Hi Forum,
My friend is a 2nd year student at DeAnza Community College in California, and is looking to transfer to a University of California in Fall 2016. His GPA is 3.8 I think, but he hasn’t finished the required “College Level Math Course” consisting of Calculus and Trigonometry, and won’t be doing so before the deadline of Spring semester for finishing required courses. Therefore, he doesn’t meet the math requirement for UC Admission in Economics and/or Business So, my question is:
- Does UC take into account AP Tests for Transfer students? If so, can he work his way around his Math level course by taking the AP Test in Calculus?
- Will the University consider the AP scores of May 2016?
Answers will be highly appreciated. I’m just tryna help him out, so my information isn’t too detailed, but I’d like to have an idea. Thanks people.
Those majors often require a full year of calculus. So, even if post high school AP scores are accepted, he probably needs a 5 on BC. And UCB business still wants to see a college calculus or higher math course even with that.
He should look at the ASSIST pages for the requirements at each campus and major.
UCB is a long shot i agree @ucbalumnus
But do you have any idea if the UCs will accept his scores if he takes the APs in May? Cause deadline is Spring quarter for completion of courses, and AP resulta don’t come out till July. And I literally mean ANY idea.
I don’t think college students can take AP scores? Or if they can, I can’t imagine them being considered. He probably needs another year at CC, unless he can somehow incorporate the math that he needs into his schedule.
He should take trig/calc courses immediately - probably good to take some math courses over the summer as well, to get up to speed.
The UC’s will not accept him if he has not completed the entry level math requirement, regardless of his GPA. He needs to complete all of the math courses that his major requires.
Tell him to talk to a counselor, and look up articulation agreements via assist.org