MATH vs CHESS

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SaraBareillesFan
MortalWombat wrote:

Cal 3 in high school? Wow, my high school only offered cal 1, very impressive! :D

Power systems are systems dealing with power lol.  In laymans terms, basically power utilities (the company that generates, transmits, and distributes power to your home, college, business, local factories, etc).

I'm taking it at a college :)

Ah, nice! So actual engineering then. I guess you need to know plenty of science for that.

MortalWombat wrote:

They would both be math heavy. Actuaries would be much more interested in statistics and accounting uses some very interesting mathematics. I took an accounting class and it was full of tables and whatnot to constantly change money values from past to present to future to reoccuring charges through time.  Accounting was interesting but not my cup of tea--fairly easy class IMO.

I'll have to see if I like stats, haven't actually taken any classes in it yet. Accounting sounds interesting. But I'll get my degree and see what jobs I can get (even if I have to start out flipping burgers at McDonalds...)

MortalWombat
SaraBareillesFan wrote:
MortalWombat wrote:

Cal 3 in high school? Wow, my high school only offered cal 1, very impressive! :D

Power systems are systems dealing with power lol.  In laymans terms, basically power utilities (the company that generates, transmits, and distributes power to your home, college, business, local factories, etc).

I'm taking it at a college :)

Ah, nice! So actual engineering then. I guess you need to know plenty of science for that.

MortalWombat wrote:

They would both be math heavy. Actuaries would be much more interested in statistics and accounting uses some very interesting mathematics. I took an accounting class and it was full of tables and whatnot to constantly change money values from past to present to future to reoccuring charges through time.  Accounting was interesting but not my cup of tea--fairly easy class IMO.

I'll have to see if I like stats, haven't actually taken any classes in it yet. Accounting sounds interesting. But I'll get my degree and see what jobs I can get (even if I have to start out flipping burgers at McDonalds...)

Physics dealing with the nature of electrons and electrical and magnetic fields certainly helps :P

Stats really isn't bad--I made the top grade in my class.  The hard part is remembering it all if you never use it after that lol.  Also, don't get your degree and then see what jobs you can get.  Have an idea of what you want to do (you don't have to stick with it, you can always change) and see if your college has an internship program.  That's what I did--I interned for three semesters (each separated by a semester of school) and then continued to intern part time until I graduated.  It was a paid internship so I could start paying off college and got some gas money plus I loved the company so much and did so well in my internships that they hired me on full-time after I graduated.

SaraBareillesFan
MortalWombat wrote:
Physics dealing with the nature of electrons and electrical and magnetic fields certainly helps :P

Stats really isn't bad--I made the top grade in my class.  The hard part is remembering it all if you never use it after that lol.  Also, don't get your degree and then see what jobs you can get.  Have an idea of what you want to do (you don't have to stick with it, you can always change) and see if your college has an internship program.  That's what I did--I interned for three semesters (each separated by a semester of school) and then continued to intern part time until I graduated.  It was a paid internship so I could start paying off college and got some gas money plus I loved the company so much and did so well in my internships that they hired me on full-time after I graduated.

Physics is horrible! :)

I meant I'm not going to set myself on one particular job. I'd like to be an actuary, accountant, math tutor, and/or do something with mathematical computer programs. I'm going to do my best to get a full ride (depends on how I do on standardized tests, honestly). I mean, not to MIT or Purdue, but to respectable universities. I plan to avoid college debts...

I'm hoping to start interning my junior year of high school.

MortalWombat

Junior year of high school? Right on, I love the motivation! Good luck with college! :D

rudscoe
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TurboFish

rudscoe wrote:

i doubt that i could solve a quadratic equation now if my life was on the line

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Yes you could. My students say the same thing, but then, after 5 minutes of review, solve the problem, and a smile appears upon their face. You are more resilient than you think.

Jion_Wansu

But I don't know the quadratic equation formula...

X_PLAYER_J_X
SaraBareillesFan wrote:

Physics is horrible! :)

I meant I'm not going to set myself on one particular job. I'd like to be an actuary, accountant, math tutor, and/or do something with mathematical computer programs. I'm going to do my best to get a full ride (depends on how I do on standardized tests, honestly). I mean, not to MIT or Purdue, but to respectable universities. I plan to avoid college debts...

I'm hoping to start interning my junior year of high school.

Don't be fooled those accountant classes are vicious.

The beginning ones are a walk in the park. However, When you get into the Intermidate ones. Oh lord!

They will make you or break you.

PremiumDuck

Chess is related to wood, glass ,stone and plastic more than it is related to math. I have never calculated a move using math nor has anybody else. 

I have used math while gardening and math has its origin in agriculture , math is related to farming and chess is related to the occult.

It sounds wonderful to relate math to chess because it makes you sound double nerdy but is that really a good thing?

SaraBareillesFan
X_PLAYER_J_X wrote:
SaraBareillesFan wrote:

Physics is horrible! :)

I meant I'm not going to set myself on one particular job. I'd like to be an actuary, accountant, math tutor, and/or do something with mathematical computer programs. I'm going to do my best to get a full ride (depends on how I do on standardized tests, honestly). I mean, not to MIT or Purdue, but to respectable universities. I plan to avoid college debts...

I'm hoping to start interning my junior year of high school.

Don't be fooled those accountant classes are vicious.

The beginning ones are a walk in the park. However, When you get into the Intermidate ones. Oh lord!

They will make you or break you.

I don't intend to major in accounting!