<p>Hey guys, I was just checking out the admissions requirements for Wesleyan, and I meet all the requirements except for math. It says you should have taken calculus... well I've taken Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 and a financial algebra class. Not that rigorous, I know. For what it's worth, I got a 26 on ACT math and I'm majoring in Anthropology, which isn't the most math-intensive field. Are these hard and fast requirements, or will they forgive me and recognize my abilities in other areas?</p>
<p>The college understands that not everyone is good at/cut out for math. While many colleges would like to see that you have challenged yourself, I’d say that as long as you shine in other areas your math stuff shouldn’t be a big deal! Good luck!</p>
<p>They are not hard and fast requirements. Wesleyan recommends that applicants take four years of math in high school, but it does not specifically require that calc be the fourth year.</p>
<p>Here’s one of looking at it: There are three academic program criteria that Wesleyan keeps track of for its class profiles: math through calculus, bio/chem/physics, and foreign language for four years. If you look at the [class</a> of 2015](<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/facts_faces/class_profile_2015.pdf]class”>www.wesleyan.edu/admission/facts_faces/class_profile_2015.pdf), each one individually applies to about 80% of the class (math slightly less so but it’s been rising). However, it could be that as much as half or more of the student body hasn’t met one of these criteria. I for example only took 3 years of language. I’d say if you meet 2/3 of the criteria you’re probably an average applicant. </p>
<p>This is could also be useful info for all the high schoolers that post threads saying “what should I do to be able to get into Wesleyan??” There isn’t really an answer to this question, but if you look at what Wesleyan’s admission office itself measures as things that they look for, you can get a good idea of where you’re at in relation to the rest of the student body.</p>