I didn’t even know what the multiplication and division of fractions really meant. Math teachers have to focus on the big ideas of math 💡 before getting into the details, but unfortunately, the courses usually progress way too fast for them to cover everything. Now, I prefer to learn math at my own leisure for my own enjoyment, not cover 12 chapters in one week in preparation for a test.
'The truth is most basketball drills were cooked up for practice sessions and are arbitrary and meaningless. Instead, we need a holistic approach that incorporates history and culture and a treatment of ideas and the development of basetball and what problems it was able to solve historically.' See how messed up this sounds? You won't learn math by reading up on Ramanujan's life and whatnot, just like you won't learn basketball watching footage of Larry Bird. Saying the goal of problems is to get the answer is like saying the goal of shooting drills is to get the ball through the hoop. You're trivializing the most important aspect of getting good at something: effortful practice. You will NOT get better at math unless you solve tons of 'meaningless' proglems. End of. It's boring, sure, but that is the point. Practice is boring. Acquiring a skill is boring. Effort is boring. It would be so much more entertaining to hear dazzling stories of how math changed the world, but THIS IS NOT MATH! Instead, revel in the boredom. Persevere until you experience a different kind of boredom, a boredom due to you having mastered the material and the problems being TOO EASY. THEN you move to a different and more challenging set of problems.
@@SerbAtheist Math is not basketball. Your analogy sucks. Wrote memorization is fine for simple things like algebra, but once you get to more complex math, especially abstract math, it becomes more about concepts and theory. I don't know what your level of math education, but you sound like an idiot.
I struggled as a biochemist in calculus because none of my other classwork applied calculus to science. I didn't understand why I was learning calculus because I couldn't connect the math to science. I deal with regret for not studying a mathematics based science.
Dedicated study time (both theory and working through problems) is very important. My main tips for studying mathematical sciences would be: 1. To work through difficult problems (not just the easy ones). Difficult problems typically hold a lot of insight within the question and will iron out any misunderstandings you have. Also, learning how to work through the hurdles is an important problem solving skill. If you find you are skipping over the harder problems then you are really missing out on gaining a deep understanding of the topic. If the questions available to you are too easy then find multiple solutions to the problem OR make the problem more complex yourself. 2. Finding anything interesting about the topic you are learning. If you aren't interested in what you are learning it will always feel like a drag which sucks for everyone. You want to be enjoying what you are studying. It will not only make studying easier but it will also help with your mental health. Asking your teacher/lecturer or googling more information about a topic such as its history, applications to areas of your interest, etc will help with getting some enjoyment out of it. It will also help with staying engaged with the class!
Great advice and unfortunately never mentioned in Schools. What you say can be applied to learning anything. The sad thing is, is that Teachers and Schools would rather let you flounder. It took me becoming a Teacher to finally realise what the problem is. In an effort to help students that were failing, I started a workshop called "Learning to Learn" where I would mentioning a lot of the points you touched on.
Take breaks. For example, try to do the problem for 30min and rest for 20min. If you still can’t solve the problem, then try to ask your teacher/professor.
Great video! For noisy environments I recommend noise cancelling headphones. They are expensive, but are invaluable for focusing in noisy environments. I often use them without listening to music.
Honestly there is so much importance in those videos of yours, not just because of your thoughts, but because I start to feel not kinda alone in my math struggles, so thank you
The biggest reason why students aren’t doing well in math is because they don’t reason with logic. A lot of people just memorize steps without connecting concepts or understanding how or why things work out in the way they do in math. These students could only do problems that’s identical to the examples that’s shown to them and then they look for nonsensical patterns in numbers. These 5 reasons do play a role, yes but it’s the apathy for logic before anything else.
This is something I'm really struggling with. I need to know the "why" behind what I'm doing in math but my professors don't seem interested in explaining the reasons behind things or the connection between concepts. It leads to a lot of wrote learning and the kind of lack of critical thinking that you described.
Great advice. I went through each of these problems at some point of my life but perhaps the main problem I always had is the lack of a quiet space. If somone here has that problem I encourage you to get a pair of those ear protection devices like the ones used by shooters or construction workers. They are fantastic for blocking noises.
This year I realised that math is extremely hard and weird you know sometimes I dont understand it and this just motivates me to learn as much as possible about it. Idk I guess my failure actually motivates me. And its ok to get a bad grade at math from time to time just dont let it get to you, learn from it and let it motivate you.
The most difficult thing for me is when I find a statement without connection with the studied content or without logical support. In some cases, there are non-obvious sentences or statements, which require a more elaborate treatment, but the author treats it as if it were obvious. When that happens, I have to look for an explanation and I end up getting lost.
