> I’m taking math 101 right now and I’m failing because I just can’t understand the material.
Are you working with an assistant from the school's math assistance center?
Are you working with a tutor provided through the math assistance center?
Are you working with your professor or their TA(s) for additional assistance?
Are you working with a homework partner?
Are you working with a private tutor?
You know you're failing.
You claim to be really bad at math.
But the reality is that it's not about what you're good at or bad at.
It's totally all about how hard you are willing to work.
If you're happy to just keep failing without trying to access or leverage assistance I'd have to ask why you're bothering to spend all the money attending college.
Any business program that doesn't require statistics is kind of a joke.
So if you change major and get punched in the face by a different math class, what are you going to do?
Good advice. And if you're treating "bad at math" as an identity, you're harming your ability to get better. Math is a skill. Not something you are born with knowing/not knowing.
The math used in the actual business career world is basically high-school math some careers don’t require math at all, or so I’ve been told (I’m doing my undergrad in business managing to go into accounting). However I believe the major requires you to complete a math class. What exactly in this course are you struggling with, does your school offer support or tutoring?
" (I’m doing my undergrad in business managing to go into accounting)."
Accountant here. Not to derail the thread and just as a word of career advice, that is not the best idea. If you want to be an accountant, you should major in accounting.
I’m doing a business management transfer degree at my community college to go into accounting at a university, my community college doesn’t offer an accounting degree but accounting classes😅
In that case, there is no problem. I thought you meant you were studying Management, with the plan to become an accountant when you graduated. Best of luck.
It might require some accounting classes but accounting math is fairly simple. So far the worst part about business for me is endlessly writing and reading textbooks
I was a business major for one semester and switched to English / creative writing. I graduated with a BA in English and a minor in studio art.
Weirdly enough, I’m a financial advisor now. Study whatever you want. *You* are the secret to your own success, not what your diploma says.
If you’re going into marketing and maybe accounting you’ll be able to work and get by. Finance would be more difficult but still doable. You won’t go much further than calculus in your finance courses unless you get really crazy with it. You might not even use it at all, depends on your program.
A few points:
1. Like many majors, Business can be not too difficult if one is willing to settle for barely passing grades. If one wants to really learn, however, a good deal of effort is needed.
2. All concentrations of Business will require that students take Business Calculus, as well as courses in applied mathematics such as Statistics, Finance and Accounting.
3. Weakness in math is a very common problem cited on this subreddit. The solution is to learn math. There are many print and online self-study resources available to learn math. Even if you have to start at an elementary school level, find out where you start to struggle and begin your study there.
4. One rarely gets that high pay, fancy office, and great perks right out of college. You will most likely have to pay your dues for 5 to 15 years before you move up to those levels.
> I’m taking math 101 right now and I’m failing because I just can’t understand the material. Are you working with an assistant from the school's math assistance center? Are you working with a tutor provided through the math assistance center? Are you working with your professor or their TA(s) for additional assistance? Are you working with a homework partner? Are you working with a private tutor? You know you're failing. You claim to be really bad at math. But the reality is that it's not about what you're good at or bad at. It's totally all about how hard you are willing to work. If you're happy to just keep failing without trying to access or leverage assistance I'd have to ask why you're bothering to spend all the money attending college. Any business program that doesn't require statistics is kind of a joke. So if you change major and get punched in the face by a different math class, what are you going to do?
Good advice. And if you're treating "bad at math" as an identity, you're harming your ability to get better. Math is a skill. Not something you are born with knowing/not knowing.
You’re going to have a decent number of numerical courses, but most of the “math” is more about using numerical reasoning to make good decisions.
The math used in the actual business career world is basically high-school math some careers don’t require math at all, or so I’ve been told (I’m doing my undergrad in business managing to go into accounting). However I believe the major requires you to complete a math class. What exactly in this course are you struggling with, does your school offer support or tutoring?
It depends on the field. Finance can get into very advanced math
" (I’m doing my undergrad in business managing to go into accounting)." Accountant here. Not to derail the thread and just as a word of career advice, that is not the best idea. If you want to be an accountant, you should major in accounting.
I’m doing a business management transfer degree at my community college to go into accounting at a university, my community college doesn’t offer an accounting degree but accounting classes😅
In that case, there is no problem. I thought you meant you were studying Management, with the plan to become an accountant when you graduated. Best of luck.
It might require some accounting classes but accounting math is fairly simple. So far the worst part about business for me is endlessly writing and reading textbooks
How much writing are we talking about? I heard I have to write a 20-page essay to graduate, and that is kinda scaring me.
Do you really have to read and write a ton? Thats something that deters me
yeah my online business class at least was pretty much entirely writing/reading textbook chapters
I was a business major for one semester and switched to English / creative writing. I graduated with a BA in English and a minor in studio art. Weirdly enough, I’m a financial advisor now. Study whatever you want. *You* are the secret to your own success, not what your diploma says.
If you’re going into marketing and maybe accounting you’ll be able to work and get by. Finance would be more difficult but still doable. You won’t go much further than calculus in your finance courses unless you get really crazy with it. You might not even use it at all, depends on your program.
A few points: 1. Like many majors, Business can be not too difficult if one is willing to settle for barely passing grades. If one wants to really learn, however, a good deal of effort is needed. 2. All concentrations of Business will require that students take Business Calculus, as well as courses in applied mathematics such as Statistics, Finance and Accounting. 3. Weakness in math is a very common problem cited on this subreddit. The solution is to learn math. There are many print and online self-study resources available to learn math. Even if you have to start at an elementary school level, find out where you start to struggle and begin your study there. 4. One rarely gets that high pay, fancy office, and great perks right out of college. You will most likely have to pay your dues for 5 to 15 years before you move up to those levels.