<p>mjmay7 - no, while it is universal that schools have a first year of Calc set of classes, it is not at all clear that they cover all the material that Cal requires nor is it clear that their standards of rigor are high enough to be accepted for credit. The bar is not as high as for the actual classes here, in order to accept a reasonable cross-section of Community College courses, but not every CC earns approval. The department researches the curriculum as well as the depth of the material and the standards for passing. </p>
<p>If they had the full set of past or example exams, they can at least guess about the coverage of all the important topics and guess about the rigor. What they can’t see, for example, is whether it takes a 95/100 to pass the class with a C or if a score of 20/100 on the final is enough for a C. They are taking a bit of a gamble but want to be fair to out of state and international students. </p>
<p>Alternatively, if you can get them the phone numbers and names of the appropriate people from the math department at your past school, then they could possibly speak directly with their peers and ask about the important points.</p>