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Udacity: College Algebra as a Path to Higher Education
Victoria At Udacity, we love hearing from students (seriously, drop us a line!) and we love sharing student stories with the community. Recently we got a note from Victoria, who took College Algebra for credit at San Jose State University, with the goal of passing a placement exam to test out of remedial math classes when she returned to university. I graduated high school in 95. I went back to school at Dalton State College, a local school, for a few semesters in 98 and 2000. While there, I was not able to attempt College Algebra before passing remedial math as my skills fell below the requirements for College Algebra. I had always had a really difficult time with math all through school. I did take and pass the remedial math classes (one had to be attempted twice), but failed College Algebra on my first (and only) attempt. The combination of my struggles with my crazy work schedule as a shift worker in a 911 center made it essentially impossible to dedicate the level of attention…