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Isn't it basically a remedial class, or rather a class for people who did the minimum of HS math? I would expect it to be filled with more partiers than studiers, and also that plenty of the people in it would already know a lot of the material that's covered (so why not ditch?)


>plenty of the people in it would already know a lot of the material that's covered (so why not ditch?)

Their test scores show that they don't already know a lot of the material that's covered.

>Isn't it basically a remedial class, or rather a class for people who did the minimum of HS math?

It's College Algebra (or the non-trig part of Precalculus).


I’d have to imagine that very few people in that class want to take it or have any intention of doing more math than the minimum requirement.


Does College Algebra at your school cover something beyond what's typically included in HS 'Algebra 2'?


Like I said, it's the typical HS Precalculus class. So, it's the level above Algebra 2.




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