Great video. Hope it influences my son to focus and pattern his study more - you handle the key points really well. He's quite intelligent, but it's as though his mind needs to be corralled - noise and distractions removed ... and the results of a lack of focus affect self esteem - spiraling the whole process in the wrong direction. You do great service with this video. Jocko Willink did a good video called "Discipline = Freedom" that you might enjoy, indicating Discipline to get something done trumps waiting for the Motivation and Emotion to stir, in order to get up and do it. Thanks again ... also, I like seeing a math channel succeed ... some hope for humanity.
All jokes aside, I think you hit the nail right on the head here. I identify these problems in myself and it prevents me from taking the next step in my math/physics career. Can't decide on any particular area of math and jump from subject to subject.
I just took Precalc final, and I think back to the rest of the semester and you helped so much to end up with an A. Maybe you didn't teach me math directly, but your inspiration allowed me to actually try in spite of a bad teacher and vague homework. Thank you so much for all of your insightful tips about math videos.
For me biggest distraction is time. I always look at the time and think that I need to finish faster and that I have other things to do. I was really surprised how taking out all the clocks from my room when I study helped me focus. Since I didn’t know how much time passed, I was able to simply focus on getting things done.
Online classes have given me the wonderful opportunity of doing intense TA review sessions while quietly blasting Slayer in the background. (Actually I only did that once but damn it was crazy)
This is just what I needed. I'm studying Mathematics in Spain (1st year) and I've never had the necessity to study for a test, until now. I used to have very good grades through high school. Now, instead of binge-watching Netflix, I'm binge-failing tests. And that's because of my lack of concentration capacity and willpower. I'll try to do best.
Why is it that I always fall of to sleep watching your videos? Do you know when else have I ever fallen off to an abrupt sleep? Once, while undertaking a psychology lecture from a wizard of a professor of psychology in a class of only three other students. Then I've fallen asleep abruptly while listening to online/offline science-maths lectures very close to my heart and triggering very complicated set of reasoning/thoughts in my head - thoughts so complicated that my head probably couldn't bear thinking of them. And then I've also fallen asleep when somebody I know, even though located remotely, has been thinking about me. I know that they would've been thinking about me, mostly in a loving/caring way, because of sharing some information/communication with them moments before I fell of asleep. Anyway, today is a warm day, and these could be my random ramblings just after waking up from a short afternoon siesta. Good afternoon.
Well, I am doing well LOL but if I had to write down 5 reasons why most students don't do well. 1. Not reading the book. Going straight to solving problems. Not really understanding the material, definitions, etc. Just memorizing. So when the prof. throws a variation of the problem, they blank. 2. Not doing enough problems/HW correctly. By this, I mean actually solving problems from start to finish without any notes, or examples. (lots of students need to look at a example to solve a problem, so they never learn to do it 100% themselves). Kind of goes back to #1. 3. Not getting help from the prof., other students, etc. when you're stuck, or don't understand something (after trying to teach yourself) 4. Genuinely don't like a topic. I'm a math instructor, but I hate many topics in math including probability, abstract algebra, some topics in linear algebra, etc. This makes me not want to study it. 5. Tired! Not getting enough sleep. Overworking. Etc.
You are SOOOOOOO Much more than a Math Professor!!! You are impacting and changes lives in so many ways. In my book, all of the titles belong to you (Bro. Mr. Dr. Prof. Rev. Imam, Rabbi, swami, YOU NAME IT.....) You render guidance far beyond Limits, Derivative and Integral. Many many people watch your videos for more than math lessons and examples only. Math Sorcerer.........Keep on pushin'!!!! You are a change agent and an atmosphere shifter.
Thanks for the video dude, really inspiring stuff. Moving to my 3rd year of university now and, after a disappointing exam season, I've decided to up my game. Good luck to everyone!
