Personally, I skipped taking Linear Algebra in college, because I assumed it was basically 'Algebra II' and intended for people who weren't taking math-intensiv

Personally, I skipped taking Linear Algebra in college, because I assumed it was basically 'Algebra II' and intended for people who weren't taking math-intensive tracks, like liberal arts majors. Although thankfully in my 3D graphics programming class we spent some time on Linear Algebra, so I got my misconception cleared and saw how it was useful (even though it looked like Voodoo magic to me how it worked for most of that class). So yeah, maybe I'm just an outlier, but part of it may be a naming issue also. "I already took Algebra way back in 8th grade and it was a breeze! I don't need to take another Algebra class!"