Feeling a little bit down about college...? Do I have a chance??!?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I currently have a 3.0 at a community college in FL. that I am in, but I want to go to the University of Minnesota that requires a minimum of a 2.5 gpa for transfer. I have a 3.0, but the down fall of it is that I am in a remedial math class :( I can't do math at all. I'm applying to the Liberal Arts dept. for U of M, but would this still look bad and my record weak compared to other candidates?</p>

<p>Environmental Science- A
U.S History- C
Intro. to Busi- B
Pre-Alg- I dropped because of an emergency with my family, I am now retaking it.
Intro to Theatre- I took this and it transferred from HS to a college credit.</p>

<p>Now I am taking
US Gov't
ENC 1101
Speech
pre-alg..
I'm doing really well this semester...plus I'm taking two courses in the summer (may possibly be 3, then i'll apply to the U of M).</p>

<p>Do you think I have a chance? Would I be looked down upon because I have a prep math class and I dropped it last semester because of a family emergency (but retaking it now!)?
What can I do to make myself a better candidate? (Internship? Volunteering?, etc) Do they really care about extracurricular activities and would that make up for my prep class?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you can, explain in an essay about the math. There’s really no harm in applying to the school. Since you’re applying for Liberal Arts (I’m assuming in a humanities program like English or Political Science), the math won’t hurt you as much as if you were applying for say, engineering or business.</p>

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<p>So far I have straight A’s! I’m just worried that they’ll reject me as a transfer student, because I have been placed in a Math remedial class :frowning:
Do you think that’s possible? I did check, and they offer the remedial classes =/ I should be out of the two math classes, by time i apply to the U of M</p>

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<p>If you have worked your way up to regular college level math by the time you apply to transfer, you should be fine. Sit down with the transfer counselor at your community college, and find out how many levels of math you need to take to get there.</p>