Career Question Regarding Mathematics?

Question

Can someone who's really passionate about math and not too brilliant in the subject still succeed in her math career, academically and professionally?
I need to decide if I should pursue my passion or give it up before I transfer to UCSD as a math major.
Thank you!

Answer 1

The most important thing is passion. This will drive you to put in the hours of study that you need to succeed as a math major.

Academically you can do well if you put in the effort, and make use of your resources (professors, teaching assistants etc.) to get extra help if there's anything that you don't understand.

Whether or not you can succeed professionally without 'brilliance' depends on what field you go into. If you are doing something in academia (researcher, theorist, professor etc.) then it may be harder to succeed than if you are going into teaching, or maybe even medicine or engineering. The difference lies in whether or not you will be reproducing knowledge, or creating it.

Talk to a guidance counsellor at your school to get a little more specific info. They can take your career ambitions as well as your academic record into account in order to give you better advice.

Whatever you do, I wish you good luck!

Answer 2

I think that there are some math teaching programs that want to recruit trainers who are not exactly brilliant with the subject. I have heard that their point is to prove that you can teach and learn math even though you're not a mathematic genius. This can be a career choice for you if you want to get into teaching math. However, taking college math courses may be pretty difficult.

Answer 3

yes if you believe in yourself. practice makes perfect and i am really good at math but thats because i do it a lot.
math is a good career choice

Answer 4

That's a paradox

MATH majors have to tackle LINEAR equaitins, DIFFERNTIAL equations, ADVANCED ALGEGRA, CALCULUS

Are you MASOCISTIC!

Answer 5

NEVER give up your passion!