<p>This is going to bite me in the ass, I know it is. I did well on the math section of my SATs, but my genius self opted not to take a math class my senior year. I only have three math credits, highest being trig, and I'm applying as a science major. I'm screwed, aren't I?</p>
<p>Is trig pre-calc or alg II? Yes, you should have taken a math senior year, but not sure you are necessarily “screwed” depending on the schools you have applied to…</p>
<p>BTW, did your GC recommend that you take a 4th year and you decided not to?</p>
<p>Sometimes a high math test score will be counted (although this is often not an advertised policy) as equivalent for a fourth math unit. Others will do it by the highest level of math taken (trig pre/cal is not particularly high, but may be enough somewhere), or may require you to complete some extra class prior to attending the university. Just check with schools you’re interested in on what their policy is. If your state doesn’t require a fourth math to graduate in a college-prep curriculum (which I think is unwise, but that’s not the point), odds are good at least schools in your state have a policy you can work with.</p>
<p>rodney: my GC recommended I take another math but I stupidly declined.</p>
<p>^^interesting; well, if it’s pre-calc and you are not applying to highly selective schools, you could be ok…since there are still school districts that are back in the stone age when it comes to math (ahem…like our public)</p>
<p>If it’s Algebra II and NOT pre-calc, your admissions decisions could be adversely affected…</p>
<p>But you still haven’t said where you are applying…</p>
<p>Sorry, it’s Algebra II and not pre-calc
Applied to:
WPI - auto-rejection
RPI - auto-rejection
UDel
UConn
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Stony Brook
Temple</p>
<p>If you are in-state NYS, Binghamton and Stony Brook are probably no-gos…no idea about WPI,RPI but if they are techy schools wouldn’t they expect a higher level of math?</p>
<p>UDel, UConn…no idea about any of it; it seems that both schools have HS’s that they accept everybody or nobody in my opinion…so it would not only depend on your math track, but also how successful kids have been from your school at being admitted…</p>
<p>I do know kids at UConn from our HS who did not take math above Alg II…so I wouldn’t rule that out exclusively basing it on the math…</p>
<p>Sorry, I forgot to say I am from PA. Temple is my only in-state.</p>
<p>I think both RPI and WPI both have pre-calculus as an admissions requirement, right (I know at least one of them does)? So of course you would get rejected for not meeting those requirements. I don’t think you are screwed for the other schools to which you applied.</p>
<p>The only chance I have at WPI is cause my brother (soph) is on the Dean’s List taking grad courses, and I think it’s an incredibly slim chance.</p>
<p>Also: Is there a chance a college would accept you on the grounds that you take a summer course in, say, trig/pre-calc or something?</p>
<p>Bump
10bumps</p>
<p>You really need to check with the individual schools on this. Some might conditionally admit you if you enroll in a summer math, others may not, but there’s no harm in contacting the office of admissions at the schools and checking on their policy.</p>
<p>Do you have a school that is a financial safety? Or do your parents make enough to take care of any of those schools?</p>
<p>Tuition is not an issue, though my first choice is UDel which is significantly cheaper than RPI or WPI which by default I can’t get into anyway.</p>
<p>*Sorry, it’s Algebra II and not pre-calc
Applied to:
WPI - auto-rejection
RPI - auto-rejection
UDel
UConn
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Stony Brook
Temple *</p>
<p>*Tuition is not an issue, though my first choice is UDel which is significantly cheaper than RPI or WPI which by default I can’t get into anyway.</p>
<p>I only have three math credits, highest being trig, and I’m applying as a science major. I’m screwed, aren’t I? </p>
<p>*</p>
<p>U Del’s req’ts…</p>
<p>[Freshman</a> Information | admissions.udel.edu](<a href=“http://admissions.udel.edu/apply/freshmaninfo]Freshman”>http://admissions.udel.edu/apply/freshmaninfo)</p>
<p>Prospective majors in mathematics, engineering, business, computer science, or other sciences should have completed four years of mathematics, including trigonometry, pre-calculus, and/or calculus.</p>
<p>Would you be unhappy with attending your safety? If so, then apply somewhere else QUICK!!! Some schools will let you apply as one major and then switch after acceptance.</p>
<p>I’ve applied to a few other safeties that I’d have no problem attending for a semester or two.
EDIT: Thanks for supplying me with that information though, I appreciate it. Anything like that is always appreciated.</p>
<p>So I looked back at my UDel application, which lists my intended major as Natural Resource Management, and my CA (CommonApp I believe) intended major as Environmental Studies and Natural Resources. Neither of the two are part of the Arts and Sciences college. Would this be better than applying to the science college?</p>
<p>Are those BS degrees or are they BA degrees?</p>
<p>To be honest I’m not sure and I don’t know how to find out.</p>