I was the "math kid" at my school. Skipped two grades in math. Took courses at my community college my senior year (Calc III and diff eq) because my high school did not offer it. Got a 36 on the Math section of the ACT.

I just took my first math prelim (MTH 2210) and scored 20 points below the median. I feel like a total idiot. I thought I knew the material pretty well too. I've been getting kind of subpar grades for the career I want to go in (academia?), but now I feel like I am just not good enough to get into the grad schools needed to do that. People have been telling me that I'm overreacting but linear algebra is a foo-foo class compared to some of the insane shit I'd be doing later on.

I'm not sure how to react to this information. I kind of have to major in math (?) because I need to graduate early for financial reasons and my transfer credits from community college make it significantly easier to do so.

What should I do? Got any advice?

Staff here. My supervisor has gaslit me, steamrolled me, and severely undermined my confidence. I can no longer function normally at work or elsewhere. I cannot go on like this.

Has anyone been in a similar situation in this system? My DMs are open. I might not be able to share specifics, I am terrified of retaliation.

Mine has moved a few times this week. I’d love to hear what’s moved yours, if anything has, and whether it’s something we can currently see.

im on the student health insurance as an undergrad. I just got referred for an MRI. I could not find any detail about costs online and mistakenly did not ask the front office lady how that works with the cornell insurance. Anybody who has had an MRI here know? Im going to contact Cornell health but I was also looking for some personal anecdotes.

When the news broke of Jane Doe's civil suit against the university, the fraternity, her sorority, a bar, and the individual fraternity members who are accused of rape and sexual assault, my initial response was that the Greek system should be abolished. Not just fraternities, but sororities, too. Not just at Cornell, but at all institutions.

I still lean toward this point of view, but I am less sure of it now. Partially, this is because I am concerned that my perspective as a white alumnus fails to take into account that of students who are a part of Black fraternities and sororities. I know that I do not know enough about the historically Black and other culturally based historical organizations on campus to feel comfortable waving my hand at all Greek life and saying it must go.

That said, I am wondering whether Cornell and other institutions should investigate another option, which is to end the self-governance of fraternities and sororities. Institutions and the national organizations should agree to cede management responsibilities to universities and colleges. Specifically, I am talking about the placement of RAs or specialized student/graduate live-in coordinators in the houses. The RAs or live-in coordinators would be required to have no relationship with the Greek organizations under their charge.

Universities and colleges are reluctant to take on formal liability for what happens in the houses, which would be the case in such an arrangement, but as the Jane Doe case illustrates at Cornell, that liability already exists.

EDIT: Rather than kneejerk upvotes or downvotes, please contribute opinions.