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Are you good at math's and science?
No, I kinda fail at both 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
I'm okay 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I'm quite good 21%  21%  [ 10 ]
I'm very good at math's and science 36%  36%  [ 17 ]
I'm quite good at math's 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I'm quite good at science 19%  19%  [ 9 ]
I'm very good at math's 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I'm very good at science 13%  13%  [ 6 ]
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05 Mar 2009, 9:37 pm

I'm strongly gifted at both but prefer science. I love studying physics, astronomy, pathophysiology, chemistry, and microbiology.



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05 Mar 2009, 9:39 pm

I think I have pretty strong natural abilities in both areas.

What zeichner said really hits home with me. The concepts and theories of math and science tend to be totally intuitive to me. Unfortunately the practice ... not so much, especially in the case of math, which I never enjoyed and as a result was never all that good at. In particular I have a terrible time memorizing formulas. In general I will either do a problem flawlessly or not be able to do anything - on an exam with four questions, I might get a 75, having done three perfectly and left the fourth blank, having no clue how to even start it.



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06 Mar 2009, 6:31 pm

Great at science (Science-based Bachelor's degree) but hopless at maths! Somewhat inconvenient, since the Master's I'm applying for contains a fair amount of math....
Guess I'm more of an "engineer"... as in "broke it whilst trying to fix it"... (the dyspraxia doesn't help!)


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06 Mar 2009, 9:06 pm

The first words I ever spoke were Pythagoras Theorem.

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06 Mar 2009, 9:21 pm

love science... and as long as i have a calculator... i'm cool with math :P


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07 Mar 2009, 12:48 am

I have no problems getting As in both when I'm not really depressed.



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07 Mar 2009, 1:20 am

I love science but I hate math with bloody vengeance :evil: I can do the basic stuff in my head but beyond that a calculator is a must.


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07 Mar 2009, 1:52 am

I'm very bad at math, though I am good at fractions & percents. I'm better at science, depending on the type, but I'm still not good at either.

I actually just got a 14% in math on a test yesterday :oops: :oops: :? .


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07 Mar 2009, 7:05 am

Sedaka wrote:
love science... and as long as i have a calculator... i'm cool with math :P


Cranking numbers with or without a calculator is calculation, not mathematics. Mathematics is solving problems and proving theorems.

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08 Mar 2009, 6:18 am

ruveyn wrote:
The first words I ever spoke were Pythagoras Theorem.

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Seriously? How old were you?

lyricalillusions - don't be ashamed, my friend once got 3% on a maths test!



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08 Mar 2009, 6:29 am

Kajjie wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
The first words I ever spoke were Pythagoras Theorem.

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Seriously? How old were you?

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I was jesting. I started to talk at nine month but I did not quote the Theorem of Pythagoras until I was 5. I learned to read at 3 and started in on geometry books.

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10 Mar 2009, 5:02 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Kajjie wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
The first words I ever spoke were Pythagoras Theorem.

ruveyn


Seriously? How old were you?

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I was jesting. I started to talk at nine month but I did not quote the Theorem of Pythagoras until I was 5. I learned to read at 3 and started in on geometry books.

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Oh. That's still quite impressive! :o