It probably differs by school but you generally get 2 attempts at core classes before they kick you out of the major. I failed multi variable calc, linear algebra, and statistics. In addition I failed a couple of core classes. Just take them again. By the second go around you should have a better understanding. As long as you meet the GPA requirements for your college then don't trip.
What degree you go for? Those are some pretty gnarly math courses for the average college student (I'm assuming the stats was calc-based). I mean, for stat/econ, mathematics, or pre-med, those are prerequisites. But 90%+ of college students don't go beyond calc2.
Computer Science. Sometimes you gotta take your lumps to get what you want. The first time I took linear algebra I stopped showing up to class because the professor wasn't that great and I dislike evening classes. The first time I took multi variable calc the professor assumed everyone was an engineer and had some across many of those concepts before. I failed one of the more important classes on algorithms, the ones that you encounter in job interviews. Failed 2 physics classes
. Didn't walk out with a 4.0 but I walked out with that piece of paper, and that's all that matters.
That's real talk. Certain programs or careers will require a certain g.p.a., especially for internships. But FINISHING the degree is ultimately that which is most important. I was in the honor's program, so it surprised me to find out that people with 2.5's and lower were out here landing killer internships and high-paying jobs. But everything is relative. I lived in a household with several engineering students. The lowest g.p.a. in the house was a welding engineer with a 2.3 g.p.a. Breh didn't even sweat it, tho. Given that the only other uni in the world that offered his degree was somewhere in Russia, he knew he was set. It blew my mind that this 2.3 cat had the gall to sit there all smug with me when my g.p.a. was more than an entire point higher than his. But he put me on game how rare it was to even get a "B" in many engineering courses. Another roommate who was a CSE major barely had a 2.5. Both of them dudes stayed with bomb internships and graduated with great job offers.Computer Science. Sometimes you gotta take your lumps to get what you want. The first time I took linear algebra I stopped showing up to class because the professor wasn't that great and I dislike evening classes. The first time I took multi variable calc the professor assumed everyone was an engineer and had some across many of those concepts before. I failed one of the more important classes on algorithms, the ones that you encounter in job interviews. Failed 2 physics classes
Oh yeah, I have a few friends who were just staying above a 2.0. There were a couple of engineering classes where the curve was so insane that a low D was passing and still people failed. I don't know how it goes for other majors but for Computer Science you can offset your GPA with a solid portfolio or an internship or two. If you study certain algorithms and concepts inside and out (which I didn't) then you can quite feasibly breeze through the interviews at Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.
Overall i dont like college. really i dont like school in general. College is basically an overpriced investment that came be beneficial depending on yor degree.
Can you name some of these concepts and algorithms to help a fellow CompSci breh out
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. The set-up is too clutch.Holy shyt, do you want to be employed when you graduate or not? You don't need a degree to work for a non profit. Most of them take volunteers. You also don't need a degree in Africana studies, you can read a few hundred dollars worth of books on AA history instead of spending thousands annually to hear cacs teach you about your own history.Brehs I got a dilemma... i'm thinking about switching my major
I am doing well in all of my classes so far this semester, all A's as of right now as well as on my midterm but talking to my fam over thanksgiving break got me thinking. I'm pretty much at the verge of dropping my major in Recording Industry Music Business for Africana Studies. Now I know thecoli shyts on liberal arts majors almost as hard as it shyts on cacs but just hear me out. First, I LOVE music but I also LOVE african american studies and helping my people, and if I had to choose between them, which one I love the most, it would be the latter. Which one would make me happier as a person, it's the latter. While I do love music, just from being in class this semester I realize i'd probably wouldn't even be working in music. Just some boring ass mundane job on the administrative side of a publishing company probably. Second, I have a cousin that is also working in music business and she tells me that the majority of people that work in the business, at record label, publishing companys etc. don't even have a degree in anything related to music. Or even a degree at all. Now I already knew that prior to deciding my major but it really got me like "am I just wasting my time with this shyt". Third, even though its liberal arts, Aficana studies, what my older cousins were telling me is basically just do whatever you want your undergrad, major wise not grade wise
. Unless its something that requires an exit exam then don't stress yourself out more than you need to, cause even STEM, aside from computer science, struggling these days
Now I know this shyt is far from road to the riches but as long as i'd make enough to live at least comfortably i'm good. Plus where I live the cost of living is pretty low so I feel I could manage. I guess it's just the question of practicality with the Music Business vs. Africana studies degree and I guess me being afraid of the stigma of walking around with a liberal arts degree.
Any advice will be helpful brehs
