Mathematics
I used to wonder how people in investment banking could work 100+ hrs a week. I think I kinda understand now.
Recently, my schedule has readjusted to include a disproportionally amount of time for mathematics. When I was J1, I grew tired of maths and maths olympiads and all that shit, and I swore that I would never major in mathematics in uni.
However, after coming to Chicago, I fell in love with the mathematics they were teaching. For the past 3 days [ note friday, saturday and sunday ] , I had been having 4 hours sleep per night just trying to finish my mathematics homework (I didn't really manage to finish it and left out 30% undone when I handed in today). Don't even start about social life. Amazingly, however, I am rather enjoying myself. I get an adrenaline rush each time I finish a mathematics problem which would spur me on to the next question. This sort of things does not happen for my humanities class on Greek, thought and literature. In fact, the opposite happens. Every chapter of the Iliad I finish reading, the more my body feels like sleeping. I guess the state of my mathematics class can be summed up by what someone commented to me, "In this class, you have to be active and talk with people otherwise it's difficult to make friends. You know, mathematicians...."
In fact, now thinking back about the past 3 days, I believe that my passion in mathematics has been ignited, that even though I know that learning so deep mathematics is kinda useless in the things I plan to do in future, it just feels fun and interesting to learn new things, things which I never knew existed. To be a bit cliche, it's like, the more I learn, the stupider I feel.
So what do I do if I'm interested in Economics and Physics? I do what a lot of other Asians would do, double major. Now, throw in a mathematics. Triple major?
It's not as bad as it might sound. In U of C we have 15 core modules, 12 major modules and 15 electives, which are anything you like. By fitting the different major modules into the electives, it is actually possible to do all 3 majors without taking extra modules, simply because a lot of the modules required for the major requirements overlap.
Recently, my schedule has readjusted to include a disproportionally amount of time for mathematics. When I was J1, I grew tired of maths and maths olympiads and all that shit, and I swore that I would never major in mathematics in uni.
However, after coming to Chicago, I fell in love with the mathematics they were teaching. For the past 3 days [ note friday, saturday and sunday ] , I had been having 4 hours sleep per night just trying to finish my mathematics homework (I didn't really manage to finish it and left out 30% undone when I handed in today). Don't even start about social life. Amazingly, however, I am rather enjoying myself. I get an adrenaline rush each time I finish a mathematics problem which would spur me on to the next question. This sort of things does not happen for my humanities class on Greek, thought and literature. In fact, the opposite happens. Every chapter of the Iliad I finish reading, the more my body feels like sleeping. I guess the state of my mathematics class can be summed up by what someone commented to me, "In this class, you have to be active and talk with people otherwise it's difficult to make friends. You know, mathematicians...."
In fact, now thinking back about the past 3 days, I believe that my passion in mathematics has been ignited, that even though I know that learning so deep mathematics is kinda useless in the things I plan to do in future, it just feels fun and interesting to learn new things, things which I never knew existed. To be a bit cliche, it's like, the more I learn, the stupider I feel.
So what do I do if I'm interested in Economics and Physics? I do what a lot of other Asians would do, double major. Now, throw in a mathematics. Triple major?
It's not as bad as it might sound. In U of C we have 15 core modules, 12 major modules and 15 electives, which are anything you like. By fitting the different major modules into the electives, it is actually possible to do all 3 majors without taking extra modules, simply because a lot of the modules required for the major requirements overlap.
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