First off I would like to thank those of you who are serving (or have served) our great nation. As an intro, I am just about to start my senior year of college, I am USMC OCS complete and am commissioning in May. My question pertains to academic preparation for flight school. I do not have a strong math background (religion major focus in Biblical studies), and have never flown a plane. My school offers an aviation program, and I was wondering would it be more beneficial to sign up for math classes or for aviation classes as electives? Thank you for any insight.
If there are any lurkers out there who are thinking about making a first post or asking a "stupid" question, this is how to do it. Who he is and what he wants in a clear manner. You can copy that format into every ratio call that you will ever make in the cockpit.
Well done. Your first rep has been delivered.
To pile on to the answer that you have already gotten, don't worry about the math. I hate math to no end and struggled through the required calculus courses in college. No math that you will ever need to do in the cockpit is that hard. You need to be able to add, subtract, do basic division and multiplication, and you will always have a knee board to scratch it out on if you need to.
If you want to do an aviation course early to break your cherry, then go for it. It's not going to hurt you as long as you know that the Navy is going to teach you how to fly THEIR way, and we don't give a damn about what your civil instructors told you. Above all else, enjoy.
