#WHY do I have to do 12 pages of algebra hw every week that’s the real question

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I'm having a crisis bc I actually hate my major (speech path) and I'm considering math because I've always enjoyed it and been pretty good at it but I've never taken a calculus class before or anything so I'm like what if I switch to this major and then I actually suck at it and regret it

me rn except it’s my only place to go bc the idea of doing anything else is unbearable but i was speaking to a girl who’s in third year and just switched from philosophy to math and is in the same intro / 2nd year course as me! calc 1-3 are some of the requirements for my major or least calc 3 is a requirement and calc 1 and 2 were prereqs. calculus is kind of diff anyway it’s less rigorous more computational than what else i’m taking rn aka algebra 1 and analysis 1. so even if u haven’t taken calc or don’t thrive in calc u could thrive in math. not that i’m an expert or anything but i’m gonna say that as a mediocre student who doesn’t pore over math textbooks in the summer or read ahead or whatever And Also enjoys math but doesn’t think it’s the most fun thing in the world, as long as ur fairly logically inclined and remember being able to follow derivations of formulas and stuff from ur earlier math classes (since lectures are literally just following along proofs of theorems etc.) u should give it a shot !!!

i’ve also said this to a few ppl but one of the things i like about math is how self contained it is like sure it’s useful in calc to be able to recognize how derivatives of functions relate to motion in physics but it’s not necessary as opposed to physics and chem and bio where you have to observe things in nature and also compute the results SO what i’m trying to say is that in my personal opinion math is of the sciences maybe not necessarily the EASIEST to transfer to i dont think any of them are tbh but aside from knowing how certain functions work (from calc) and maybe vectors from linear algebra there’s the least to know going in