What's the highest level math course you've completed?

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I’m a failed math major. I dropped out 8 years ago. I used to love math and was obsessed with it. I still am. I hope to get back into it. Maybe I’ll get my degree someday.

The highest level math courses I’ve completed are linear algebra, abstract algebra, probability, and mathematical statistics. I dropped out of college when I took real analysis, number theory, and mathematical logic.

Right now, I’m taking calculus on coursera. I want to study physics eventually and get into general relativity and quantum mechanics.

I figure I’m building up confidence and skills by taking classes online.

In the past, I suffered from cognitive problems.

My math skills and interest is the only thing I’m proud of and accomplished. In high school, I sucked at math and hated it and I started at intermediate algebra at community college.

I think most people can succeed in math it just takes time, hard work, and determination.

Schizophrenia really ruined my life but I’m hoping to get better. I had a lot of potential. I wanted to work in finance, but I’d be happy to get any job someday. I just don’t think I’m ready right now.

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Algebra I and geometry. I never did my homework in high school and never made it that far.

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Prob the highest for me was while I was finishing up my psych degree I had to take Statistics for Behavioral Sciences. It wasn’t easy for me.

I hope things get easier for you.

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Geometry in high school is the highest level I’ve completed. But one thing is for sure I’m not John Nash. Don’t know how he did it with schizophrenia

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Calculus 567899643

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Calculus in high school. There math classes I took in college were easy mode.

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College algebra, and statistics for me. I took them on base where I was stationed at.

I believe in your abilities @insidemind. Physics is considered a tough subject by a lot of people, but if you think about it it’s really not too hard. It just helps to have a good background in higher level math.

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Whatever math was part of general studies in College. I remember it having a lot of probability and statistics, we dealt with playing card / colored marble problems, as well as those infamous ‘one train leaves a station at and another leaves at and when will they collide?’ problems.

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GED-level math. Like Grade 9/10 equivalency.

I was never much of a math person.

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@insidemind, btw I think I forgot to tell you that I got a Feynman, physics book from the library. “Six Easy Pieces.”

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I had to take calculus to get my degree. I hate math. I only went on test days. No clue how I passed.

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pre calculus in high school, college algebra at community college and finite mathematics at the big state university when I was 18. I always forget what I’ve learned in math. in my everyday life I basically just add and subtract I don’t use much math and don’t worry about it.

my mom was a math major and a high school calculus teacher. I tried to get tutoring from her in the past but I didn’t really understand what she was saying. if I wanted to learn math my best bet would be studying the textbook. when I took finite math I could never understand the professor he was eastern European and had a thick accent so I just learned from the book.

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Is there something called practical mathematics? If so, how does it work? What about Euclid - How did his math make it in to philosophy? Or did it?

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I had no potential, I’m still trying to fathom how I do anything more complicated in life than tying my shoes and keeping my drooling to a minimum at dinner parties.

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Calculus and Discrete Structures. I only completed an Associate Degree. Didn’t finish a Bachelor’s Degree.

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Statistics degree level, I did ever so badly. Though. Had no friends to help me with it and everyone else seemed to help each other out.

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Linear algebra… I repeated the course twice before passing in my third attempt. I have a science degree in management. I love math, but struggled post calculus.

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I maxed out in Junior and went downhill in senior. Failed both my maths classes in senior. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but looking back that slide in math was an indication that something was wrong. Little did I know that was later to be schizophrenia.

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At our high school the order we took math courses was: Intro to Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 and then either Trig or Calculus. I took Algebra 2 and failed it twice. I owe my failures to smoking too much weed instead of studying. I’m not too proud of that.

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Calculus II in college.

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