HOWEVER, I haven't gotten to the awesome more complicated math stuffs (running through basic calc atm) and I'm DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT. 4) But I'm not gonna lie, I was considering applied maths, but I wasn't sure how that translates towards employers and whatnots. As well as how you use math now, in grad school. TELL ME MORE OF YOUR PRETTY THINGS.
*takes out pompoms* YOU CAN DO IT!!!
OH YOU'RE TAKING CALC, I'm actually TA-ing calc I this semester.
Ask questions in lecture, even if everyone else is glaring at you screw them you're there to learn
GO TO YOUR TA OFFICE HOURS
THE TA IS YOUR GREATEST RESOURCE, IF THEY KNOW YOU AND SEE HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING THEY WILL FIGHT FOR YOU COME FINALS/FINAL GRADING
Don't play with your laptop/cell phone/any digital device that is not need during recitation. Your TA will be pissed and a pissed off TA is not a merciful TA.
FIND ALTERNATIVE BOOKS. Seriously, calc books are a dime a dozen and your university's library is bound to have them and sometime one book's discussion of a topic is clearer/more understandable than another.
RE: Applied vs. Non-applied math
FUN FACT. THERE IS NO APPLIED MATH. LE GASP. There is theoretical math that we haven't found an application for yet. EXAMPLE: Number Theory! G.H. Hardy was like SUPER PROUD of the fact that (at the time) none of his research had any practical use at all. Consequently, he would be rolling in his grave right now because Number Theory is really essential to computer science as well as in numerical analysis. So yeah.
That being said, talk to your department as well as students in the department? And also go to career fairs and talk to employers to figure out what they're looking for?
