What is the highest level of mathematics that you have taken in school?
Calculus
Wrap up with Calculus, the highest level of math offered by many high schools and often considered the gold standard of pre-college math preparation.
How can I rebuild my math skills?
How to Improve Math Skills
- Go Over New Concepts and Practice Problems. Jumping directly into solving problems can lead to frustration and confusion.
- Solve Extra Problems. Practice makes perfect, even with math.
- Change Word Problems Up.
- Apply Math to Real Life.
- Study Online.
Is it possible to do math research without hard work?
The underlying thread in your question seems to be the notion that the ability to do math (research) well is some sort of innate spark that some people have and some people don’t. Nope, doesn’t work that way. Math, even advanced math research, much like research anywhere else, is mostly about hard work.
How do I become a smart math major?
That means you need them to say you are smart as in PhD-smart. Advanced coursework: Take ALL the higher level courses if possible. Take some graduate level courses if possible. Now about grad school: don’t think about the top 1 or 2 or even 3 for now. If your goal is math, then your goal is math, not the school.
Is advanced math research worth it?
Math, even advanced math research, much like research anywhere else, is mostly about hard work. Some people do math more quickly than others, which must be nice for them and is an advantage sure; but the rest of us can do math just as well. The point I’m trying to make is that you shouldn’t knock hard work, it’s at least 95\% of any PhD.
Do you need to be a genius in graduate school?
In order to succeed in graduate school (and probably beyond, but I am still working on that myself), you should have the ability to work really hard, feel really dumb most of the time, and yet still keep going. Being a genius is helpful, but neither necessary nor sufficient. My wife suffers from Imposter Syndrome.