College Discussion - View Single Post - I got a B- on linear algebra

CNI · 05-07-2008, 10:25 AM

I'm a high school senior, but I took linear last semester. Out of curiosity, did you ever go on Course 18.06: Linear Algebra ?

This is Gilbert Strang of MIT 's website, and his lectures are AMAZING. I had a horrible teacher, but I ended up pulling an A because I just learned from Strang ( he wrote our book, which helps too). If I were you, I'd just make sure I knew the properties of basis and eigenvalues/eigenvectors, as those were, to me, are the most important parts of linear that I'm using in diff EQ (which is what I'm assuming comes after linear in college?)

Either way, don't sweat it dude. I sucked at calculus, and I consider myself at least pretty decent at math. I think people oftentimes get the misconception that math is all the same thing, when it really isn't. It's good that you're a freshman, because that means you can still improve. I may not be in the industry, but I can pretty much guarantee that recruiters would rather see an upward grade trend than a downward one. If investment banking is what you really want to do, then no, you should never give up.

05-07-2008, 10:25 AM	#4
CNI Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA ===> Duke 2012!!! Threads: 128 Posts: 1,114	I'm a high school senior, but I took linear last semester. Out of curiosity, did you ever go on Course 18.06: Linear Algebra ? This is Gilbert Strang of MIT 's website, and his lectures are AMAZING. I had a horrible teacher, but I ended up pulling an A because I just learned from Strang ( he wrote our book, which helps too). If I were you, I'd just make sure I knew the properties of basis and eigenvalues/eigenvectors, as those were, to me, are the most important parts of linear that I'm using in diff EQ (which is what I'm assuming comes after linear in college?) Either way, don't sweat it dude. I sucked at calculus, and I consider myself at least pretty decent at math. I think people oftentimes get the misconception that math is all the same thing, when it really isn't. It's good that you're a freshman, because that means you can still improve. I may not be in the industry, but I can pretty much guarantee that recruiters would rather see an upward grade trend than a downward one. If investment banking is what you really want to do, then no, you should never give up.