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Two questions, /sci/:

1. Level of mathematical ability?
A. Less than proficient at highschool level
B. Proficient at highschool level
C. Some undergrad level
D. Proficient at undergrad level
E. Some grad level
F. Proficient at grad level
G. More than proficient at grad level

and

2. What do you use/want to use your mathematical ability for? (i.e. physics research, engineering applications, etc. preferably more specific)

>> No.5830530

1. E
2. Space Exploration

>> No.5830535

D.
Aerospace Engineering, specifically aerodynamics and propulsion.

>> No.5830543

F
For grad school in math.

>> No.5830551

> E. Some grad level
> Physics research, just for the fun of it

>> No.5830554

B

Could have done Undergrad maths at elite universities, opted for vetmed instead

>> No.5830563

D
Finance

>> No.5830570

C almost D

I wish i could use it for physics research but im not smart/motivated enough and am going to do medical physics for the money

>> No.5830576

>>5830508
E
physics research, ECE

>> No.5830592

B.

Medical research.

>> No.5830596

B-C

Struggled through math in high school (it's the *only* reason I decided not to major in physics in college), but after college I decided to face my fear of math and took Calc I at the local community college on my own dime. Passed with flying colors with an "A".

Trying to study more on my own, but it's hard to do outside of a classroom.

>> No.5830597

Why did you remake this thread after deleting it?

>> No.5830599

>>5830596

oh, and my reason for learning it is mostly just personal fulfillment/the sheer challenge

>> No.5830654

>>5830597
wouldn't you like to know

>> No.5830670

A

for scientific research. i just aced my final exams for a 2nd year statistics subject, congratulations me.

>> No.5830707

E
Computational physics, fun, making money, video game development

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>>5830599
>community college Calc I
>the challenge

>> No.5830744

D and Software Engineering

>> No.5830763
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>>5830508
1) B
2) Fun

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>>5830599
Hey that's awesome man. I wish more people went to school for reason's like that instead of "to get a better job" or "my parent's want me to".

>> No.5830782

C
finance

>> No.5830803

1. E
2. have my phsyics and math major. I took some grad classes while i was an undergrad. Working on engineering because i like more handson, but still love my math and physics

>> No.5830811

C
AI research

>> No.5830827

D.
Statistics, probably actuarial science.

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>>5830715

Whoa, watch out! We got Leonhard Euler up in hurr.

>> No.5830843

>>5830508

1. B (Just starting Uni)
2. I have a dream of studying A.I. in mainly mechatronics based applications. I'd like to fuse my love of computing with my love of mechanics.

>> No.5830882

>>5830803
Nice, what 'path' did you follow exactly? I was thinking of doing something like that.

>> No.5830912

F or G
Wanted to do Cryptology, ended up teacher in highschool. brb, crying in a corner.

>> No.5831035

C or D
I'm at the end of my first year.

>> No.5831052

>>5831035

What have you seen in your first year that lets you assume you could be at D?

>> No.5831056

>>5830508
1. F
2. Finance, make cash money. Science can eat a dick.

>> No.5831088

>>5830508
1. F
2. More math. I dunno, become a math slave for the NSA?

>> No.5831098

>>5830912
What happened? Did you get your PhD and there just weren't any positions available?

>> No.5831101

E. Just finished an Msci. in Theoretical Physics.

Currently working as a data analyst. Never would have foreseen myself in this role, but it has the capability to get really interesting (not to mention lucrative) the further I go. In an ideal world, I would do a Ph.D in Quantum Field theory (ties in all the things I fucking love about maths and physics) but I prefer cash money cash money money cash cash.

>> No.5831102

1. D, studied for 2 years but I've done most undergrad with some grad courses.
2. Science. First I was thinking about theoretical physics, but having studied mathematics, I'm becoming more and more interested in it itself. Anyway, it's probably easier to switch from math->theor. phys than vice versa, so I'm probably going to mathematics grad school after a year or so (or 2, if I'm taking my military service this year. My country has conscription.).

>> No.5831176

>>5831101
My boy. Its all about the cash money, science is for chumps.

>> No.5831186

C.

My math is used in engineering applications

>> No.5831188

>>5831186
you can get proficient at it in increments.

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>>5830508
>C
>Economics, Political Sciences, Human Psychology.

I have my little shrine dedicated to Freud, Keynes, and Nietzsche. The holy trinity of intellectualism.

>> No.5831197

>>5830508
1)B

2) Not sure

>> No.5831206

>>5830508
1. E
2. Still undergrad, but hopefully finance. I have extremely broad scientific interests, but hedgies make fucktons of money. If I ever accumulate any, I'll use it to direct funding towards medical research I find promising.

>> No.5831208

>I guess C
>I use it for drawing meaningful conclusions from statistical research, I want to learn symbolic logic for programming

>> No.5831217

1. C or D, not really sure what qualifies as proficient.

2. Right now, it's purely recreational. I'd love to be a physicist or chemist, and if at all possible I would kill to teach math at a university, or at least give a guest lecture. I think that would be so cool!

>> No.5831223

B. (I don´t know shit about trigonometry though)
I´ll study physics

Might switch to math because of a girl though. (I hope that´s not a bad reason)

>> No.5831224

1. C-D
2. Mainly use the more advanced stuff for physical chemistry and instrumentation.

>> No.5831287

>>5830508
define grad level, asshole.

>> No.5831304

1. D (EEng)
2. I use it to study electronics, signals, control theory and physics

>> No.5831545

>>5831052
What have I seen in my undergrad math career that makes me assume I could be proficient at undergrad math? Gee I don't know, maybe all this undergrad math I've been taking.

>> No.5831562

>>5831287
Have succeeded in research undertakings having already received an undergraduate degree.

>> No.5831569

>>5831545
One year isn't enough to say you're proficient - you're still doing babby maths.
Especially in the USA - most of the world do calc and differential equations in highschool.

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>>5830829

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>>5831208

>> No.5832858

1. C
2. engineering applications i.e. money

>> No.5832905

>>5830765

Thanks. I think is beautiful enough in and of itself that it doesn't require any further justification. It's almost like art in that way.

>> No.5832934

>G
>Nothing, I'm a software engineer and rarely use anything above C

>> No.5832938

>>5831223
That is literally the worst reason I can think of.

>> No.5832970

1.
B.
2. Math Puzzles

>> No.5832991

E

Nothing, I'm an engineer in O&G and the most involved mathematical work I do is basic algebra :/

>> No.5833001

>>5831223
What even the fuck? You pick your major because of a girl? I have a few questions...

Are you a virgin? (this is relevant)
Are you trying to seduce the girl in question?
Why is changing majors going to help you seduce her?
Do you have any experience/skill in picking up women?
Why is this one girl worth changing majors for?

And again, the big one, why do you think changing majors is going to get you this girl?

As someone who fucks a lot of girls (hard to believe I know, but bear with me), I'm quite experienced in getting girls to want to have sex with me. From my point of view, with that in mind, changing majors is only going to hurt you, you're screaming out "I'm sexually inexperienced, naive, irresponsible and stupid" and thinking she'll jump right on you?

>> No.5833064

1.) A (Yea, I finally got an A in math!)
2.) I pick things up and I put them down.