Help me Decide! Question Regarding Transfer Admission Requirement (Cornell SHA Hotel School)

Hey guys!

I’m a prospective transfer applicant to Cornell’s SHA Hotel School and plan on applying either for Spring of 2021 or Fall of 2022. I’m currently a Freshman at Fordham University, majoring in Digital Technology and Emerging Media. While waiting for them to respond to my e-mail, I figured I might as well post one of my questions here.

The External Transfer Applicant Website, specifically in the Admission Requirement, states Math or quantitative courses, including a minimum of pre-calculus taken in either high school or college.

My question is, do you think a college-level Finite Mathematics will fulfill the minimum pre-calculus requirement? Or would a course like Applied Calculus be preferable? I am asking because I had not taken pre-calculus or calculus-related courses in High School and instead took the Statistics route.

I also still have the option to pick between Finite/ Applied Calculus 1 since I plan on taking these courses in the summer-- to fulfill Fordham’s Mathematics Reasoning core requirement. **Pre-Calculus is also an option, but it won’t fulfill the core req since it’s a course designed to help students enter a higher Calculus course-- which is why Applied Calculus and Finite are my two preferable options.

Please help me decide because I’m not sure how worth it this is.

  1. I don’t want to pay for a course (Pre-Calc) just for the sake of Transferring because it is gambling and a waste of money and time.
  2. I am not a maths person, so the idea of Applied Calculus scares me.
  3. I’m leaning towards Finite since it is more practical for my interest (hospitality/media). But afraid that it won’t cut the admission requirement of Pre-Calc for Cornell.

Please let me know what you think! Thanks!

sorry- I meant to write, Spring of 2022 or Fall of 2022.

Applying for Spring would be during my Freshman year in October and applying for Fall for 2022 would be during my Sophomore year in March.

Thank You in advance!