I'm arrogant. I have quite a bit of pride. In fact, I'm a guy that people would probably not want to hang out with. Of course, I usually hide this arrogant side and try to act as humble as possible. This doesn't always work out, of course, so I end up having to create new personalities to try and fit multiple different norms. Anyway, that's not what I was trying to go for. I'm trying to say that I was definitely underestimating the challenges of Calculus III.
After experiencing two years of Calculus without really learning too much, I was definitely overconfident going into Calc 3. I mean, I had cool teachers: Mr. Hess was a very "chill" teacher and I did enjoy how cool he was, but I never managed to learn much in that class; Mr. Whitney was... also very interesting, but I never really felt like I was truly learning in that class either. In fact, the only two times I felt I was learning math in the past few years has been in Linear Algebra and AP Statistics. Those were taught by very good teachers and I really enjoyed them. In fact, some of that wisdom from Linear Algebra, namely eigenvalues and matrix math, has come into use in my Engineering Computational Methods class, where we basically work with MatLab and C++. Anyway, I never really liked 3D math, even when I was learning in Algebra 2, it just didn't work well with my brain. Now that everything is the R^3, I'm just a mess. I'm definitely going to have to make use of office hours, teaching assistants, tutors, and everything possible.
Another humbling experience has been seeing how incredible all these people are at USC. I knew that I was kinda lucky to get it and to get a scholarship for 1/4 of the tuition, but much of my suite and a few people I've met through clubs have actually gotten here on much greater scholarships! I've met 2 people who are here on full rides! It's just a really humbling experience seeing how amazing people who come here are. I'm looking forward to learning more and getting to know all these smart people better, though. Geez! So awesome!
-Sam Rho
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