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    Schools Senior in high school and science geek who isn't a math whiz College advice?

    I'm the type of person who likes to learn the purpose or the meaning of what I'm doing before I even want to learn the method or the results, and I think that that's what a lot of people struggle with in it, about understanding the reason behind what they're trying to solve. It's always better...
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    Schools Senior in high school and science geek who isn't a math whiz College advice?

    Practice makes perfect, eh? Due to me being weak-minded I'd often get so discouraged with a subject I wasn't good in [cough, Algebra I and II], that I'd lack studying motivation. Not exactly the brightest tactic of dealing with your problems. However I did get tutoring. It's cliche because...
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    Testing Do colleges look at how many times you take the SAT?

    I haven't heard of many colleges that don't superscore these days-- I'm pretty sure even the Ivies do. Pretty unrelated to your question but I'd also recommend taking the ACT when the time comes as well as the SAT if you happen to do better on it-- some people test better on one than the other.
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    Schools Senior in high school and science geek who isn't a math whiz College advice?

    That is true... I've found out that laziness ruins potential, it's just so difficult to get out of that pattern of procrastination you've slipped into for years. As long as I feel determined enough, I think I can pull through, it'll just be tough like you said. Hahaha, everyone I know gets me...
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    Schools Senior in high school and science geek who isn't a math whiz College advice?

    I'm warning you, this might be a long read. I'm a senior in high school, and I've had a history of occasionally being subpar in math, but I've always been a bit of a scientific thinker and am fascinated by space. The majors I'm primarily interested in fall into Biology, Physics...
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