Will taking remedial math courses hurt my chances?

[Near]

I'm not very good at retaining math. Took the placement tests, and scored into elementary Algebra. I'm signed up for the course starting this fall.

Will Adcoms look unfavorably upon me for having taken remedial courses, even if I get solid grades in them?

This is at a community college, if any of you are wondering. Hopefully the fact that I'm 16 and a college freshmen will balance this out...?

Will be replying to comments. 🙂

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[Atticus]

Absolutely not. Everyone starts somewhere, whether it is remedial math or calculus. Just do your best in the class and that will be good enough.

 

[Near]

...Bump

 

[sugarsting]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that if you do well in those classes. In fact I think it reflects positively on you that maybe you're not the best at math, but you took the necessary steps to get better...versus people who get C's in college algebra because they were too lazy/stubborn to take the remedial class first.

Also a word of warning, some DS don't accept prereqs from CC, so when you get to Chem/Bio/Calc? whatever it is, check with the schools you plan to apply to.

Also, props for being 16 and in college! 👍

 

[Vicviper]

Don't stress! You're on the right road for you. I used to tutor Remedial Math at my Community College and I can tell you that the people who did the worst in College Algebra were the ones who skipped the remedial algebra when they actually needed it. Remedial Algebra II can be one of the hardest math classes in college if you don't have a good foundation, so be sure to do your best in Algebra I, and you'll have a much better chance of rocking Algebra II, and then you'll do awesome in the higher level math classes. Compared to Algebra II, College Algebra, Stats, Trig, and Calc really aren't that hard as long as you've got the good Algebra foundation.

As far as some schools not taking CC credit, it's true, some don't, but it seems like most due. I know of one or two schools that are really strict on enforcing that, like Tufts, but many of the schools that say they don't take CC credit are more than willing to let that slide. As Sting said, do your research, and if there's a particular school you have your heart set on, and they really don't take any CC credit, it may be a better bet to wait. Otherwise, if you don't take atleast some bio and Gchem before you transfer, you'll be way behiend. Take it from someone who did all of his pre-reqs at his CC, it's really not a big deal as long as you can prove yourself in your upper division sciences once you transfer.

You're 16 and in college, you're already doing awesome, keep up the good work! Are you going to a CA community college byhaps?

 

[sixkiller]

Yup, everybody has to start somewhere.

Also, in reality, it doesn't matter if you take pre-reqs at a CC.

The only hard ass in that regard is Tufts. Schools SAY a lot of things....probably to stroke their own egos, who knows.

In most cases, if you crush the DAT, it won't matter where those prereqs were taken.

 

[Near]

Don't stress! You're on the right road for you. I used to tutor Remedial Math at my Community College and I can tell you that the people who did the worst in College Algebra were the ones who skipped the remedial algebra when they actually needed it. Remedial Algebra II can be one of the hardest math classes in college if you don't have a good foundation, so be sure to do your best in Algebra I, and you'll have a much better chance of rocking Algebra II, and then you'll do awesome in the higher level math classes. Compared to Algebra II, College Algebra, Stats, Trig, and Calc really aren't that hard as long as you've got the good Algebra foundation.

As far as some schools not taking CC credit, it's true, some don't, but it seems like most due. I know of one or two schools that are really strict on enforcing that, like Tufts, but many of the schools that say they don't take CC credit are more than willing to let that slide. As Sting said, do your research, and if there's a particular school you have your heart set on, and they really don't take any CC credit, it may be a better bet to wait. Otherwise, if you don't take atleast some bio and Gchem before you transfer, you'll be way behiend. Take it from someone who did all of his pre-reqs at his CC, it's really not a big deal as long as you can prove yourself in your upper division sciences once you transfer.

You're 16 and in college, you're already doing awesome, keep up the good work! Are you going to a CA community college byhaps?

No, I'm going to one in Florida. About credits not transferring at university level, there's a law in my state that requires public colleges to accept all credits for transfer students, if you transfer with the associates. For dental school level, UF and Nova doesn't seem to have a problem with it. 🙂

Thanks so much guys, I really appreciate it!

 

[Vicviper]

No, I'm going to one in Florida. About credits not transferring, there's a law in my state that requires public colleges to accept all credits for transfer students, if you transfer with the associates. 🙂

Thanks so much guys, I really appreciate it!

Very nice, CA has a similar program, not a law, but most all schools follow it, called IGETC.