Some people may argue that my classes were probably easy. Well, the difficulty is in the mind of the observer. In the spring 2015 semester, I was permitted to take three graduate courses as a matriculated second-year (undergraduate) student. Here’s a quick look at my course load for the spring 2015 semester:

My elective courses were ACCT 101: Introduction to the theory and Practice of Accounting I (three credit units), ACCT 261: Business Law I (three credit units) and ASTR 1: General Astronomy (three credit units). I was given an additional credit as a member of a varsity team sport.

My required (applied mathematics track) economics course in that semester was ECON 202: Price Theory (three credit units).

My required undergraduate mathematics courses were MATH 202: Advanced Calculus (three credit units), MATH 223: Differential Equations with Numerical Methods I (three credit units) and MATH 231: Linear Algebra I (three credit units).

On top of that, my three required graduate mathematics courses were MATH 505: Mathematical Problem Solving (three credit units), MATH 618: Foundation of Geometry (three credit units) and MATH 619: Number Theory (three credit units).

Though I was very fortunate to make it out of the tumultuous semester with a 3.0 GPA and a degree in hand, I was able to walk away with three lessons I learned from the experience:

Eli Joseph

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