<p>Is it true that an ACT English of score of 31+ allows you to skip RHET 105 and the Composition I requirement? Is this true even if you are in electrical engineering which for some reason has it as requirement despite it already being a Gen Ed requirement?</p>
<p>According to the admissions packet, your ACT English and Math scores can test you out of certain courses--although it does not specify what score you need to have. Someone I know who goes to UIUC currently told me they think that one of them is a 31 and the other a 33 but doesn't remember which for certain.</p>
<p>if you score a 31 or higher in english you recieve credit for composition I as well as test out. the ACT score for math varies but it is somewhere around a 28-31 depending on the college. however you do not recieve credit for testing out of math classes, rather they simply use your math score to place you into the right math class. if you want math credit you have to take the calc. ap exam.</p>
<p>I'm an international student, and under my system we can drop math after grade 10, and continue into high school without maths. I did this, is this going to be a major disadvantage for me?</p>
<p>it depends at what level you dropped math at... did you drop it cause you just finished taking Calc III or cause you finished Algebra I?</p>
<p>Umm, I have never done any calculus in my life. Ive don trignometry and thats about as high as it gets. Basically SATI type math.</p>
<p>If you score 31 or higher on English section of ACT, you are deemed to meet the basic rhetoric (writing) course requirement both for Gen Ed requirement and that of any of the colleges (Rhet 105 for Engineering). </p>
<p>The Math ACT score determines which Math course you should start in. If 28 or higher, they allow you to start in the first calculus course. If below that, they recommend starting in something lower. (Note, that has nothing to do with AP credits and if you have required AP scores, you can still pass out of first (with an AB score) and second (with a BC score) calculus course.)</p>
<p>As to the "for some reason" there is a rhetoric requirement for Gen Ed and for electrical engineering, you need to understand how the requirements work. The University Gen Ed requirements (rhetoric, humanities, social studies, language, etc.) apply to all students. Then each college has its own Gen Ed requirements and you must meet both requirements for graduation from UIUC. Nevertheless, you will find that a course you take to meet the University Gen Ed requirement also meets the college's gen ed requirement, i.e., any particular course will count towards both requirements.</p>