<ul>
<li>ENG 1031/1032 - College Composition</li>
<li>MATH 1000 - Algebra for College Students</li>
<li>ECON 1020 - Principles of Economics I</li>
<li>ID 1010 - Leisure & Recreational, Multicultural Society </li>
<li>GE 1000 - Transition to Kean</li>
</ul>
<p>ENG is 6 credits.
GE is 1 credit.
MATH, ECON, and ID are all 3 credits.
Altogether it's 16 credits.</p>
<p>However I'm having trouble will my math class. My high school never taught me factoring, so I'm at a disadvantage. So far I'm doing horribly in that class, even with a tutor. I'm thinking of just dropping it rather than getting a bad grade or potentiality failing it, and taking it in the summer. Good idea?</p>
<p>Also, I plan on transferring out to a better school later on. How much does this hurt me?</p>
<p>Is this a joke? that courseload looks insanely easy. Any average student would say the same. I don’t think it even matters what your major is. If you can’t find the strength to work through college algebra, the road ahead is going to be very tough.</p>
<p>Something to think about. Don’t rely 100% on your tutor. I witnessed my friend tutoring at the library today, and I just felt like he wasn’t doing a very good job. Maybe switch tutors if the one you have isn’t very good. In all seriousness, you shouldn’t need a tutor at all.</p>
<p>Sorry if you think I’m being mean, but you seriously need to pull it together if you think the courseload you have right now is difficult.</p>
<p>Hey, stupid, I never said my schedule is hard. I’m actually doing great in all my classes expect for math. I should get A’s in all my classes, not including Math. And BTW, the Math is not as easy as you would think. I was actually good in Math in high school, and when it came to the SATs, I scored higher in the Math section than 95% of the rest of my graduating class (although it’s worth pointing out that I went to a horrible high school, and most of it’s graduates will be future-less bums). I even scored higher than 75% of the incoming freshman in my college. So I’m not clueless to Math. It’s just that my high school only taught me the Math that was going to be on the SAT’s, and the NJ state test. I was never taught things like factoring.</p>
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Yeah, there’s a lower Math, it’s called “Basic Algebra”. Frankly, I’m ashamed to take it.</p>
<p>I think you’re going to be more ashamed if you fail and eff your gpa because you were too proud to take the class you belong in. I learned factoring in middle school. It can be tough for some people until you get the hang of it, once you do it’s easy. But it is REALLY hard to learn algebra without being able to factor easily, so much is built on that. It never goes away.</p>
<p>How can you take those tests without factoring. And I think it’s a yes drop the class so you can catch up. Do you know how to FOIL? it’s the same thing, but backwards.</p>
<p>@AlixMRoz – I can barely remember Factoring at this point but I was going to suggest the exact same thing… I vaguely remember it being kind of difficult for me to learn but once I got the hang of it it was easy. We’d first learned FOIL in the 9th grade, rushed through it in time for the STAR testing, hardest thing in the world for me, later on in Algebra II, I learned to LOVE FOIL method.</p>
<p>“My high school never taught me factoring, so I’m at a disadvantage.”</p>
<p>Will that attitude, you are. Did you ever, I don’t know, think about asking for extra help? Or renting/borrowing a book on the concept? </p>
<p>"I scored higher in the Math section than 95% of the rest of my graduating class "</p>
<p>If the rest of your class is as dumb as you say they are, that is not an accomplishment. I scored higher than 97% of ALL SAT takers. National percentile matters, not HS. The only people that put their score in relation to their hs do so because their score is, in comparison to the nation, rather average. Portraying the score in relation to your HS class makes you feel better about your score. SATs don’t matter once you enter college. </p>
<p>Did you try asking for help, or are you just giving up because it does not come naturally to you and is not “easy” for you?</p>
<p>I hate how people expect everything to just come to them without working hard. We all have to take classes in fields that are not our strengths. I mean my HS didn’t teach me how to write a research paper, but I was able to figure it our. They didn’t teach me Chicago Manuel, but I learned it on my own. Boo. Hoo.</p>
<p>if you left high school without knowing how to factor, i feel bad for you because your high school must suck. idk read the textbook and take it. alegebra should be cake. Your lucky to not be in calculus or stats.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree. I think the OP should get a tutor. Oh wait… he did that… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Drop down to the math below this one. Get over your shame, people are bad at math- it happens. You need to get the basics down before you can move on.</p>
<p>Get over your embarrassment and drop down to the lower math class. If you’re transferring to a more competitive college, you’re going to need a solid grasp of basic math (to get through the general ed. math requirement).</p>
<p>Drop the class and sign up for the lower level math class. Master the basics and then move on to the next math class.</p>
<p>I’m just saying. You probably want to graduate in 4-5 years. If you’re doing so well on all of your current classes, then you can sure as hell make more time to study math. Hard work = better results. Understand that you’re in a new ball game now, and you’re not competing with just those around you. I think you’re wrong to compare yourself with your former high school kids, or your fellow classmates. The real competition is in the future job market, which will includes everybody from everywhere. I’m just telling you to step up. If you think it’s wise to drop down to basic algebra, then do it. Maybe you can talk to your adviser as oppose to asking stupids like me.</p>
<p>Don’t drop it because you’re eventually going to need that class to graduate anyway. You’ll just have to take it another semester, and that will probably interfere with classes you’d rather take for your major. Or you might end up putting off taking it until you’re a junior or senior taking a basic, freshmen-level math class.</p>
<p>Google factoring; I would advise poking around KhanAcademy and seeing what can be dug up there, wikipedia might work as well; worst case: talk to the professor; that is what he is there for. Even if I am unsure about something, I ask to get clarification, it is good for the GPA.</p>
<p>I would advise that if it were not for the fact that classes cost money. To avoid taking a hit on this investment, it would be best to learn factoring via other means.</p>