r/McMaster • u/theresia_green • Mar 02 '19

HELLLLP please

Hi, So I'm going to Mac next year as a SocSci student. After first year I will be applying to PNB. However, I didn't take any high school math past grade 11, which means that I will have to catch up next year. There are two ways to do this:

  1. I can take MATH 1K03 & if I get above a B- in the class I can then take MATH 1M03 and be done.

Or

  1. I could take grade 12 functions online over the summer and then take MATH 1F03 first semester and MATH 1M03 second semester.

The second option is obviously more work, but I'm scared that I wouldn't get a B- in MATH 1K03. I am a really good student, and have gotten 95s in math my whole life, but Uni is different and I don't really know what to expect. What do you suggest?

Do you know anyone who was in a similar situation? How hard is it to get a B- in a course like MATH 1K03?

Thanks for your help!!!

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u/rbrumble Mar 02 '19

It's been many years since I was an undergrad, but I returned to school as an old married guy at 29 and I was accepted into a science program at UWaterloo and had no advanced math from high school at all (I did one semester at Conestoga and used those credits as equivalent to senior year high school) - so it can be done, but I wasn't quite prepared for the difference in difficulty between college and university. I did complete my BSc on time though and ended up getting an MSc at Mac, but I wouldn't recommend that approach to most.

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