California Community College Honors Student Looking For Open-Curriculum/Math-Free Transfer

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Hi, My name is Adam Magdaleno. I’m 20 and I’ve been going to Mt. San Antonio College for 2 years now and I’m in the Honors Program and looking to transfer Fall 2018. Iv’e been slacking in math and failing math classes because I’ve always struggled with math all my life. After High School I started getting drastically better grades then my K-12 years and now I think I’m ready to transfer to a 4-year institution in Fall 2018. The only problem is that I can’t transfer to any public colleges (CSU, UC) in California because it’s humanly impossible to finish the steps I need to take to finish Math 110 Statistics in Spring 2018, those are the rules, if I can’t finish stats in spring, I can’t go in the fall. So now I humbly ask some advice from anyone who will see this. You can look at my transcripts below of the time I’ve been at Mt.SAC since Fall 2015.

To get to the point I want to ask everyone if you know of any accredited colleges that DO NOT need a MATH requirement for Transferring and/or a Math Requirement for Graduating with a History BA Degree. I’ve heard many “Open-Curriculum” colleges/universities do not need Math for Transfer/Grad, but I really don’t have an idea for sure. I’ll keep calling up colleges to find out where I can go. If you want to recommend me a college based on my chances after looking at my transcript go ahead and I will look into it. If you have any questions I will answer them. Thanks.

Transcript
Art History Ancient Greece: A
World History 1/2: A
History of Jazz: A
Earth Science Intro: A
Music Fundamentals: C
Math Fundamentals: P
Argumentation & Debate: B
Art History 1400 to Modern: A
Sociology 1: B
[Honors] Interpersonal Communication: B
World History 2/2: B
Women in American History: A
Environmental Studies Geology: C
Pre-Algebra: F
Freshmen Composition: Current
US History 1/2: Current
Pre-Algebra: Current

Winter 2018:
Algebra 1
History of Rock Music

Spring 2018:
Algebra 2
Bio 1 Lab
US History 2/2
Art History: Modern Art

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You should edit your post to delete your name and personal information.

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I also go to Mt. Sac, what do you want to major in? If you don’t have anything specific, Cal State LA’s History major doesn’t require stats.

http://web2.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=2&sia=MTSAC&ria=CSULA&ia=CSULA&oia=MTSAC&aay=16-17&ay=16-17&dora=HIST

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http://www.calstate.edu/transfer/requirements/ indicates that CSUs require transfer students to have completed a math or quantitative reasoning course (CSU GE category B4) that has at least intermediate algebra as a prerequisite. An AA-T or AS-T can also be used, but that requires either CSU GE or IGETC, which has a similar math or quantitative reasoning requirement.

If the OP will be able to complete the qualifying math or quantitative reasoning course by summer or fall, perhaps looking into spring admission at those CSU campuses that allow it, or admission for the following fall at a CSU or UC, may be a consideration.

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Have you been diagnosed with any learning disability? If so, you may be able to work with a college’s disability services office on possible waivers or substitutions of the math requirements. Another idea is that some colleges allow you to meet their math graduation requirement with a course that you may not find as daunting, such as teaching math to elementary students.

If attending private college is in your budget, I’d suggest you talk to someone in admissions at Whittier College. They must be pretty close to you if you attend Mt. Sac.