<p>I have earned 60 credits at my community college (liberal arts business degree) and that is max I can transfer to Rutgers. I was initially planning on majoring in accounting, however I may now want to major in math instead. As you can tell from the degree name ...it is lacking a lot of courses a math major would take during first two years of study such as Chem, Calc 1-3, Computer courses etc. So I am missing out on a lot of math and necessary courses already.</p>
<p>I have been accepted to SAS applying from Community College. If I wanted to switch to mathematics I would have to start with Calc 2 one semester at SAS, then take Calc 3 next semester...and progress slowly until I am able to take more math courses (as they do have prereqs you know). Basically I would be concentrating on 60 credits at Rutgers for mathematics. It boils down to 60 at my community college and 60 at rutgers =120 for a bachelors.</p>
<p>Do you think I should do this? Rutgers says it is normal for student to already have completed up to calc 3 and linear algebra by sophmore year and here I am starting at rutgers with 60 credits and beginning taking Calc 2....</p>
<p>Well I was originally planning on doing accounting major because it was a practical and useful degree…however I really do not feel like going through 35 credits of business classes…which I most likely will find boring…and more accounting courses on top of that…boring. I do not despise business or accounting…I just do not find it interesting to study…useful yes…but to study I don’t think I can take it anymore! </p>
<p>I thought about majoring in math earlier on in my studies, however I did not think it to be practical enough of a major. Basically I now just want to study something I really enjoy. I know that I could probably just minor in math but I really do not feel like taking all the business courses etc. because I just don’t see any real genuine interest in it.</p>
<p>Well if you really enjoy math, that is a good reason to take it, but I don’t know if any major is really ‘fun’ when you have to take all the prerequisite courses, along with the required courses. It’s all work, and the calcs are a LOT of work. </p>
<p>Did you do really well on your math SATs? Did you take a lot of math in high school? All of my sons do well in math but agree that it can be quite challenging. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t just jump into a math major because business seems ‘boring’. End of sophomore/beginning of junior year is hard because it still feels like you are far away from graduation and there is a tendency to hate your major.</p>
<p>Since you probably have some business classes completed already, maybe look into a business major that is math-heavy like quantitative finance. </p>
<p>You may want to ask your question on the Parents board as well. There are a lot of posters there who may be able to give you advice from another perspective.</p>