I am no rocket scientist but have a masters in engineering. I was pretty poor at math coming out of high school. Highest level math class I took in high school was trig. First math class in college was Calc 1. I struggled a lot for the first 2-3 semesters. First exam in calc 3 I got a 23%. That was when I realized I need to get serious. Started studying a lot more, and by the end of calc 3 I was acing the exams.
So while I haven’t gotten to the high level math you may need to work in Astrophysics, the point is that it wasn’t I couldn’t do it, but I just wasn’t prepared to put the work in to do it. You can do it, it’s gonna be a ton of work and suck for a while. But if you really want it, I believe you can do it.
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Reply to want to work at nasa but math is not my strong suit, any tips? by jiraiya_myoboku
I am no rocket scientist but have a masters in engineering. I was pretty poor at math coming out of high school. Highest level math class I took in high school was trig. First math class in college was Calc 1. I struggled a lot for the first 2-3 semesters. First exam in calc 3 I got a 23%. That was when I realized I need to get serious. Started studying a lot more, and by the end of calc 3 I was acing the exams.
So while I haven’t gotten to the high level math you may need to work in Astrophysics, the point is that it wasn’t I couldn’t do it, but I just wasn’t prepared to put the work in to do it. You can do it, it’s gonna be a ton of work and suck for a while. But if you really want it, I believe you can do it.