<p>Background:
I went to public school 'till high-school, and was accepted into a private upper school which would allow me to drop mathematics after two years.
This was a dream; I dropped the class last year and felt a huge burden being lifted from my shoulders, as I've always despised the class and my being able to drop it was the primary reason that I didn't just go to a public HS. </p>
<p>Present:
I'm in junior year, and just now found out that my target school (Hampshire) has 3 year math requirement. My source was the Princeton review, 2010 edition.
I don't want to take a junior math class next year, but there really doesn't seem like much of a choice.
I'm a B average student, the kind who fails a few tests but writes decent essays, so no college is going to break the rules on my behalf. </p>
<p>Are there any other "chill" liberal arts schools that might accept me with only two years of HS math under my belt? Or am I doomed to take an embarrassing 11th grade mathematics course in my senior year?</p>
<p>Do you realize that you will have to take math in college? I don’t know of any college that doesn’t require a math class as one of its general ed. requirements. The exception is if the student has high school AP Math credits that can be used to satisfy the requirement. </p>
<p>Suck it up and take another math class in high school. Otherwise, you may end up having to take a remedial math class in college in addition to the general ed. math requirement.</p>
<p>regardless of where you apply and what they say they want, the more well-rounded you are, the better chances you have. Or well, unless you’re planning on applying to schools with an emphasis on writing…I DO know people (but only one…possibly two) who got through college without any math, but it’s not something that I’d suggest you try.</p>
<p>I recently met a former Hampshire professor. She told me that the school is very non-traditional (students create their own majors). Are you sure they require 3 years of high school math? You should check with them directly, start a conversation with an admissions officer. There are also other non-traditional colleges out there. One of the Claremont colleges, for example, is similar.</p>
<p>Are you in the US? I don’t think it is possible to graduate from HS anywhere here with only two years of math anymore. I know that it can be possible in some other educational systems.</p>
<p>Since you have such serious issues with math, you should schedule a meeting with the school counselor and school psychologist (or an outside educational psychologist) to get yourself tested for learning disabilities. Maybe you have a dyscalculia type thing going on.</p>