<p>Hey, I’m still a fresh member here. Poster this question on another site actually. <:)</p>
<p>These are my courses for Fall 2011 during 1st semester of freshman year in community college are:</p>
<ul>
<li>College-Level Trig/Algebra (Pre-Calc) </li>
<li>Intro To Business </li>
<li>English Comp. I </li>
<li>Financial Accounting
[13 credits total]</li>
</ul>
<p>Plan: To transfer to Rutgers to get a BS in Accounting.
There’s no transferrable 2-year degree program for Accounting at my community college, so I have to get an Associate’s in Business Adminstration THEN transfer and get an Accounting Bachelor’s!</p>
<p>Is this okay? What can I do with a degree in Biz Admin? Should I take the 2-year-non-transferrable, career degree Accounting program to get a employed promptly? I don’t wanna be unemployed or/and in debt.</p>
<p>Also, I took the college placement test and despite passing high school AP Calc with a C and Trig Honors with A+, the test placed me in College-Level Pre-Calc; and I HAVE to take it! </p>
<p>Damn it, I took Trig already. They say that the college course is different from the high school one.</p>
<p>Isn’t Calculus I what you’re really supposed to take 1st?</p>
<p>I feel stupid. They said I scored very high in math on the placement test and that it’s very rare for an entering freshman to jump to Calc I during their 1st semester. BS you think?</p>
<p>So right now I’m worried about: </p>
<ul>
<li>Having mean, uncaring, unable -to-teach and/or bad teachers </li>
<li>Being ripoffed or too far ahead and begin to get overwhelmed and struggle </li>
<li>My financial aid as well as transfer credits </li>
<li>Getting a Job/Career</li>
</ul>
<p>I am the Dean of the Math & Science Division at a community college, and what you are writing sounds very typical for many students. Yes, you may have taken AP Calc, but the fact that you got a C in it probably tells me that you are not as strong in algebra/trig as you could be. The placement test probably identified that, and placed you into a Precalc course. This does not imply that you are stupid, just that you should improve your alg/trig skills before moving onto college-level calculus.</p>
<p>If you are going to get a Bachelor’s degree, it really doesn’t matter what type of Associate’s degree you get, as long as it is well-designed to transfer you to where you want to go. So, check with academic advisers at Rutgers to confirm that the transferable ABA degree is the right one to prepare you for your Accounting degree. </p>
<p>You do NOT want to be in a non-transferable accounting degree program, unless your goal is to be a low-level bookkeeper for the rest of your life. That degree (as the name implies) is a so-called ‘terminal’ degree, because it is the end-of-the line academically, and it is designed to get students out into the workforce ASAP. </p>
<p>It looks like your first semester courses are exactly what a Freshman should take who intends to get a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Confirm with Rutgers, but is sure sounds like you are heading down the right path to achieve your goals. Suck it up about the Precalc class, it will do you good, even if it is mostly review.</p>
<p>Agree with the above post. You shouldn’t even be complaining as not many people even score that high on their placement test for math. As for the business admin major just take it and when you transfer, you can have a concentration in accounting.</p>
<p>Sometime this past year, I read an article in the paper about the pass rates of students for the math placement test at NJ community colleges. The numbers were dismal! In suburban community colleges, something like 75% of the students did not place into college credit math. At community colleges in urban areas, something like 90% of the students did not test into credit math. What incredibly shocking numbers! So, in light of that, you did quite well.</p>
<p>I am assuming that you are planing to attend a NJ community college. If this is the case, then your c. college should have a clear articulation agreement with Rutgers and also a clear plan for earning an accounting degree from Rutgers. Talk to a counselor at your college and then you should be able to confirm that info with a counselor at Rutgers.</p>