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Taking a Calc 2 course at uni and have been depressed since getting our midterms back last Wed. Had studied everything inside and out and ended up missing an A (got an A-/B+), due to very, very silly mistakes (of the arithmetic sort sometimes). This has been a problem that's plagued me all...

Yeah. Just realizing that now, micromass. Thanks very much. I'll take a look at overleaf as well. That sounds like a great recommendation too! Appreciate all the help and look forward to learning to type documents in LaTeX! I currently use Microsoft Word and it's unbearable at times!

Too many recommendations, micromass! Shouldn't I just start with LaTeX? :biggrin: Or, do I need to run LaTeX in some other program? I just searched and found this: http://latex-project.org/ I guess I'll have to explore a bit, but from reading this thread I'm convinced it will be useful...

Alright, I'm convinced...where do I download Latex to use? ?:) Hopefully, it's not too hard to learn. I actually want to learn it by Spring 2016 semester, so I can start turning in homework using it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-universities-still-at-top-in-scientific-innovation-but-asia-is-catching-up/2015/09/21/cc09a2d8-5d56-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html The United States is still occupies the top spots for scientific innovation in universities, but Asia...

My trig. is so-so (I honestly hated it) and just curious how much it's used and needed in other maths? Thanks.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-think-your-401k-is-a-scam-2015-8 I ran across this article, which calls them scams. Anything about them we should be worried about?

I'm currently undecided on a major (having taken math, computer programming & science, and sociology courses heavily the past year), but would LaTex be useful to non-STEM fields or general everyday life? I've wondered also if I should take it up. Thanks.

What do you guys think of schools like ITT Tech that offer technical job skills, but aren't the traditional 4-year college comprehensive education type things?

http://www.businessinsider.com/profile-of-corinthian-student-michael-adorno-2015-4 Saw this today. :confused:

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/black-girls-stand-a-better-chance-in-stem/383094/ This was from last month, but still an interesting read.

Thanks guys. I was wondering in terms of those who do make it to full-time professors, would the distinguishing criteria for them need to be some kind of publication(s) in academic journals like it often is for regular four-year college/university institutions? I wouldn't mind teaching at a...

I'm wondering what the minimum educational attainment is for teaching at a community college (particularly in a STEM field)? And is there such a thing as "tenure" at a community college that is equivalent to tenure at a "regular" university? Lastly, is it easy to procure a teaching position at...

done :)

I was wondering if PF has an option for changing our screen name? Thanks! :smile: