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Hi,
I am entering my 4th semester at the University of Connecticut and I am currently pursuing a B.S. in biological sciences. The University of Connecticut requires Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 for their B.S. degree in biological sciences and just one math class for B.A. (physics pre-req is pre-calculus, so pre-calculus is required).
In my 1st semester in school, I took pre-calculus and I ended up dropping the course with a W on my transcript. I took the course again over the summer, but only managed to get a C. I feel like I have reached a crossroad. Math has always been the toughest subject for me and I hope that it won't block my path to medical school, it's brought my gpa down from a 3.63 to a 3.52. This semester I have signed up for Calculus 1 and I have a feeling that I won't do very good, based on my previous math grades. I know only a handful of schools require Calculus 1 and 2, but I am not sure if pre-calc fulfills my math requirement for most medical schools. I read somewhere that statistics can fulfill the math requirement, so I might take that instead of Calculus 1 and 2. My question is what should I do? I have come up with some scenarios:
A) Switch to a B.A. major in biology and re-take pre-calculus again and be done with math (UCONN will erase the original grade, in my case, a C and replace it with the higher grade, but the W will still be there) but still do all the other B.S. requirements.
B) Keep the B.S. degree and follow through with Calc 1 and Calc 2
C) Switch to a B.A., re-take pre-calculus, and take statistics.
Respectfully,
Redsox07
I am entering my 4th semester at the University of Connecticut and I am currently pursuing a B.S. in biological sciences. The University of Connecticut requires Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 for their B.S. degree in biological sciences and just one math class for B.A. (physics pre-req is pre-calculus, so pre-calculus is required).
In my 1st semester in school, I took pre-calculus and I ended up dropping the course with a W on my transcript. I took the course again over the summer, but only managed to get a C. I feel like I have reached a crossroad. Math has always been the toughest subject for me and I hope that it won't block my path to medical school, it's brought my gpa down from a 3.63 to a 3.52. This semester I have signed up for Calculus 1 and I have a feeling that I won't do very good, based on my previous math grades. I know only a handful of schools require Calculus 1 and 2, but I am not sure if pre-calc fulfills my math requirement for most medical schools. I read somewhere that statistics can fulfill the math requirement, so I might take that instead of Calculus 1 and 2. My question is what should I do? I have come up with some scenarios:
A) Switch to a B.A. major in biology and re-take pre-calculus again and be done with math (UCONN will erase the original grade, in my case, a C and replace it with the higher grade, but the W will still be there) but still do all the other B.S. requirements.
B) Keep the B.S. degree and follow through with Calc 1 and Calc 2
C) Switch to a B.A., re-take pre-calculus, and take statistics.
Respectfully,
Redsox07