Has anyone here successfully taken remedial classes for grad school admissions?

Graduate School
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<p>I have deficiencies in (calculus-based) statistics coursework, which I need to make up in order to be competitive for grad admissions.</p>

<p>As a non-degree student, I have several options:
1) Take the class at a local community college (e.g. DeAnza College) - $100
2) Take the class at a public 4-year institution (e.g. San Jos</p>

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<p>I’m impressed that your local CC offers calc-based stats. And at such a great price. Actually, I’m kind of envious. I would not spend $5K to take the class at Stanford. It might be a good idea to take the 4-yr college course, though. Could you take the CC class first, and then a higher level class at the 4-yr college. That seems the best use of your money–if you have the time and interest in courses not offered at the CC.</p>

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<p>California State University offers graduate statistics courses at something like $200-$225 a credit and it is Calculus based. It also uses a well-known text that is used by many other universities for the first “grad stats” course.</p>

<p>I transferred that course to the M.S. Engineering program at University of Wisconsin and they had no problem with it.</p>

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<p>Great! Did you take the class before applying, between applying and entering, or after entering the graduate program at U of W? Also, do you remember the course number and textbook title?</p>

<p>Much thanks (and eg1, too)</p>

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<p>ThomBK,</p>

<p>I took the course before applying. </p>

<p>The course at CSU-DH was QAS-510 Advanced Probability & Statistics. The text is “Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists” by Devore.</p>

<p>I see CSU-DH has changed texts since I attended. We used the book by Douglas Montgomery.</p>