Third and 5th point were the best. People think that if you have more flexibility you will automatically be more productive and happier. Nothing could be farther from the truth. If you have a schedule and a goal, then you have the ability to achieve it. If not however, and you are just freely going around, you won't achieve anything. You will be like peter pan. Having a schedule not only sets up the time, but also gets you the idea that you must achieve something. However I would recommend you don't make a huge huge schedule. While planning things out is good, don't do that on the entire day for every minute, because that way you won't get anything done, and you will be miserable. Next thing is that people hate failure in math. I don't understand that. While it is not nice, you shouldn't expect to do well every time and make no mistakes. It takes time to learn new things. For instance I just recently started learning chopin's revolutionary etude on the piano, and that is probably going to take me about 2-3 months to learn full way, never mind perfecting the etude. So trying to expect that you will be successful every time is as stupid is saying that life is only about pleasure. Living under both of those ideas will make you move away from the very goal you want to achieve. You need a reason too. "A man who has a why can bear any how"-Friedrich Nietzsche. If you have a reason for something, you can do it almost no matter what. Speaking on the lines of philosophy, math is like an art, but you have to be good at it to appreciate it. Math is in its own category. It is not a subset of anything. It is sort of like art, but also like science. Math allows us to take the upper level of reality and translate it down to the humanly perceivable. So in that sense it is like art. Also like science since it allows us to perceive reality on a human level. The mystery math will always puzzle the mind of the very strongest. In the meantime however, go solve some integrals and derivatives. :)
I ordered 6 used books just yesterday, thanks to your inspirational book reviews from this video and other videos. Books I've ordered below: 1. *Understanding Analysis* (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) by Stephen Abbott. 2. *Linear Algebra Demystified* by David MacMhon. 3. *Linear Algebra* by Stephen Friedberg. 4. *Linear Analysis* by Halsey Royden and Patrick Fitzpatrick. 5. *Elementary Linear Algebra* by Howard Anton. 6. *How to Think about Analysis* by Lara Alcock.
Very encouraging to me even when I don't go to college. I am past that. I try to reach my goal of finding a job I love. I learn about programming while remembering how important it is to be full hearted and very focused for 1 hr daily. Important advice to me, especially these Covid days. Thanks
I'm really glad i have seen this, I'm personally studying math from the very beginning after a medical degree to prove a quantum hypothesis and I was sooooo frustrated on how to even start.
Replace the word "Math" with literally any skill or area of study that you are wanting to learn and it still works. The biggest thing that I struggle with is "making sacrifices", like accepting that I must dedicate time to doing things that will better my life in the long run instead of just doing things that feel good or are entertaining in the short term. Dedicated study time will help a lot with that, and seems to go hand in hand with "sacrificing some fun time" (like time I'd play games or watch movies, getchomindoutdagutter) to further my goals. This will probably help my sleep schedule as well, lol
Teaming up with other person or being part of a study group always helped. I study with the TV or radio on, I cant study in a quite room. I usually study by sections or chapters as opposed to a time frame.
Glad your last video showed you that the algorithm is favouring your content. Nothing better than reaching out and teaching the masses Math and tools for learning. Thanks for the content.
Although not a mathematician,Bobby Fischer used to be my role model.Personification of mathematics itself seems to be a role model for me now.Perhaps,I've never really had a role model except trying to believe in myself.Be yourself.What about Colossus from the film:Colossus:The Forbin Project?
hey math sorcerer, I’m the guy that’s bought a handful of your udemy classes. Graduated with a bachelors in business spring 2020 and didn’t feel like I learned anything useful, so I transitioned to getting my masters in engineering. took calc 1 in 8-week summer course after not taking any math since 18 years old as a freshman in college. took an accelerated calc 2 & 3 course this semester so I can take differential equations next semester. got my final grade back today and earned a 95%. Im not naturally gifted in math and want to let you know how useful I’ve found your udemy courses and motivational RU-vid videos. I’m very thankful for the resources you’ve posted so far, onto differential equations next semester💪🏻 the work you’re putting in is tangibly helping people. Thank for all you do
I am from India & I absolutely hated my math teacher. He used to beat us with a cane if we failed to answer or didn't do our homework in front of 60other students. Now a days teachers have mellowed down a bit but I absolutely hated it when I was in high school. Imagine the shame when you are being beaten black & blue in front of girls, GOD!! that left a deep impact on my psyche.
I'm sorry for you're horrible experience in learning mathematics and reading it made me deeply infuriated. I would have had an angry outburst . Some humans can be vile creatures and teaching math shouldn't be used as an instrument for tyrannical oppression.
Thanks so much for this! I definitely have a habit of being distracted when i work. i find that when i see some maths problems and i give up usually after 5 seconds, i then give it another 5 seconds until i look at the answer... i try abit harder. I know though the more answers i understand the larger my domain of skills becomes to reference problems and solutions for future problems. I have to kind of cleverly challenge defeating thoughts that i wont be able to do this. By the way, your calc 2 on udemy is great, you teach with great confidence, maturity and humour, its really a pleasure to watch.
About music. The tip of instrumental music is a very good one. You can find any pace of music, fast or slow, to suit your needs in Classical and jazz styles. But some of them can also be as distracting as music with lyrics. You can find some music created for video games. It meant to be repetitive without being boring. Movies soundtrack is also awesome to listen while studying. Regarding distractions, I don't know why, I can only perform if there is something distracting me. A classroom, Library setting is a killer to my studying mojo!
