Is Calculus necessary for transfers?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm currently enrolled as a freshman at Bates College and I'm planning on transferring for Fall 2009, but I'm worried about the rigor of my course selection. I heard that, for transfers, having taken calculus is a necessity even if you are going into a less mathematical course of study (I'm planning on becoming a political science major).
I really don't want to take calculus, I avoided it in High School and received my IB diploma by only taking a precalc course. I'm alright at math; I get through it, but with work and volunteering and other ECs I'd rather avoid it. What do you guys thing? Is it worth pulling down my GPA (and getting up at 8am almost every morning in the Maine winter) for calculus? Is it a necessity?</p>

<p>If it helps, here are my courses:</p>

<p>Last semester I took:
International Politics (100 course)
Desire, Devotion and Suffering: Erotic Sanskrit and Urdu Poetry(writing-intensive, first-year seminar)
Spanish (200 course)
African American Literature (100 course)</p>

<p>I was able (through some miracle) to swing a 4.0+ in my first semester.</p>

<p>Currently I'm taking:
Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa (200 course)
Human Reproduction- biology course (200 course)
Spanish (200 course)
Calculus I (100 course)
Politics of Pleasure and Desire: Female Filmmakers in the Third World (200 course)</p>

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<p>depends on your major...if its not going to be relevant for your major, i dont think it will matter...heck i didnt take any math or science classes in college and got into my transfer school</p>

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<p>Congrats on the 4.0!! From your courses it seems like your prospective major will not require calc. Still check at prospective schools to make sure. It wont hurt to take it; but if you think you won't get an A, dont take it. Take stat instead.</p>

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<p>You need to find out if calculus is required for your major at the schools you would like to transfer to, and whether in those schools it would normally be a freshman year course or if some students don't take it until later on.</p>

<p>And frankly, I can't imagine why a Poli Sci major would need calculus. Statistics seems much more useful, and that could wait until you are at the new school I'm sure.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>What happymomof1 said :).</p>