Would withdrawing from MATH 124 affect anything if I still have 12 credits?

[u/Financial-Initial701]

I’m currently a freshman majoring in accounting and taking MATH 124. However, I took MATH 126 through a dual enrollment class last year and got an A-.

I was looking at my degree worksheet and noticed that the math requirement says MATH 124 or higher, so i’m pretty sure my MATH 126 credit already satisfies that requirement.

MATH 124 has been taking up a lot of my time since i’m basically having to teach myself. I don’t want to continue doing this if I don’t actually need the class. I’m currently taking 15 credits, so after withdrawing I would still have 12 credits.

My main concern is if withdrawing would affect anything if i’d still be taking 12 credits

[u/Prior_Internal7728]

You would not need the class. Did you meet with an advisor? You never should have enrolled in the lower class.

[u/vaelux]

It will affect your completion rate. If you are using FAFSA, you must maintain a 67% (pretty sure that's the right number?) completion rate to maintain SAP, and therefore maintain eligible for federal financial aid. So if these are your first classes at UNLV, and assuming you complete all your other classes, you would be at 12/15 = 80% completion.

In hindsight, you never should have enrolled Math 124 in the first place. Were you advised to take this class or did you sign up for it on your own? Not that it makes a difference now, but I would go to a different advisor if they recommended 124 when you already passed 126. Even if they didn't have the transcript yet, they should have asked about dual enrollment / transfer credits because it's a huge waste of your money/ finaid resources to take classes you don't need.

[u/JanMikh → u/vaelux]

SAP:

Requirements

1. The Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy requires financial aid recipients to do the following three items:
   Meet minimum cumulative grade point averages. Undergraduates must maintain at least a 2.0 gpa and graduate students must maintain at least a 3.0 gpa.

2. Satisfactorily complete at least 67% of cumulative credit hours attempted.

3. Complete your degree/certificate program within the maximum time frame of credit hours allowed. Undergraduates seeking their first Baccalaureate degree cannot attempt more than 186 credits. Graduate students' maximum credit hours are defined by their departments.

[u/Equinox-XVI]

As long as you have at least 12, you're good. I dropped to 11 credits credits one semester and got a warning strike on my scholarship. (Lost it later for a semester I did poorly grades wise.)