Short answer: no. Long answer: I started programming when I was 13. I used to barely pass my maths exams. In 11th grade, we got to some basic Combinatorics, Co

Short answer: no. Long answer: I started programming when I was 13. I used to barely pass my maths exams. In 11th grade, we got to some basic Combinatorics, Complex Numbers, Coordinate Geometry and Advanced Algebra. Strangely enough, I got better at maths because I found these topics were relevant to programming and CompSci. In grade 12 we got to Calculus. I couldn't figure out how it was relevant to what I was doing in my free time, and I limped along once more. Don't worry. After you start programming, you'll come to like maths, if not love it. I have Discrete Maths in my next semester at college (the course is actually called Fundamentals of Computer Science) and I can't wait for this semester to end. I had calculus last semester, and I think I might fail (the results are not out yet).