How stupid does this look?

Transfer Students
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<p>Okay, im an international applying for transfer(sophomore standing) at top schools like Cornell, Brown, NYU, Amherst etc.</p>

<p>I didnt do well in high school but will probably manage a 3.8+ in my first semester at the college im going to in my country... heres the thing, though...</p>

<p>my classes are.</p>

<p>-Eng Rhet 201 (highest English placement for an incoming freshman)
-Intro to MacroEconomics
-Math 100 (Algebra and trignometry) <--- in college????!?!?! this is like pre-calc, right? Stupid????
-Math 199 (Quantative thinking)
-Intro to Pol Sci.</p>

<p>Is this a good course load for a first semester at college??? Does the pre-calc class look stupid? I already took it in high school and thought it would be easy(the only easy class). Will this put me at a disadvantage???</p>

<p>Im an econ major (undeclared for now).</p>

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<p>Did you do poorly in that class in high school and need to retake it, or do you just want a blowoff class? If you already took it in high school and are retaking it because you think it’ll be easy, then yes, that does look bad.</p>

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<p>I got a C+ in high school. Took 8 classes in senior year.</p>

<p>AP English Literature A-
AP MacroEconomics B
AP Psychology B+
AP USH B+
AP EU History B
Advanced Business B-
Pre-calc C+ was doing so well (A-) but then bombed the final…</p>

<p>So yeah… but on my high school transcript, it doesnt say “Pre-Calc”, it just says Mathematics… no course description. Any takers???</p>

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<p>Your classes are REALLY, REALLY, easy…and maybe only 1 of them would even transfer. You’re talking about trying to transfer into some of the best schools in the world… and for what? The name?</p>

<p>You don’t need to take harder classes, you need to look at other schools.</p>

5

<p>These were the classes I was offered. You have to consider the fact that this is my first semester. The only class im worried about is the MACT 100.</p>

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<p>Next semester im supposedly taking Calc-I, another high level English course, Intro to Micro, and some more…</p>

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<p>to be HONEST, you’re competing for a transfer spot with people who are taking more advanced classes than you. they have AP credits that let them take harder classes for their first semester. i was already taking a 200 level politics class my first semester because i was able to use an AP credit to skip the intro level.</p>

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<p>Wait, I think I might be able to void the intro to macro class by taking a mathematical-econ class… but I dont want 3/5 of my courses to be math… should I lose the pre-calc (free A) class?</p>

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<p>yes, because most colleges will also look at “rigor of courses taken” as a criteria for transfer.</p>

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<p>and one easy class would blow things? how bout I take intro to Micro econ. it wasnt offered at my high school…</p>