<p>Is it possible to like get smarter at your major before even doing it? And I don’t mean by gaining knowledge about it, but gaining natural ability.</p>
<p>For example, if I wanted to major in say Physics or Math or Engineering, is it possible that I can somehow enhance my natural mathematical ability to better prepare me for all the new things I will learn?</p>
<p>I don’t know of this is the right forum, or if this is just a bad question, but was just curious.</p>
<p>Well “natural” implies innate. How can you improve an innate skill? It would no longer be innate.</p>
<p>Well I’m sure you can increase your ability to think through problems can’t you? That happens as you get older. Isn’t there anyway besides aging?</p>
<p>magic beans</p>
<p>Best ways to improve your ability to learn:</p>
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<li><p>Stay/Get in shape. Getting the blood flowing to your head increases your brain capacity.</p></li>
<li><p>Eat healthly. This goes with number one, but if you have a naturally high metabolism you need to watch what kind of junk you are putting in your body. Take a multi-vitamin and other suppliments if needed.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t Drink or Smoke “too” much. Or at all for that matter.</p></li>
<li><p>Work puzzles; sudoku, crossword puzzles, logic problems etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Get plenty of sleep</p></li>
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<p>Eat bananas before you go to bed every night.</p>
<p>What’s possible is to get more mentally organized and refine approach.</p>
<p>you can inject steroids into your brain</p>
<p>Well, I don’t think it’s possible to increase your “natural intelligence” but you can definitely improve your focus, concentration, and work ethic. Prepare by learning to push yourself past your limits now, because in a major like engineering you will probably have to do that in college. Stay healthy (physically and emotionally) and realistically build your self-confidence academically. Work to put yourself in the mind-frame where you don’t procrastinate. I think that all of this, along with interest in your major and motivation, will carry you through college and put you in a position that you want in life. Lol, but what do I know, I’m just a freshman.</p>
<p>Sometimes I worry how I will do in college as an engineering major because I don’t excel in math. I guess the best thing to do is just work hard and learn now in HS not to procrastinate.</p>
<p>I have friend who has a 4.0 with 20 credits every semester. hes a CHAIN smoker, smokes like 4 sticks before taking an exam because he wouldnt be able to walk out on a three hour exam.</p>
<p>Class average is 35, he gets a 90. </p>
<p>I cant explain why. I never study math, all A’s for me. I had trouble in the beginning. But you have to know " how " to think. You cant apply chemistry in physics unless you really have to(materials??). Sometimes, you just have to think right. Dont worry, youll be fine.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can increase your natural intelligence. You can certainly do things to make sure you’re in top mental condition, but at the end of the day, you can only think so well. I know a freshman this year who took his Physics 1a: Mechanics final completely drunk and still outscored most of his classmates.</p>
<p>Definitely! Performance is not innate. The brain is plastic. Don’t be defeatist.</p>
<p>Study Game Theory… it won’t make you smarter, but people my think you are.</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible. Try to master Calculus and Physics, which can be done by everyone if you put your mind to it.</p>
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<p>If you study game theory and increase intelligence, then my best response function is to also study game theory and increase intelligence. Thus, you will not create an intelligence differential. QED</p>
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<p>No one said the Nash equilibrium would generate the best result.</p>
<p>Besides, I’m not going to tell you that I’m studying game theory. So, since you don’t know that we are playing a game I will win. Kind of like how my 3 year old wins all the games she plays with me.</p>
<p>Well, not sure if this will help you at all, but here goes. When I came to college I was terrible at math, I mean bad like I took college algebra at the Air Force base instead of my four year university because it was easier out there. Midway through my junior year I decided to switch from liberal arts to business( Info Systems to be exact). People thought I was crazy, this required me to take finance, accounting, calculus, econ statistics, money and banking, and all kinds of other quantitative business classes as well as 16 credits of comp sci classes. Well I got through calculus at the four year with a B and stats with a B and so on and so forth. By the time I graduated I had done better in quantitative classes than in qualitative ones. The only explanation is passion for the subject.</p>
<p>Believe in yourself. Math in high school was my only B class, so I chose not to go into engineering. Big mistake, financially. My classmates, all girl high school, got lots of schollies and are making tons of money now.</p>
<p>Once in college, I did great in math! I no longer had the peer pressure and teacher negative reinforcement to keep me down. I believed in myself!</p>
<p>I strongly encourage anybody who thinks they want to go into engineering, but don’t think they’re good enough in math or science to do it, to go for it.</p>
<p>If you don’t like it, don’t be too proud to change your major.</p>
<p>Sorry, I dont think so. Emphasis being on “natrual ability,” as in this is what you got given.</p>
<p>I think you have what you have, brain wise. However, I do think that you can learn to use what you have well (which I think very few people do). And you certainly can improve your mathematical skill (given the contrainsts of your IQ).</p>
<p>But actually becoming more intellegent - sorry, I dont think so.</p>