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what are typically the required classes of college? (like how many maths, histories, englishes, and sciences do you have to take to graduate?)
also, does college care if you "skip around" with your classes? for example, taking only a math class and 2 electives one semester? basically can you take any class whenever you want lol
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Required classes really depend on what you want to study. I will tell you though, no matter what you study, most colleges and universities do make you take a certain amount of each of the classes you listed (general education classes). It really all depends, every college/university is different as far as how many of each.
As for your second question, (you're going to really love this), they really do not care if you "skip around". In college, you can basically do whatever you want as far as taking classes, when, how many, with what teacher, etc. It's all up to you. You can even skip an entire semester if you want to! (this comes in handy if 'things', like a family emergency, turn up in your life and you really need the semester to concentrate on other aspects of your life) I don't recommend skipping entire semesters unless really necessary though (otherwise it will take a long time to get any degrees)
Alot of people do not realize how flexible college can be. Many force themselves to take a lot of classes non-stop to the point of burn-out and exhaustion. Eventually, sometimes, they realize they don't even like their major.
To make college even easier, most are providing night-time and weekend courses in case you work. They even have tele courses (you can watch the instructor from a tv at home) or online classes (you submit homework/tests/quizzes as easily as you submit questions on this site! The possibilities and flexibility of higher education is endless!
I do need to warm you though, if you are getting some financial aid or scholarships, they sometimes require you to take a certain amount each semester. For example, I had a scholarship that required me to take a certain amount of classes each fall and each spring semester without skipping any fall or spring semesters. Once I skipped a semester or did not take the right amount of classes, they could drop my scholarship money.
I would say, truly evaluate every option fully before making decisions. Get as much information as you can about everything. Every college/university has different particular little rules and guidelines they stick in there. Once you're interested in a specific place, try and find current students to ask questions to get more info.
As far as majors go, I would evauluate every option there too, keeping an open mind and then start narrowing down to the things that spark your interest. Contact people who have successful careers in each of the professions to help you get more of a taste of what you might be getting yourself into.
Remember, do what you love, and enjoy it!
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Your required courses depend on what you want to do in college: for instance, I'm in Engineering, so my prerequisites were Calculus, Algebra, Chemistry, Physics and English. For electives I took another math course and Biology. In the Arts, it's pretty much open as to what you take.
As for your other question, I'm not really sure what you mean... but I'll try to answer anyways.
As long as you have the high school course credits required, it doesn't matter when you took them, not to the college. In college, though, you may have prerequisites that must be taken in a specific year.
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