@SuperGeo5999 minors are offered by 4 year colleges, you are at a CC, they do not offer minors at CCs though they may offer ‘certificates’ for certain programs. You need to check with the four year college that you plan to attend to find out their rules about minors. Some may limit the number of minors others do not, some have rules about minors outside of the major field. My DD is double majoring in comp sci and meteorology at OU and plans to complete minors in Math and German.
Sometimes minor requirements overlap with major requirements. OU’s meteorology requirements are so math intensive that you only need to take one extra 4000 level math class to complete the Math minor. Completely unrelated minors are more difficult. She had originally planned to minor in Music as well but after the first semester found that the performance requirements were too time consuming
Completing a minor requires extra courses not in your degree plan. If you are relying on financial aid to attend school please keep in mind that FA is not infinite. Do you have a course plan that will allow you to complete your chosen degree before your FA runs out? Have you checked that the courses you have taken and plan to take will transfer to a four year school? Usually remedial courses won’t transfer and I doubt “brief calculus I” would count toward the degree requirements for any four year STEM degree.
You mentioned that this was your first semester, just curious, what did you do during Fall semester?
Yes I am studying something with an articulation agreement.
Just because a school has an articulation agreement it dosn’t mean that all your cc credits will apply to your degree.
If your degree plan calls for Calculus 1 you can’t replace it with “brief calculus” because it’s not the same course. What exactly is the “something” you are studying and which college is the articulation agreement with?
Here’s an article that might interest you:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/08/two-year-transfers-are-finding-not-all-their-credits-go-them
Sorry for the delayed responses. I have been trying to stay away from this site because I made myself a bad identity on this website and I have had a lot of clashes with people on this site. There is an articulation agreement at my Communtiy college for Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Pre-Engineering program. The only available information about this articulation agreement on the internet is when it was first announced a few years ago on news(wlfi and wish tv). When I was talking about brief calculus I was saying that because it is equivalent to applied calculus at Purdue and applied calculus is part of the Wildlife and Earth Science programs curriculum at Purdue but I’ll just take the regular calculus series since it can still count for those programs too and I’ll be doing all the prerequisites for the regular calculus series anyway. The difference between brief calculus and regular calculus is that regular calculus requires both trigonometry and college algebra as a prereq while brief calculus only requires college algebra as a prerequisite. I assume the reason for that is because regular calculus involves Geometry and Triginometry while brief or applied calculus may not involved Geometry or Trigonometry. When I was talking about minors I was talking about when I do transfer to a four year college and not at my Communtiy college. I won’t run out of financial aid If i don’t fail or retake very many more courses but If I do run out before transfering I’ll have Voc rehab pay for my school since I have a disability, I’ll get with a company that offers tuition assistance, or I’ll use leftover refund money from my financial aid to pay for the rest of my clssses. In regards to your question @3scoutsmom about what I did during last fall semester, i took a break, I worked a few days a week, did a prep program to help prepare to test or retest the placement test, and I played video games. When I take two math courses in the spring or take one math course and one math like couse such as chemistry that will determine if I have the ability to be successful in a STEM program. When I talked to the Pre-Engineering head at my school he didn’t discourage me at all because having pneumonia this past semester is understandable.
Sounds like a solid plan @SuperGeo5999
Another option I could have to pay for school when I transfer is to Join the ROTC, how old is too old to join and what are the requirements for admission? I’m a sensitive guy, would ROTC be too tough for someone who is sensitive? I know there’s other military option to pay for school.
SuperGeo5999: “I don’t wanna do healthcare or the trades because I don’t like people or physical labor.”
If you don’t like people or physical labor, then then I don’t think any branch of the military will be a good fit for you.
Can your family help pay for your last 2 years? If not, are there any 4-year schools within commuting distance of your house?
@austinmshauri no we are low income and that’s why I’ve been able to get full pell grants. I actually live in the same town as Purdue University but that school is still expensive without including housing or living expenses. Regarding what I said I don’t like, I say it because I don’t want to dedicate my whole life doing something I hate but when i talk about doing things to give experience, that i know are temporary, and will get me to where I wanna be I’m open to different options. Isn’t the navy all academic?
I don’t like working minimum wage retail Jobs either but I do them because they give me experience, references, know it will get me to where I wanna be somehow, and they still help me make some progress towards my financial goals. Some classes I have to take as well I don’t like but know they will give me the skills and get me to where I wanna be. We all have to do things we don’t like before things we do like.
Unfortunately some people have to work a Job they don’t like, do things they don’t like, and rarely enjoy life there whole entire life. I’m not gonna let one of those people be me.
ROTC is competitive and they are unlikely to take people with a know disability, I think you should you should cross that off your list of options.
I don’t know what you mean by the Navy being “all academic.” If you don’t like physical labor and are a sensitive guy, then the military isn’t the place for you.
If you work summers you can probably raise $3k/year. With $5800/year Pell + the $7500/year student loan you can get as a junior and senior you’d have a budget of ~$16k. Tuition at Purdue is ~$11k, so if you can get in that seems affordable. The tuition for Harrison College, which is near Purdue, is ~$17k/year. You could take a gap year and work to raise enough to cover your last 2 years there. The tuition at Indiana Univ. is ~$7k/year. It’s ~35 miles from Purdue, but if you can get in that seems affordable too. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to afford to dorm at whatever college you transfer to, but most kids can’t. The important thing is that you get your degree.
@austinmshauri just to let you know, student loan debt isn’t on my list of options because since i’m into dave ramsey I strictly plan to stay away from debt. What would be the most ideal Job to have while I take a Gap year or two after community college? Would being 26 or 27 when I graduate college be a disadvantage for me when getting a Job?
By the way, Harrison college doesn’t offer any STEM programs.
When I was asking about the navy I know they do more academic stuff rather than combat. I know someone who went to the navy who studied nuclear engineering there.
Indiana University’s tuition is ~$7k. You could pay that with Pell and summer work earnings, so you wouldn’t have to take a gap year.
When you need money, you can’t really afford to be picky. There is no “most ideal job.” Just get a job.
Please don’t join the military unless you have a burning desire to serve. All recruits have to pass rigorous physical fitness tests, and all have to be prepared for active duty. The military is not a scholarship service. If you’re not prepared to accept the responsibilities, don’t sign up.
@austinmshauri regarding a Job I was asking that because making minimum wage isn’t gonna help save enough for university. Regarding Indiana University, they don’t offer Engineering if I decide to do that. If I take summer classes it’ll be hard to work so would being 25,26,or 27 when I graduate be a problem when getting a Job? Ok I’m not gonna join the military and I guess that’s why Voc rehab exists so that people who do have disabilities can get college paid for. I have Voc rehab to help pay for school.
Can anyone answer my previous Question in post #117? My Question was will age be a problem when I graduate college? If I was 26 or 27 when I graduate, will employers look down on that when seeking a Job if it was for city/state government or a government agency?