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Deciding Math Major: Should I Take Linear Algebra Course?
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[QUOTE="fresh_42, post: 6007017, member: 572553"] I agree with what [USER=147785]@Mark44[/USER] has said. The description of what should be an optimization problem is quite confusing. A decision tree of possible ways could help here. You write down all possible ways starting at "take linear algebra this summer" and continue with all successive decisions which will have to be made and where it will lead you. Then you can equip every vertex with a probability and calculate the cumulative probability of each path through the tree. This would be an economic approach to the problem. There are still assumptions to be made about your personal risk aversion to finally find the optimal path. However, I've experienced, that those trees often yield results which might be optimal in some sense, but not necessarily pleasant, which brings you back to what you really like and what not. Curiosity and interest are in my opinion by far more important than grades, will say, grades should automatically improve if you deal with subjects you're interested in and the other way around. Also, you haven't mentioned your general goals, except that you don't like legal science. It's hard to tell from outside. There are so many factors which rule in, that it is almost impossible. A counselor or mentor at school will probably be the better address. A drop-out is always a restart, too, and there is no guarantee that things will change to the better, even if it short-term might look like it. The same old ghosts will usually still accompany you. This means it's better to confront the causes than to deal with the effects. But the causes cannot be tackled on the internet. [/QUOTE]
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