I am very depressed, please help me.Anybody taking classes in DFW area??

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I have a bachelor degree in Hospitality Management from UNT, and I decided to go back to school to get a RN degree. I started to take the prerequisites last spring and I took development psycology.

Today I went to register for fall in North Lake college for statistic and chemistry and they told me that I have to take the accuplacer or Asset Math to see in which match class I should go, I told them that I took college algebra back in 99 and they told me that if I have not taken math in the last two years I have to take the test.

I am not good at math and I am afraid that they send me to take to a low level of math, so unfortunately I could not register the two classes I have mentioned above. I am very depressed becuase I am older and I want to speed up with the classes, but this people from that school do not undertand that. I wonder if other colleges from DCCCD have the same rule about math. Please help me I do not know what to do. Thanks for reading my post.

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Maybe you could register to take the clases you need online....Many community colleges offer classes online and all you have to do is register. I'm taking stats online this semester through SUNY Online network (state university of NY) and there was no pre-req for stats.

Just a thought.

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Thanks for the advice ejmonroe.I never took classes on line and still prefer to go for regular classes. I wish to find out a place where they do not have pre-req. Do you live in Dallas??

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Oh wow, I feel your pain. I need College Algebra for my BSN, but will have to take Intermediate Algebra before I can get in cuz I havent had math for...15 years!!!!!

Can you possibly review really well before you take a placement test? That helped me when I took the NET and my placement tests. Are there any programs that dont req. Algebra in your area? My school doesnt require it for an ADN. Best wishes--I hope all works out for you! :)

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I think admissions/registrar's people are just idiots. I graduated college back in 2001 and took Calculus 1, 2, and 3. I tried to register for Stat this fall and they said I needed to take college algebra. I told them I had calc 1, 2, and 3...obviously that outweighs the college algebra requirement. The girl would not budge! She said, "but I don't see college algebra on your transcript..." Idiot. So I asked to speak to her boss and she said I could take Stat.

So maybe talk to someone higher up? Most of those workers don't have a brain to think beyond their basic job description.

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All of the colleges in the area have this requirement with the exception of some of the private schools. However, you may be able to talk with the head of the department to get the requirement waived. Failing that, I would have to agree with allthingsbright. Get an algebra book and review it before you take the accuplacer. Good luck.

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I think admissions/registrar's people are just idiots. I graduated college back in 2001 and took Calculus 1, 2, and 3. I tried to register for Stat this fall and they said I needed to take college algebra. I told them I had calc 1, 2, and 3...obviously that outweighs the college algebra requirement.

That is funny!! I was told because I already had several classes in both Calculus and Chemistry from my prior degree that I would not receive credit if I wanted to take Algebra or General Chem (the classes I had taken would transfer as my credits). No big deal... I was not planning to take them anyway! ;) I think schools should be uniform regarding transfer credits.

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I had to take the accuplacer, and I attend NorthLake also. They have practice tests online that are available. I had to start in DMAT093, I have yet to take college algebra though, but my DMAT instructor said that they teach one more chapter than what we covered, and I made an A in the class. You'd be surprised the DMAT classes aren't that bad.

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I had to take the math placement test last spring... I haven't had an Algebra course since college (over 10 yrs ago)...

I studied by I checking out a few books from the library ( the most helpful were old Algebra textbooks)... and I reviewed all of the stuff I had forgotten... quadratic equations, simple algebra, linear equations, simplifying, logarithms, square roots... etc...

I studied quite a bit and I took the exam (passing above the required algebra level was 1000, I believe I scored over a 1200)

However... I was in total shock that I passed! The first few questions were extremely easy. I got them all right, I'm sure...But after that point they got very hard and most of the questions I had never even seen or heard (and I went over everything in the textbook)... So I would just guess as figured what is the point anyway???

I think they want you to answer the more basic ones in the beginning and then the test continues to go either easier or harder depending on how well you did on the easier questions....

That is my personal experience.... So while I have no idea how I passed....it is possible... and thankfully I don't have to take any math courses! HTH's! Good luck!

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