How to Prepare for Grad School with no Math Knowledge?

Hello all,

I have been accepted (and accepted my offer) to a prestigious MPP programme in California beginning in fall this year with an incredible scholarship.

I am a political anthropologist by academic trade, and so I’m functioning academically in an entirley qualitative framework.

Thus, I’m incredibly concerd about the quantitative aspects of the course.

Could someone please tell me exactly what maths and statistics knowledge I need to pertain prior to the beginning of the course? I know I will need tutors in the summer/summer school and to soend everyday studying prior, which i am prepared to do. I just do not know which areas to realistically focus on.

I want to know:

– How I can prepare for the course in the summer time-frame?

– Does anyone have any similar experiences they want to share?

– Any generla or related advice?

For context- I’m Scottish and we only are required to take Math up until 10th grade and no math in university unless it’s a directly math-based course, and so i only pertain that level of math knowledge.

After investigating course rubrics it seems that I need a baseline knowledge of Alegrba and Calcus? Is there anythin else? Currently where I’m at, I don’t even know what calculus and algebra are (yes, it’s that bad).

I’m going to kindly ask that no one belittles or insults me over my mathematics background, I only want helpful and constructive advice. The fact I’m missing so much knowledge and so little time to prepare is already making me feel like my hair’s going to full out.

Any advice would be incredibly helpful, I would owe you greatly.