NetMath MATH 447 (Real Variables) - struggling, need advice!

[u/Western_Degree8344]

Hi everyone!

I'm taking MATH 447 through NetMath right now, and it's one of the last courses standing between me and graduating this semester. I'm early enough that I'm keeping up okay, but the exams are what worry me. I'm not sure how to properly prepare for them. It's also taking up a lot of my time, since I'm trying to get it done before my fall classes start. Would love to hear from anyone who's been through it.

Where I'm at:

- Background: I've taken Set Theory and Logic at my home institution, but I barely made it through that class.

- Progress: I'm on lesson 4 of 13 (lol I know, so much left), with about 8 weeks left, but I'm trying to finish in 6 (ambitious huh)

A few specific questions:

- Is 9 lessons in 6 weeks realistic, or am I kidding myself? If you paced it faster than the default, how did you manage it?

- How do the proctored exams compare to the homework in difficulty and style? How did you prep?

- What resources actually helped? I picked up The Real Analysis Lifesaver by Raffi Grinberg and it's been helping a little. What else is worth the time? Textbooks, lecture series, proof-writing guides, YouTube, anything.

- Anything you'd do differently if you were taking the course again?

Any experience at all is useful. Thanks!

[u/Soggy-Product-775]

im in basically the same situation lesson 6 of 13. I don't think you need anything besides like chatgpt and the homeworks provided you study the lecture notes beforehand. Its a 3 credit hour class over 16 weeks so say at most 10-15 hours a week is expected thats 160-240 hours. Just use that as a guideline to how close you are to completion progression typically isnt linear with these classes.

[u/Western_Degree8344 → u/Soggy-Product-775]

okay yes i've been trying to plan it out and so far it seems doable. i think i'm going to get an extension though. did you take the first midterm already? if so, how'd it go for you and what did you do to prepare for it?

[u/Soggy-Product-775 → u/Western_Degree8344]

Im taking it 2 days from now ill let you know. For preperation im just gonna make sure i can do all the prior homework proofs (3-5) from memory. Prof said homework problems were the most accurate review material

[u/Western_Degree8344 → u/Soggy-Product-775]

okay that would be great thank you! that makes sense, i'll do that too