maths, and proofs aren't even given that much importance That doesn't match my experience with college at all. I was admittedly a math major and possibly other

maths, and proofs aren't even given that much importance That doesn't match my experience with college at all. I was admittedly a math major and possibly other departments do it differently, but most math courses I took put a lot of emphasis on proving stuff and proofs, and proving stuff was around 50% of the final exam in most courses.