Pre vet math class opinions?

[forjunior]

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I'm going to mississippi state next year and will be majoring in Wildlife pre vet. The 2 maths that are required are intro to statistics and calculus for business and life sciences. Has anyone taken any of these? Hard? Easy? Math is not my strongest subject so I'm wanting to see what I'm getting into. Thanks!

 

[adams30]

Hi. I do not know that much about your school's math classes but I've taken calc and stats before and am also not a math whiz but i didn't think they were too bad. If you don't feel comfortable with your math skills right now maybe what you can do is see if your school offers a more basic math class like an adv algebra or pre-calc type class even if it's not required class taking it can REALLY help you prepare for the required math classes. Then going into the harder class like calc you will have the basic skills you need. I personally liked stats over calc. Stats uses more basic math skills like fractions, multiplication, etc. It's like doing word problems.

 

[Frozenshades]

If you don't feel comfortable with your math skills right now maybe what you can do is see if your school offers a more basic math class like an adv algebra or pre-calc type class even if it's not required class taking it can REALLY help you prepare for the required math classes.

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Good suggestion.

Does your university have a math placement test they offer? Some schools have them, or require new students to take them, and it could give you an idea of what class would best match your math skills.

And a piece of pretty generalized advice for college. If it's something you struggle with, acknowledge that and seek help. There should be plenty of resources to help you along the way (professors, TAs, tutors, peers, study groups, etc.), so make sure you take advantage of them.

 

[kernel]

I agree with the above.

Those classes generally aren't "hard" per se, you just can't let yourself fall behind even for one instant. You have to obsessively work problems to ensure that you understand the concepts and that you can comfortably reach a correct answer.