<p>One of the thoughts that my sister, who's going to be a senior, had in the midst of her college search (which is still going on), is that she'd REALLY like a school with no core curriculum. Specifically, she doesn't want to take math courses in college, as she is not going to go into math, and she feels that they will do nothing but hurt her in college. </p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone here knew of a way that I could search for schools without a core curriculum, if there's a website I could go to, or if any posters know of schools. </p>
<p>She's looking at schools only in states from Maine to Virginia, and has a low B/high C average, so she's not looking for a very selective college. </p>
<p>Any help at all would be very very much appreciated.</p>
<p>uhhh, I can only think of schools that are pretty selective, but if it helps, i'm pretty sure that vassar and university of rochester have little to no core curriculums... someone correct me if I'm wrong...</p>
<p>My sister has found in her college search that The University of Hartford has a core curriculum, but the math classes are not focused heavily on actual mathematics, like they have a class called "The History of Mathematics," which she could concievably take without wide ranging math knowledge from high school. This is one of the reasons why she is very seriously considering this school. Does anyone know of any other schools that have shall I say "simpler" math classes, such as the history of math etc. that maybe we have overlooked?</p>
<p>I go to St. John's. Don't believe the lies...haha..we do plenty of homework and there are tests. And the college is ALL-core.
Also, lots of math.</p>
<p>Well, it's hard to explain. It's a very unique curriculum. But yeah, it's all core. All students take the same classes at the same time. I love it though.
Kingin isn't just saying things though. The college boasts that stuff. But it's not true. The reason they say there is no "homework" is because there is no busywork....fill in the blank or anything like that. Just essays...essays and more essays. There are not supposed to be any tests, that true, but some professors decide to give tests obviously. </p>
<p>Junior and Senior year you have "preceptorials" where you get to choose which philosopher you'd like to examine for a semester (instead of the core seminar) but that's about all the choice you get.</p>
<p>Goucher College in Maryland has a math requirement similar to that at the University of Hartford. In fact, many colleges have only "quantitative reasoning" requirements that can be satisfied by taking classes like "history of mathematics" or "statistical analysis for social science majors." I'd suggest she first focus on finding colleges within her stats range and geographic preferences, then narrow things down from there.</p>
<p>Kinglin, To say that St. John's does not have a math requirement is ridiculous. A huge chunk of the curriculum at St. John's is devoted to studying math and science. You very much need solid math skills there as I'm sure Davida can attest.</p>
<p>That is for sure, Carolyn. It really just depends on your attitude though. I refuse to accept that there are some people who simply can't do well at math: if you go into it with a bad attitude you will do badly. But I've always enjoyed math...I've enjoyed it about 100x more since coming to St. John's though.</p>
<p>I don't think that's true. Some people just don't have a brain that deals well with numbers and calculations; hard facts. My sister for example is an award winning artist and writer because her brain deals with more conceptual, abstract things very well. She doesn't just go into it with a "bad attitude."</p>