<p>I got the lowest english possible and my math is algebra 2.... Are there any majors out there that doesn't require me to take english courses? Thanks</p>
<p>Everyone has to take English courses no matter the major. Look at your school's IGETC. It's all there. Some hard science might be an exception since you may not be required to complete the IGETC, but you will eventually have to go through it either way.</p>
<p>Don't major in English, otherwise you'll be taking the same amount of English as everyone else. Math is fairly easy to get better at.</p>
<p>Right now i am only taking 5 units. Will i be able to graduate in 2 years?</p>
<p>5 units for the fall? That's not even part-time, so no, you won't be able to transfer in two years...not even close. I have no idea about graduating though if all you want is your AA.</p>
<p>By the way, are you an international student?</p>
<p>No. I just graduated from a high school. Supposingly i have 12 units but i dropped all the classes...</p>
<p>Supposingly isn't a word. And you can take Winter and Summer sessions to make up the lost units for this semester. You would have to attend full time plus a little more for the rest of your Fall and Spring semesters though.</p>
<p>Getting into a UC is not that easy, if you placed low on your test you can retake them or you can take more classes to catch up. To place low and just take 5 units, how to expect yourselves to transfer in two years?</p>
<p>"Are there any majors out there that doesn't require me to take english courses? "</p>
<p>Maybe if you goto to a tech School. Most majors only require engl 1A and 1C</p>
<p>everyone needs to take english and math so you might as well suck it up and do it.</p>
<p>if you feel like that level of english and math is too easy for you, you just might be able to talk to your counselor to raise you to a level that is a little higher than where you are now... might not work at all CCC's but i know several instances where it happened at PCC</p>
<p>I don't think the classes are too easy for the OP... s/he ended up dropping classes to go from 12 units to 5.</p>
<p>Don't take this the wrong way, but judging by your posts I'd say you probably should start at the English level you were placed at; it'll benefit you in the long run.</p>
<p>And seriously, don't drop classes. You may not like all of them, but you're potentially setting yourself back by just dropping all of your classes. Heck, someone who works 40 hours a week could probably easily take 5 units a semester.</p>
<p>I've pulled a 4.0 with a semi-rigorous 12-unit schedule while working 35+ hours a week. D:</p>
<p>Above poster is right, dropped classes will set you back big time and you should go through the English classes as assigned. You placed in them for a reason: your own benefit.</p>
<p>This sucks. I took 4 years of english in high school for nothing...</p>
<p>I thought that was for a HS diploma?</p>
<p>So i have to waste couple of semesters taking basic english that i already knew from high school?</p>
<p>I'm just saying (as someone above also said) that judging by your posts alone, taking remedial English might benefit you.</p>
<p>If you sincerely feel that you should have placed in college-level English though, then just re-take the placement exams (do schools allow that?). Almost all of the people that I know placed in college-level English, so trust me, the placement system isn't sabotaging you.</p>
<p>A waste? I doubt it; your English probably would be a lot worse without those four years. </p>
<p>Just suck it up and take the classes you need to take college-level English. Like I said, it'll benefit you in the long run. Don't expect a UC, or any four-year university for that matter, to grade high school-level papers lightly - they will scrutinize and scrutinize until they make you cry.</p>
<p>I'd just like to thank the OP for giving me a "new word" to run into the ground.</p>
<p>Supposingly
adjective</p>
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<li><p>Freakish combination of words "Suppose" and "Surprisingly". </p>
<p>Did you hear Matt got rescinded?* Yeah, he was supposingly going to attend UCLA this fall.*</p></li>
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<p>Most colleges let you place into a higher level of english if you passed the preceeding course before. Just show your transcripts to your counselor. If you took the average level of english in high school for four years, then you should place into college level english.</p>
<p>I took 3 years of english at an adult education school(supposedly).... and placed 1 level below college level. =/</p>
<p>When I show them my transcript from high school, the counselor said it won't matter.</p>