Math majors: what are you doing now with your degree?
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nothing with my degree.  Dont want to be negative if you are looking toward math but, from experience you have to do more that a BS if you want to go math.  Most people right now want a specialty and just math isnt enough.  If you dont want to teach I would recomend either staying in school for at least masters or doing another major along with math.  It looks good to have math but its tough to get started with just that.  If you want to teach you are golden.  They are hurting bad for math teachers now and you could just about get in anywhere.  I did that for a while but wasnt my cup of tea.
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Apply math to real life.\nI remember when I was in high school and i thought that some of the aspects of math were useless and I would never use it.\nI was wrong, completely wrong.\nI have used ratios to determine how to increase machine production on a elemental scale.\nI use fractions and decimals to determine daily outputs and averages.\nI use percentages in calculating payrolls, have to pay those taxes.\n\nIhe list goes on and on, I use math everyday in one way or another.\n\nJust use daily activities to teach math and I wish my teachers would have taught math that way.
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Applied math,princeton?\nwhere is the question
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I enjoy both too, so i majored in Economics, and just finished my master in finance. Econmics is a social science, but involves a lot of math.
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I have 2 degrees.  One is in the humanities and one is in computers.  I work in the film industry.
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I like math.  Not great at it like SEX, but as long as I can count my fingers and toes...I am alright.\n\nNeed math for your pay, pay raises, payment of bills, etc.  Quite useful in life.
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engineer, at least that's what i'm going to major in next year.  i think it would be the best job becasue there is going to, and is starting to be a shortage of engineers so they'll be in high demand and will get to choose from job offers as to where they want to work.  they also make pretty good money, but i'm not sure how much compared to the other professions.  engineering requires lots and lots of math... including calculus!! yay for engineering!!!\nooh, also, there are several different fields of engineering so that you could pick the field that would best suit your interests, though i'm sure that is true of the other professions.\ntoodles!!!
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There are a lot of people who have mathematics degrees that don't have the job title "mathematician". They work as programmers, systems analysts, etc.\n\nOne job that does have "mathematician" in it is "actuarial mathematician". They are the people who figure out what your car insurance rates should be based on the likelihood of your being in an accident.\n\nThere are also cryptomathematician employed to break codes and cyphers.  The Department of Defense employs a few of those.
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I will help you if I can. I received a BS in Mathematics which included college alebra. Although that was more years than I care to think about, I still remember most of it. If interested, my e-mail address is in my profile.
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Depends on what interests you, but I'll assume you're wondering what majors are most employable after graduation. Based on quite a few years since my own graduation (and given my particular interests and talents), I should have majored in economics or mathematics or geology - if my goal were simply employment.  But in fact I'm happy to have taken anthropology and political science and history and film.\n\nPlease capitalize your sentences in future posts. Thank you.
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I majored in electrical engineering and had the chance to minor in computer science or math.  These minors are easy to get since the engineering degree usually requires so many courses that you only need a couple more classes to complete the minor.
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I would try taking some guided study courses online. Try www.tesc.edu . They have excellent programs and they are regionally accredited which means their college credits will transfer to almost all the other colleges in the country. I would start with basic algebra, then go to geometry, then intermediate algebra, then statistics.
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you will probably have to take some advanced math in your undergraduate work.
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Right now, most majors requiring higher math skills are in great demand.  There is currently a shortage of engineers, accountants (because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, accountants are being recruited directly out of school), computer science people, etc.\n\nUnfortunately, many of these jobs can be outsourced overseas.  I think that if you become a CPA (as opposed to an ordinary accountant), your chances having your job outsourced will be lessened because you will have to travel to the client, who would be US-based in most cases.\n\nManagement Science currently show the most promise.  It's new and it's considered the Next Big Thing.   The January 23, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek made it their cover story.  Check it out.\n\nAnyway, if you're really good at math, there are a number of fields that you can go into.  Just make sure that you look ahead a few years to see where the jobs in that field are going.
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if you really want math then pursue it but if not then it's time for you to shift to another course. a friend of mine used to tell me this saying whenever i'm in the state of dilemma like yours, i'd rather be a failure at something i enjoy than be a success at something i hate... its up to you now to decide
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Hi! I am a high school math teacher, so I can answer some of your question, but not all.  Why? It depends on the state that you live in.  ALL states require a bachelors degree in math education.  This is four years of math classes, general ed classes, and teacher preparation classes.  The math classes you take would be a full calculus sequence (3 or 4 calc classes), linear and abstract algebra, geometry, analysis, and a mix of some others such as math history or number theory (again, depending on the college you go to). Your final semester would be student teaching, where you pay your college tuition, and then you are placed in a junior high or high school classroom to practice teaching. Some states (NY for example) require a masters degree, which is two more years of college.  But you can do that after you have started teaching. I live in Utah, and we only need the four year degree.  Hope this helps!
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Tons. It's an incredibly hard major in college but the possibilities in that field are so diverse and interesting. If you can take the course load and really enjoy lab work, it's an amazing field to get into.