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Is it possible to become good at math by learning by myself ?

>> No.8699603

No

>> No.8699606

>>8699602
probably but its not gonna be easy

>> No.8699608

>>8699602
Ramanujan literally had help from a god (alien). You can get okay, but you won''t git gud.

>> No.8699612

Good is relative

>> No.8699618

Absolutely
The problem is that you won't have someone to stop you if you're going the wrong direction, and you'll have to self reflect and realize that you'll convince yourself that you "get the material" when you might not really "get it"

Good luck m80

>> No.8699623

>>8699602

You need feedback, at least when you start learning real maths. But you can find plenty of it on internet, on here or at stackoverflow.

I think you also need a goal, because reasons.

I taught myself quite a bit of maths from books (for one year), preparing for an exam.

>> No.8699624

>>8699602
Yes.

>> No.8699663

>>8699602
yes, but it takes a lot of discipline and self-criticism

>> No.8699664

What are the best books for self-learning ?

>> No.8699688

>>8699608
This.
You have to summon aliums.

>> No.8699689

>>8699664
You have to go to a library and find out by yourself.

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>>8699664
>What are the best books for self-learning ?
This covers the very basics.

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8699701

>>8699694

>> No.8699729
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8699729

>tfw ran out of time on ACT and got 29 in math
>tfw 3% chance of admission to MIT even with perfect GPA
Better'd just kill myself now.

>> No.8699761

>>8699602
Technically, but not in practice.

>> No.8699781

>>8699729
you can always retake it, anon. You only have to submit your highest score and can choose to not send previous scores if you so wish.

>> No.8699797

You can understand the concepts but problems are going to fuck you up.

source: tried learning calculus by myself

>> No.8699801

>>8699797
This

>> No.8699813

>>8699781
I am, just gotta study more and not be an indecisive piece of shit about some questions. The fact that you can use a ti-nspire is practically cheating in and of itself.

>> No.8699818

>>8699813
>can only cancel scores being reported up to a week after the test being taken
Great, now they already know I'm a retard.

>> No.8700246

>>8699729
Where'd you get the 3% chance from?

>> No.8700252

>>8700246
Admission statistics from their own site. It's actually closer to 1% considerig math exclusively.
http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats