I was lacking in math background going into college, though it wasn't the fault of my schooling. I just wasn't ready for it yet. I struggled with algebra, whi

I was lacking in math background going into college, though it wasn't the fault of my schooling. I just wasn't ready for it yet. I struggled with algebra, which may or may not have been teacher related. I hadn't taken trig at all, and I ended up taking calculus my first semester in college. I didn't quite fail, but came pretty close. I took until late in my sophomore year before things started to click for me. I can't point to any one specific thing that did it, other than I had matured a bit and my brain was now ready to learn the more difficult subjects. I went from C's and D's to mostly A's and a few B's and double majored in Computer and Electrical Engineering with a Math minor of all things. I don't think everyone is ready for college the minute they graduate from high-school. I suspect if I had taken a couple years off and did some blue collar work for a while before heading off to college, I would have done better and gotten even more out of it than I did. Now I never switched majors, but the thought did cross my mind those first two years. I wonder if slightly delayed college entry would be helpful to others.