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rstofer:

--- Quote from: Johnwicc on December 30, 2019, 05:47:49 am ---Do u think I would be able to handle the foundation maths class? https://www.griffith.edu.au/study/courses/foundation-mathematics-1017SCG#trimester-1-gold-coast-campus.

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Is that a 3 semester course?  It sure will be a stiff climb if it is only 1 semester.  It goes up through differential and integral calculus but it start somewhere before pre-calc.  Around here that would be 2 semesters (1 year) for pre-calc, 1 semester for differential calculus and 1 semester for integral calculus.  Total:  2 years!  On a trimester system, including some extra emphasis, maybe a 1 year program but that means pre-calc is going to be just a single semester and there is a LOT of material.

But what do I know?  Maybe the goals of the course are different, maybe the level of mastery is reduced.  The thing is, the calculus courses are usually the first year (2 semesters) of a degree program and they are followed up by calc-3, differential equations and linear algebra.  Statistics is taught as a side  issue, I think..

I have no idea whether you can succeed.  It's up to you to put in the same level of effort all of the engineers around here put into their studies.  If you think working 40-60 hours a week and going to school 5 nights a week and finishing a 143 unit program in 4 years (trimester system) was easy, I would dissuade you of that opinion.  It only worked because I was young and driven.

I doubt that any of us would claim to be 'good at math'.  Most of us had to work very hard to get through the program, so will you.

And you absolutely need all 3 calculus courses and differential equations to make it through an engineering program.

Forget about sleep, buy caffeine in bulk and give up on a social life.  There's a reason that engineering students have a glazed look and no social skills.

rstofer:

--- Quote from: coppice on December 30, 2019, 10:48:56 am ---
--- Quote from: Rick Law on December 30, 2019, 07:07:47 am ---I am with those who have been saying "go for it."  If the college already accepted you, it is the college telling you they think you can and they are giving you a go at it.

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That's a very naive view. In much of the world colleges will accept practically anyone, and expect a huge drop out rate at the end of the first year.

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And yet thousands of others make it through the program.  It is a matter of interest and drive.  All of the other students passed, there is no reason the OP can't pass also.  But it's going to take work.  All that math he didn't take in High School is going to jump up and bite him in the butt.  Just the way it goes...

anvoice:
My economics teacher in college came from India. He told a story about how students back in his day in university would hand-copy textbooks because they couldn't afford them and go through their courses with those textbooks. Do you have that kind of drive? If so, you might be successful. If not, testing the waters using a gap year first to make sure you're ready for the math might be good.


--- Quote from: Rick Law on December 30, 2019, 07:07:47 am ---If the college already accepted you, it is the college telling you they think you can and they are giving you a go at it.  If there is any chance at all that you can push yourself to the finish line.  Go for it.

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I agree that is a bit off the mark. Colleges accepting people doesn't mean a thing if people aren't willing to put in the work to pass their courses. Especially if you have a huge handicap like the OP does, you better be prepared to put in five times the effort of everyone else to pass.

My concern here is why the OP has a problem with math. If he knew he was bad at it, but is extremely driven and wants to do hardware anyway, he might have found a way around this issue already, by working with a tutor, taking extra classes, or putting in extra work in general. If he isn't particularly driven in the first place, and bad at math, he won't fare well in university. Finally, if he is extremely driven but still unable to do math despite trying harder than anyone, it may again mean he'll face difficulty in class.

tszaboo:
University math is different than high school math. Profs have a lot of possibility to be crazy, both ways. I passed an exam, by saying "The solution is just the product of two matrices, and it is probably very boring to calculate it", because he released that I understand what the question is, and how to solve it, and thats enough.

Others will fail you on the same exam, if you write a + instead of a - somewhere. Talk to people who already finished the math course. Ask them.

I had a guy asking me, if you can become an EE if you are colorblind, because resistor codes. (in case you are wondering, yes, of course) If he never asked, he wouldn't be an EE.

m98:

--- Quote from: NANDBlog on December 30, 2019, 11:29:30 pm ---Others will fail you on the same exam, if you write a + instead of a - somewhere. Talk to people who already finished the math course. Ask them.

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Ouch, made that experience first-hand. Went from failing multiple exams to passing the same subjects with flying colors just by changing to another college.
If 90% of a course and its final exam consist of doing algebraic transformations on equations each spanning two whiteboards horizontally, something's off in my opinion…

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