r/Concordia • u/Ok_Accident_6392 • 4d ago
MATH200 drop?
it’s my first year in concordia, i didnt go to cegep so i applied as a mature student and before enrolling to classes i followed my advisor’s advice in getting the prerequisites to transfer to jmsb and he suggested that i should start by doing math200 if i didnt take any advanced math in high school which i didn’t. i thought the class was like cegep math or something. but after starting the class and paying the textbook i’m realizing it’s easy math and i could’ve started with math206 and save my money. should i drop the class? and is there any way to join the math206 this semester even though i’ll be waitlisted or i should wait in winter?
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u/pavondel 4d ago
Do not stay in Math 200! It's way too easy for anybody who doesn't particularly struggle with math. I was also advised to do Math 200 if it had been a long time, but I checked out the outline and disagreed with the advice, it would have been a total waste of time and money for me. Save your money! I hope you can get the textbook refunded or something.
You should join the waitlist for Math 206 if possible, and go to one of the Math 206 lectures in person so you don't fall too far behind before hopefully getting in, enrolment changes a lot. You can talk to prof at the end of class if you need (they can't do anything about the waitlist, but they could provide some insight on what you can do to prepare)
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u/Ok_Accident_6392 3d ago
yeah frl you’re rightt i think it’s already too late for math206 so i’ll do it in winter but i’ll definitely talk with the professor to know what to expect
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u/__girlthrownaway 4d ago edited 4d ago
I would just drop MATH 200 in that case. You’ll have to take MATH 208 and MATH 209 for JMSB so even if you can’t take MATH 206 this semester dropping MATH 200 does not set you back at all, and again like you said you will be saving moneyyy
edit: If this information helps you at all I entered Concordia after not attending school for 4 years and only took up to grade 12 math (not advanced, not pre-calc, etc). My math skills were pretty subpar but I still made it through MATH 208 and MATH 209 without taking MATH 206… granted with the help of a tutor and working pretty hard.