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Okay, so I have a problem and I haven't really been able to get any non-biased advice, even from my advisor. I am currently a 5th year senior at a university, and I'm graduating in May (planning on attending vet school in the fall of 2016). I'm taking 16 hours of mostly upper level biology and zoology classes, and I'm also taking calculus. Calculus is not a part of my degree plan, so I don't need it to graduate. I took precalc last semester and made an A without really learning much, I tried but still got 60s-70s on most of the exams. The whole class did really bad so he ended up curving so much that I got an A. Anyways, I'm taking calculus this semester and I don't know whether I should stay in it or not. The only reason I am taking it is because it is required as a prerequisite for vet school at UF. The problem is, I'm not sure whether I have much of a chance at UF anyways because I'm out of state and my stats are below average. I've already gotten accepted into one vet school that I really like, and I applied to 4 others, so I know I'm going to go to school somewhere... But idk what to do about this class. I've put in a ton of time trying to learn it all, and still miserably failed the first test.
If I drop the class, and find out that I get in to UF (and decide to go there since it's always been my top choice) I will be stuck trying to take calculus over the summer somewhere next year after I graduate. But, if I don't drop it and don't get in, I will have taken it for no reason and sacrificed better grades in my other classes just trying to stay at a C average in calculus (pretty much shooting my GPA). It's a gamble, and I really don't know what to do.. I'm not good at math, and everyone in my class are freshman engineering majors and doing way better than I am. I feel like an idiot for not understanding. But the ultimate issue is that I can't decide whether I should drop or not. What would you do?
Please help! Thank you!
If I drop the class, and find out that I get in to UF (and decide to go there since it's always been my top choice) I will be stuck trying to take calculus over the summer somewhere next year after I graduate. But, if I don't drop it and don't get in, I will have taken it for no reason and sacrificed better grades in my other classes just trying to stay at a C average in calculus (pretty much shooting my GPA). It's a gamble, and I really don't know what to do.. I'm not good at math, and everyone in my class are freshman engineering majors and doing way better than I am. I feel like an idiot for not understanding. But the ultimate issue is that I can't decide whether I should drop or not. What would you do?
Please help! Thank you!