She wants to study psychology so she has opted for biology and psychology in grade 11 and 12. Taking up Math along with this combination is not an option in the cureent school system.
I belived that she could make up for missing requirements in college, but now I see that all universities mandate 3 years of Math. So am concerned about her chances. I am hoping to find an online course that will make up for this. The best case of course would be that the math courses are sufficient to fulfill the University requirements
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Her college application will be reviewed alongside those from your region and the vast majority will likely have taken four years of math…at least three. As a student from India, she needs to have what the colleges expect her to have…not what you hope they will allow.
She can study psychology in college without taking the courses she chose….but she won’t even get that chance without taking a third year of math at most colleges.
My opinion…She needs to drop high school psychology and take a math course. Really…she needs the math course far more than she needs the psychology course, in my opinion.
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I agree with this. For US universities, they want to see the core courses covered. Math, Science, English, History, and Foreign Language. Psychology is considered an elective.
I realize the system is different in India, but if you are wanting your D to study in the US, she needs math. IMO, it would be different if math wasn’t offered at her school but that isn’t the case.
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Thank you for your insights. But changing a course is not an option in the Indian school system. So I would like to know if she can pursue an online Math course like pre calculus offered by the University of Arizona to make up for the lack of 3 years of Math.
I think a third year of math would be a positive.
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Thanks for remembering me @thumper1 !
The place this student should start is https://educationusa.state.gov/ There are scads of US citizens in India who want to come back to the US for their university-level education. If the team at the EducationUSA advising center closest to this student haven’t worked with a US citizen lately, they certainly have colleagues in other locations who have.
As mentioned above, colleges and universities in the US are familiar with secondary transcripts from India, and absolutely do know what to do with GCSEs. Provided the student completes a normal GCSE program, admission somewhere here will not be a problem at all. Heck, plenty of places will admit with just O levels.
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Thanks a lot for pointing me in the right direction. I will check it out. Thanks again everyone for all the inputs.
Thanks @happymomof1. Through educationUSA I was able to contact quiet a few Universities and all of them mnetioned that international students are evaluated based on the coursework done by them and the four year math requirement is not mandatory as long as they have competed the required Math course work. Putting this in so that it help anyone else who had a similar query.
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That’s great to know. Thanks for the update!
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