This is the magical thinking I was referring to.
I don’t know many four year universities which give college credit for trig. This is why you need to verify every course you’ve taken and plan to take. I would be surprised if you got five credits-- as hard as you have worked- for a class which is taught in most VA HS.
You’re going to do great things. You’ve got tenacity which is half the battle. Invest some time in fact-checking.
I took this course because it’s what I needed to take at the time. I’m fine with it not transferring.
Actually, many four year universities have their own precalculus math courses, because many frosh at four year universities have only completed algebra 2 or equivalent.
For example:
Whether or not they will give credit for a transfer precalculus course will vary, however.
I dont think that is the case. I believe it is an automatic transfer acceptance if you meet the requirements. It is not a locked in commitment.
That is correct. It’s not a binding agreement. The OP will be shooting themselves in the foot if they don’t take the required courses for a guaranteed transfer.
I double-checked a few letters of intent, and clearly I misunderstood the language of whichever one I initially looked at. However, the issue of different schools requiring different classes still stands. Pursuing guaranteed admission at W&M means not taking courses recommended for getting into Tech; taking courses that’d make it easier for me to get into Tech means not being able to use guaranteed admission to get into W&M.
I’m sure the easy answer seems like just taking the courses to get into W&M via guaranteed admission, but as the person who’s actually looking to transfer, it’s a little bit more complicated than that because I’m still trying to figure things out in terms of fit. I have time to figure it out, but misread aside, I still have perfectly valid reasons for feeling trepidation about a guaranteed transfer agreement.
Closing at the request of the OP