pre exam tension

[anotheranon]

Waiting for my prof to post the final so I can get started on this thing. Probably won't happen until tomorrow morning, but I feel prepared now.

I find that even though I was pushed by necessity rather than interest into grad school, I kind of enjoy it, much as I bitch about exams, labs, etc. For fall I'm looking at a research stats class that I thought was required (but turns out not to be - I want to take it anyway just because I think it will be useful). and community college trig/calculus (??) prerequisites for a programming course I want to take. I find it curiously amusing that I'm looking at advanced math courses when I hated the subject throughout my entire academic career - oddly, numbers don't seem that intimidating anymore!

I still don't have a carved-in-stone academic objective with this, but if I'm going to be a generalist, by doG I'm going to be damn good at it!

Comments

[kat1392.livejournal.com]

That's the spirit!!! :) But a trig/calculus class? You have way more guts than I do. :) You'll do fantastic on your final!!! :):)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

The advanced math stuff has become an issue because one of the programming classes I want to take requires calculus as a prerequisite. I never took it undergrad and chose my major (fashion merchandising) at least in part because it didn't require hard math and sciences :/

My sister advises me that it's impossible to take calculus without taking trig first, so I'm having to look at both, depending on the results of my placement tests. I am intimidated, but given my life-long avoidance of math, some level it's also freaking hilarious :P

[semmie17.livejournal.com]

"Be not afraid of greatness: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

--Wm. Shakespeare "Twelfth Night"

[kat1392.livejournal.com]

Doth saith the wise one.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Just trying to keep telling myself that..

[tommdroid.livejournal.com]

oh! math! yes, baby! that's hot!! mmm!