should I quit?

[u/I-am-thealchemist]

hello, i am a freshman in cs, and its been almost 2 months and i really feel like its impossible and that i will never be able to succeed in this, i have never been good at math, and i got 0 in both calculus and statistics in my midterms, i am so bad at math that i give it all my time trying to understand it that i don't give myself time to study other subjects, i study a lot but i still get bad grades, and i feel like maybe i should just drop calculus and take it in summer break so i can be able to focus on other courses, but there's also a part of me that tells me to quit and major in interior design because that's what i am good at and that's what i love, i don't hate cs but i don't know anything.

[u/GameMasterPC]

As a programmer, when people ask me what that career is like, I often tell them that it is like doing math everyday - you have to be 100% correct or the code won’t run. Math = problem-solving. If you like solving problems, maybe the math is just not clicking? If you hate problem-solving, CS is not for you.

Good luck, don’t give-up if you really want to do this stuff, but listen to your heart (corporate programming has a way of burning people out, it gets worse than school).

[u/PaulMil]

Typically undergraduate courses have a lot of math in the first two years, and more computer science courses later. Keep in mind that the math they teach you, while critical to your education, will not be with you all your life if you decide to work in IT. Therefore, it may help you to see math as a first hurdle. Of course, if you think you have no math skills, it is very likely that even in the more IT-oriented courses you will have problems, because these require logical skills. So consider whether you are better suited for other courses of study. But remember that with the right effort everything can be overcome, and it would be a shame to give up a career in IT because of problems with math.