@goldenclub Yeah, the class I took was called “Algebra for Statistics” it’s the districts new math class that’s supposed to combine elementary algebra and intermediate algebra into one in order to directly filter into Math 13, Intro to Stats, which satisfy the stats requirement.The most algebra that class taught us was basically factoring binomials and then skipped right into probability - not a whole lot of Algebra was covered and I had a TERRIBLE teacher. But then UC Berkeley announced that the Psych major required Calculus, which meant that I had to take Pre-Calculus, which I enrolled in this semester in order to take Calc 1 in Spring of 2016.
I know that Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, and that experimental math class, don’t have transferrable units, but UCLA for Sociology majors requires Math 80, Probability and Statistics, which is only at CCSF and those prerequisites are Elementary and Intermediate Algebra. EDIT: I realized that I think Math 80 at CCSF is basically equivalent to Math 13 which I already took, but I will have to check. I still feel like I should take Elementary Algebra and Intermediate Algebra for the future when I do have to take Calculus classes, but i’ll talk to a counselor about that somewhere.
The problem is that Pre-Calculus’s prereqs is Intermediate algebra, and that Math class I took that combined those Algebra classes to get into Math 13 technically qualified me to enroll into Pre-Calc, which I knew was a bad idea. Sure enough, I sat in on one day of Pre-Calc and saw what level of Algebra I needed to know to even pass the class and it was way beyond me and I dropped it. So i’m kicking myself that I didn’t just tell my counselor to screw herself and take elementary algebra and intermediate algebra in case I needed anything more than just Math 13, which low and behold, I do now.
I put way too much weight into following what my counselor told me to take. I was under the impression that the school had my best interest in heart, and that since they’re school counselors, that they would know what I need to do. I should have researched everything myself and made my own educational plan. My school has been 90% useless this entire time, and everything I’ve learned about what I need to do to transfer has been through internet research, talking to UC’s directly, getting help from this message board, and reading through everything myself. I was a total idiot when I first enrolled, so waiting another year to transfer might be in my best interest since I had such a bad start.