Does not taking a serious math course hurt?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a sophomore in college and I've taken courses in accounting, economics, philosophy, psychology, computers, history, english (my major), theatre, music and I'm even taking one in sociology and one in foreign language (french) next semester. however, the only math course I've taken in college so far was the one I'm taking this semester, College Math 101, a basic math course which deals with patterns, logic, linear systems, etc.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm not a math person. I took Pre-Calc during my senior year of HS and passed with a C+, my lowest grade during my senior year and it dropped my GPA to a 3.6 out of 4.5 that year. And if I took a challenging math course this year, I'd jeopardize my GPA and hence my chances of getting into the competitive schools I've applied to</p>

<p>What will not taking a serious math course do to me as a transfer applicant? Especially to schools like Notre Dame that have a requirement of 2 math courses in either Calc I and/or II or Algebra-Based Statistics or Finite Math?</p>

<p>If accepted would I have to take a higher level math course at the school I got into if they have a math general education requirement that my easy math class doesn't fulfill?</p>

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<p>colleges will always look favorably on a rigorous schedule, especially a rigorous maths class.</p>

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<p>“If accepted would I have to take a higher level math course at the school I got into if they have a math general education requirement that my easy math class doesn’t fulfill?”</p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>You need to carefully read the catalogues of the institutions you are planning to apply to. What are the general graduation requirements? What are the requirements for your major? Talk to the transfer admissions counselors about your specific concern about the transferability of this math course. If it doesn’t meet their graduation requirements, you will need to plan to take more math once you are admitted.</p>