/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9887123
I managed my studies with 40k of debt. And I also worked 30+ hours a week (thanks obama).
I graduated with a 3.6 GPA in math and no one will hire me. Will probably go to grad school and off myself when I'm still unemployable with 140k debt.

>>9887172
If you couldn't get hired its your own fault. Was your degree only in math? A math degree needs at least a minor in an additional subject to be worth anything.

I majored in math and minored in electrical engineering. I have not been unemployed for more than an 8 week stretch right after graduating. Also if you spend $100k on grad school, you're getting cucked by your program. My Master's in Applied Math cost me $10k and I'm employed fully with my PhD.

>>9887172
did you study full time? What was your courseload like? I'm barely handling 2 credits on a full time job

>>9887187
>2 credits on a full time job
I was employed 22 hours a week with 20 credits. You should consider completely rethinking your schedule if its really that hard for you. What classes are you enrolled in?

>>9887193
sorry, I was referring to credits differently probably. I mean 2 courses, 4 hours of class weekly each + tutorials

>>9887193
I need 20 credits total to graduate

>>9887123
this is the hardest thing youll ever do in your life, after this its all easier, yes, even having kids. so dont wrory just hagn in there

>>9887364
That is not how it works. Once OP has spent his health on the math degree everything will be more difficult for him.

>>9887364
>>9887412
Also if he only studies math, there will probably not be very good job prospects for him.

>>9887123
For me, autodidacticism is orders of magnitude more efficient than taking classes at (((college))).

>>9887123
Tried it for one semester, bombed almost everything, then I quit my job and asked for help to my mother. I'm still 22yo so I guess it's still OK to do it.

>>9887501
What are you learning, anon?

>>9887186
Math major physics minor. My minor classes were full em and electronics. I have multiple ieee certificates.

Because of family, I'm limited to where I could go to grad school. The best uni around doesnt have paid masters programs and only some phds are funded

>>9887187
I was taking 15 credits or so a semester. I'd go to classes, study before work. Work 6-8 hours. Come home, stay up until 3 am studying, doing homework. Get up at 8 and do it over. Last year I only took 400/500 level courses in math but the workload was easy compared to when I took real analysis earlier. On the weekends I didnt worl, I had to drive several hours to be with family and didn't get hw or studying done.

Basically no time to do anything else, but I grew up without tv or vidya or anything and on a farm so I'm used to doing a lot I guess.

>>9887123
Math can be studied at home, there's absolutely no need to attend school

>>9887172
Why off yourself? Just take any job and ignore the debt. The gov can skim your check, but not to the extent that you can't pay rent, gas, and food

>>9887123
I worked full time as a busboy while in community college trying to get into engineering for a BE. I used to take out my frustrations on the people I didn't like, like by leaving broken glass in places they'd put their hands or ruining pieces of their clothing.

I made it out of community college, tho, and I had to take a loan for the final 2.5 years of that BE (I'm one semester in). I also orchestrated an exit to my shitty job that left me collecting $400/week in unemployment for a year after.

I have mixed feelings about the job. I hated it, and hated some of the people some of the time. There's guilt there.

Do what you gotta do OP

>>9887501
This. Professors at Universities only care about how much cash they can squeeze out of their students and community college is for babysitting

>>9887901
I mean, I'm working in a job that isn't total shit, but I'm only making about 75% of what I expect to be making. Cant even get an interview for a brainlet its1 job.

>>9887123

How to afford grad school coming from a poor family:
> get a part-time job in undergrad year 1. Year 1 is easy, so you should be able to manage. Spend money on only books, food and rent. All time out of work should be studying.
> if year 1 goes well, you should have good grades and a bit of money saved up. work a less demanding part time job; ideally, get into a lab assistant or university tutoring role. again, spend money on only books, food and rent and spend all time outside of work studying.
> repeat for year three, ideally putting in less hours, but enough for - you guessed it - books, food and rent.

By the time I finished, I was easily able to afford grad school. Of course, student debt is still present, but it's not as stressful.

also, every single one of my uni friends was either from my parttime jobs or from my course. my only non-academic activity was going to the gym at 4am in the morning. Was it worth it? for me, yeah. would it be worth it for most people? probably not.

>>9888219
>paying for books when you're poor

poop sex

>>9887907
You sound like a piece of shit, i hope you step on a pile of broken glass while walking in your socks

>>9888203
>he fell for the pure meth 300k meme
dumbass

>>9887123
You don't.
>reminder that intelligence is genetic and if your family is earning below 150k a year within 2 generations of arriving in the country then you're retarded

>>9888313
I didnt fall for the meme, I switched to it from physics because I liked it better. Even did a project for an energy company where I independently verified results from a major research group in Californiausing first principle fluid dynamics, so I have plenty of data and modeling experience. Hoping to get in as an analyst for the company I currently work for.

>>9888220
Books > pdfs

>>9887501
I can vouch for this. Modern teaching methods are really bad because they do their best to make simple concepts unnecessarily complicated so as to "weed out" certain students. Too bad employers don't believe in self-taught skills, though.

>>9889364
Not if you have an e-reader. :^)