/sci/ - Science & Math

Anyone else here coping by going the actuarial route? I honestly can't prove jack shit, & I have a math degree

Serious question.

If saliva helps kill HIV virus, why don't they inject saliva into the infectee's bloodstream?

>>8706408
>brainlets thinking that getting accepted to a decent university is something exciting
>brainlets not being 100% sure they'll get in before they even applied
>brainlets having to boast about not being complete retards
Nigga you have to be literally retarded (or very unlucky) to not get into Oxbridge.

>>8678087
brainlet get off my board

Well /sci/.....

All of my courses for the previous 5 years had final grades based on exams.
Having an A in these courses would reflect receiving A's on exams and quizzes.

I like this method since 1) it weeds people out and the class gets smaller and quieter 2) there is complete transparency in the meaning of the grades with no ambiguity of buffer points like class participation / engagement / homework and shit.

Anyways, one of my graduate statistics courses utilizes participation points.

I don't go to class on Monday because I have to work every Monday, I told my professor this prior this prior to enrolling and all the exams are on Friday - no big deal

Anyways...I receive 0s for participation since I'm not "actively engaged during Monday's" despite getting A's on the exams

my midterm grade is a B- (80% or higher required to pass)

How do you feel about participation points? Why the fuck do professors still utilize these buffer points when the entire purpose of a course is to understand the material?

no employer is worried about how well someone participated in class

>Musk was severely bullied throughout his childhood, and was once hospitalized when a group of boys threw him down a flight of stairs and then beat him until he blacked out.

Space X thread

>>7612534
>second year physics
>unable to rotate a picture

Undergraduate starting a Finance major next year. I was wondering if /sci/ could give me a list of "pre-requisite" mathematical knowledge I should get down before I start. The University wasn't much help.

I'm learning some Algebra at the moment, I don't need to be spoonfed specific sites I figured KhanAcademy would be good, but what sort of stuff should I learn/get down? I don't live in the US if it makes any difference.

Thanks guys, have a good night.