Hard classes vs. good grades

Stanccepted
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:43:28 +0000

@lalalemma‌ Chances are you’re making dumb mistakes. In this case, it’s a mindset change. You have to force yourself to reevaluate everything you write. For example, when I check over my test, I check every problem (if time allows) with the assumption that I got it wrong already. I assume that there’s a mistake that I need to find. If I don’t find it, fine, either I got the problem right or I just didn’t find the mistake (which happens rarely).

It is for this reason that good grades in math are so important. Nobody really cares if you know trig identities, but math requires perfection and the ability to do things very precisely without many mistakes… which is why it’s so valued for not only undergrad admissions but law and med schools as well.