<p>I have to take Calculus as part of my degree at my school. I am terrible at math and have no intention of ever pursuing any sort of math heavy discipline but I still need to take Calc. I want to take it at a local community college and transfer it, but I was told that I'd need to tell the registrar WHY I'd want to take Calc at a community college and not in residency.</p>
<p>All courses transferred do not appear as grades on the transcript, regardless. So even if I took Calculus, passed with a C, it would not hurt my GPA. If I took the class in residency, and received a C, my GPA would take a hit. Especially because Calculus is a high-credit class. </p>
<p>Obviously I can't tell the registrar this. I was thinking of what other rationale I could provide. I was thinking maybe explaining that I have a job near this community college, plus my mother and aunt are professors there, so I can kill two birds with one stone and commute to class/work with them, blah blah blah.</p>
<p>Are you planning to take it over the summer? You could explain that you want to take calculus next summer in order to focus all of your attention on a subject that you know will be difficult without worrying about other classes. </p>
<p>@LeighWynter - Because they’ll just try to talk me into thinking that I won’t actually get a C and that I’ll do well if I utilize all the on campus resources, etc etc</p>
<p>If you take it over the summer, you can tell them that summer session tuition is too expensive for you and that you’d like to get the course out of the way. The community college would be a lot cheaper for you.</p>
<p>Dude, just take it at a CC over the summer. You’re overthinking this. The administration is not staying up at night thinking of ways to keep Glambam from finding other ways to satisfy degree requirements. They’re your source of education (partially, at least) but you’re just a source of tuition. It’s not that big a deal. </p>
<p>@Vctory - No, specific degree requirements that aren’t just general eds can’t be taken P/F. It isn’t just like “i have to take a math class” its like i have to take Calculus. </p>
<p>This is towards your reply to me, but the reply button isn’t working/giving me a quote.</p>
<p>How do you know that? Have they said something like that to you before? I’m sure they know that sometimes people get C’s despite their best efforts. Some people even fail. It’s not a new concept to them. And they probably also know that not everyone is spectacular at math.</p>
<p>Make sure that this is allowed by your school. Some schools do not allow you to transfer in credit from other institutions once you have started (except for study abroad), which precludes summer CC classes.</p>
<p>I understand that you want to keep your GPA up but I also think it’s kind of silly to attend another college and transfer the grade in just because you don’t want it to hit your GPA. One C isn’t going to tank your GPA anyway, and you may not get a C. It doesn’t sound like a good reason to me, and I agree that many deans would not approve the class if you offered that reason. Can you take a lighter courseload in the semester that you are planning to take calc so you can focus more time and attention on it?</p>
<p>Your alternate reason doesn’t sound that good, either. Presumably you are taking other courses on campus next semester, so why would it make sense for you to commute to this one class at the CC with your mom and aunt and the rest of your classes at your university? Not to mention that a lot of deans aren’t going to be really sympathetic to commuting reasons, since it was your choice to attend their university and you could’ve gone to the CC if you wanted the commute to be more convenient.</p>
<p>I think taking it over the summer and using the summer tuition excuse is the best one yet (“I want to take the class over the summer so I can focus on it alone, without other classes. But summer tuition at the CC is much cheaper, plus I will be working near home this summer and since that is the only class I am taking, it’ll be much easier for me to commute there.”)</p>
<p>Do you live near your campus so you COULD take it over the summer there? If not, then you could say that you plan to be at home to work and be with your family this summer, and would like to take it at the CC. But… honestly, Calc is Calc. You might get a worse teacher at the CC, and find fewer resources to help you out. </p>