<p>Hello guys incoming college freshman here looking to major in mechanical engineering.
I'll get straight to the point and say that i'm super stressed out, I can't sleep well, and I can safely say that I'm on the brink of becoming depressed.
First of all I did terrible in high school due to personal problems and came to an academic/moral epiphany my senior year and I got serious about education but was too late as my gpa was ruined. Therefore, I will be starting at a community college.</p>
<p>The real problem that is stressing me out is my education plan. I have a perfect 2 year education plan at my time in CC.
I did not pass my AP calculus AB exam and that ripped my self esteem apart because I thought I had done very well and my education plan was based on getting the AP credit.
To this day I wonder what went wrong the morning of May 9.</p>
<p>Fast forward to today where I go to plan B and challenge Calculus I at my CC to regenerate my Ed plan.
I passed the challenging professor's calculus test and now i am able to enroll in Calc II & Physics I as it would've been if I had passed my AP calculus test.
The problem I have is: will colleges reject me if they don't see Calculus I on my transcript?
Or does the challenged prerequsite show up on a transcript? I'm dying here.
I'm really freaking out guys.
Still very sad about failing my AP Calc test. I did so well in the class and was very confident about it. I still feel very confident about my calculus knowledge, otherwise I wouldn't have challenged the class.</p>
<p>Has anybody here done a prerequsite challenge before? If so, how did it affect you?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this.</p>
<p>I dont see any reason to be concerned, but you still need to take calc 1 and get credit for it because it is a required class to transfer. In other words, it needs to be on your transcript when it comes time to fill out all the classes you took. I’m 99% sure on this, but talk to a counselor at your school just to be sure. Or email the transfer department at the school you want to transfer to later on.</p>
<p>I also did ap calc in high school but didn’t even take the ap test because i was a dumass. I also got a 1 on the ap physics test. I tested into pre calc at community college and got a’s in all the required math classes except for linear algebra in which i got a b. Now i just transfered to cal for chemical engineering. You can do the same if you work hard.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about finishing in 2 years. I took 3, as did all of my other engineering friends who also just transfered to cal. It’s better to spread out your workload than to take 5 classes a semester.</p>
<p>I would be doubtful of admission; most of the top tier ucs are stringent on pre-reqs. just take calculus in a summer session, and you’ll be fine; and if youre so good in calculus, it’ll help boost your GPA as well.</p>
<p>I got rejected from ucla, and I think it’s because I was missing a computer science class that only they asked for. engineering is competitive and you need to finish all the required classes. But there is honestly no reason for you to worry. I know a guy who started in algebra and transferred to ucsd for chemical engineering</p>
<p>At my college, it counts as course credit. As we don’t know your particular school’s policies, it’s best to ask them directly. From the sounds of it, though, it should be the case that you got the credit. Call them up and check! You don’t want to find out later on that you need the credit in order to transfer, and find you don’t have it.</p>
<p>Yeah do what the guy above me said. It needs to show up on your transcript that you got credit for the class. That’s what they’re gonna ask to see when you transfer</p>
<p>First of all, did you get actual college credit for challenging the class or was it like a placement test that allowed you skip the class? I was in a similar position, since I took calc 1 in HS but didn’t take the AP test, and I placed into calc 2 at CC and went from there. I was able to transfer without technically having college credit for calc 1 (I go to UCI now for mechanical/aerospace engineering).</p>
<p>It depends, but most of the time they really do mention calc 1 as a required class. Maybe you could talk to the people that gave you the test and see if there’s a way they can just give you credit for the class too? If all else perhaps you could just take calc 1 and calc 2 at the same time. </p>
<p>I get the impression that you are planning on taking a lot of stuff at a time in order to get everything done in 2 years - if you can do it, good for you! I have a feeling you might be setting yourself up for a bit of heartache though - I wasted at least a semester or two by goofing up on a class, it happens so please don’t go get super depressed if you stumble along the way. </p>
<p>Good luck! Just remember sometimes it’s really hard work and you might feel discouraged since it’s not always something easy that you have a lot of fun at - that’s normal. :)</p>
Call them up and check! You don’t want to find out later on that you need the credit in order to transfer, and find you don’t have it.</p>