What's the highest level of math you've taken?

[Outlaw1]

In high school I never really had any problems with math. Typically I would sleep through the class and I didn't ever do my homework. I'd ace all the tests, so the teachers didn't bother me too much. After Algebra and Geometry I didn't care to take any other math courses because I couldn't find a use for them.

I've never really met anyone that completed Calculus and had any real world use for it.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

You might be a Redneck if the highest level of math you completed was counting your pinky toe!!

[Tim K]

Got a math minor while getting my engineering degree. Didn't want to, but just meeting the minimum requirements forced me to.

I read an interesting book a while back called "100 math concepts you need to know", or something like that. Pretty dorky, but the author made a very interesting observation about the amount of math a person has affecting overall success in life. Apparently, good math skills translate into good analysis of some of life's decisions, and in the long run predict a higher standard of living. I think Calc I is the practical limit of usefulness and all the rest has little added benefit.

[d_striker]

Got a math minor while getting my engineering degree. Didn't want to, but just meeting the minimum requirements forced me to.

I read an interesting book a while back called "100 math concepts you need to know", or something like that. Pretty dorky, but the author made a very interesting observation about the amount of math a person has affecting overall success in life. Apparently, good math skills translate into good analysis of some of life's decisions, and in the long run predict a higher standard of living. I think Calc I is the practical limit of usefulness and all the rest has little added benefit.

Agreed.

Making your brain perform math equations "trains" it to solve problems algorithmically which is vital to most any profession you go into.

[BPTactical]

Something about this thread just doesn't add up............

When I worked on a survey crew we got into some interesting math, closing polygons and such. Confused the bejesus outta me for a while but just about the time the "cross training" assignment ran out I started to get it.

Want to confuse the hell out of somebody? Hand them a calculator set up for Reverse Polish Notation

[Irving]

I changed majors in college because I struggled with whatever calculus class I had to take. I actually switched Economics, which is all math classes, but did better and was glad for the change. I really wish I was better at math. I'm the guy who can't do algebra, but got A's in statistics. Statistics was actually the only math class I ever got an A in.

[Tim K]

Want to confuse the hell out of somebody? Hand them a calculator set up for Reverse Polish Notation

Or hand me a traditional calculator. I've been using the same HP with RPN since 1985. Damned if I can run a normal calculator without breaking out in a sweat.

[ShooterJM]

I've never really met anyone that completed Calculus and had any real world use for it.

Can't speak for other industries, but you need calculus for finance. Especially hedging and pricing derivatives.

[Ah Pook]

I changed majors in college because I struggled with whatever calculus class I had to take. I actually switched Economics, which is all math classes, but did better and was glad for the change. I really wish I was better at math. I'm the guy who can't do algebra, but got A's in statistics. Statistics was actually the only math class I ever got an A in.

Same here. Statistics made sense and had a point. Never could get my head around algebra.

Never could do fractions either, until I started taking drafting classes.

[al_g]

If it makes you feel better, one of my degrees is in math, and Calc II still holds a special place in my heart as a "most hated" class.

Calc II is the highest math I took and by far it is my most hated. I even went so far as to burn the book once I passed the class

Calc II also convinced me to switch my major from Computer Science to Computer Information Systems. I get a laugh out of looking at my transcripts and seeing Calc II listed as an elective

In my day to day job dealing with Enterprise IT Security I use some algebra type concepts but that is as advanced as it gets.