Is college making you feel dumb?

BlkRev
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:01:49 +0000

Hey, I’m still a fresh member here. Poster this question on another site actually. <:)

These are my courses for Fall 2011 during 1st semester of freshman year in community college are:


College-Level Trig/Algebra (Pre-Calc)
Intro To Business
English Comp. I
Financial Accounting
[13 credits total]


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!

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.

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!

Damn it, I took Trig already. They say that the college course is different from the high school one.

Isn’t Calculus I what you’re really supposed to take 1st?

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?

So right now I’m worried about:


Having mean, uncaring, unable -to-teach and/or bad teachers
Being ripoffed or too far ahead and begin to get overwhelmed and struggle
My financial aid as well as transfer credits
Getting a Job/Career


Any word of advice?