What I love about this is that it applies to studying in general, not just math, and that's exactly what I need. I want to use this as guidance on my way of self-improvement. I'm thankful and glad to have found this video
Professor I was very bad in Mathematics in grammar school, but when I finally got into high school, I engaged my self in learing Algebra and I now understand that Algebra 2 with Trigonometry, is the foundation of Calculus and This fall I will graduate as Applied Engineering Physics Major with a Minor in Applied Mathematics.
"....netflix in the background and music ...This is scary one... Paul Ardash used to say weird stuff about music ... I won't go into it but because ...I don't agree with him..." That so reminds me of a quaint music shop where I daily take my studies to work. I use the quiet times of trade for studying at work, I stay late after the closing times and study in blissful peace, no home distractions. The whole workplace is over 400 year old. In autumn and winter when the daylight hours get short, I study in half darkness and watch tutorials on RU-vid, Udemy, etc. Read ebooks too. In the background, I play soft instrumental music like Schubert's Serenade. The music masks out house noises. Once, over one weekend, I didn't hear burglars' sounds in the background, as I was that engrossed in studies. They smashed windows and doors at the back and I mistook dull noises from outside, from elsewhere, faraway. At same time, I was unaware of burglars in my proximity and danger was drawing close. Then suddenly, I was getting distracted by a fast-moving shadow that I could see from the corner of my one eye. I ignored it first time. Second & third times, it flitted again and again, zigzagging fast from side to side and repeatedly. I left workshop, because I was too distracted to study, not scared. Come Monday, my boss mother discovered signs of botched burglary at the back of workplace. Doors were smashed. A third door to shop was already unlocked, and thieves never entered. The strangest thing was, they stole nothing, not even antiques at the back rooms, those like grammaphones , penny-farthing, grandfather's clock, etc.
18 people downvoted this video. I would be very happy to hear their reasons. What is it that they disagree, so as to give a negative vote to a man who is an expert on the subject and is taking the time to share with the world some interesting tips for someone to get better. What am I missing here? Come on people! Get serious please!
I finished my math colege this weekend. Your videos helped me a lot, especially, last semester in Differential Equations. Thank you very much for your advices! helped me a lot! I am very happy to have completed this journey!
One of my problems is my goals. I'm studying apply math and computing, I really like maths but I also have computing clases like programing, data structures etc, they are ok. Actually I am not a mess when I have to coding but is too boring! I don't know what to do. Why a want to study Math? I exactly don't know, I like it. What's the purpose? I don't know. I know I may do cool things with machine learning and that things but since I'm taking data structures I say to me that I don't see my self doing any programs. :( On vacations I try to study more math (thanks for the recommendations). Sorry if my english causes you any eye pain.
Oh! Thank you so much! This made me almost cry, for the past several months my productivity for doing mathematics was overwhelmed by the unnecessary things I do. Instead of focusing on my tasks, I wasted so much effort and time playing video games which for me was unnecessary and irrelevant for my studies. This affected me too much, I can’t now remember the things I learned, now I’m re-learning those stuff again to rewire my understanding of the concept. It’s a hassle I was finishing the book that I’m reading and this happened. I needed to watch videos about productivity to make myself aware again....
I find playing nature sounds quietly in the background works, such as rain and wind, distant thunderstorms, babbling brooks, etc. YT has endless options that are hours long in play time.
I can imagine how cool must be to be your student. I was very lucky back in high school, my maths teacher was awesome and made me love them. I got the same feelings watching this video.
thanks i really found this helpful, the 5th one like the clear goal part i really dont have that specific goal but like u said the things or reasons in life, such as the simple reasons why you even wanna study in the first place can be the goal itself...
Thank you for this video. This reminds me of a story my maths teacher told me . Back when he was in high school he never got 50 percent or above and in his finals he got 40 percent straight for maths and 60 % was is highest mark . He tried to apply with those results but he got rejected so he did his matric again and sacrificed 6 hours of his time practicing maths and when his results came out he got 7 distinctions (maths , physics and accounting) . From a below average student to an A student These tips are very effective
Question: I am from Germany and plan on studying math as a major at the LMU (uni in Munich). Here math starts with Analysis 1/2 and linear algebra 1/2. We don't do caculation math or even an introductory class for proof writing. You are supposed to pick this up along the way. The content of Analysis 1/2 is equivalent to baby rudin, with Analysis 3 and complex functions in 3rd and 4th semester you are at least on a level with papa rudin. This is undergraduate level here. Compared to the speed of US math major this seems a bit tough. How can you possibly prepare for this? Do you think having quite literally no transition phase from highschool math to pure math is sensible? Imo there should be at least 1 semester transition where you learn basic proof writing!
