<p>I am a current high school senior who really wants to go to college at IU. I have stats that are probably good enough for acceptance (24 ACT, 3.99 GPA), but I have one major concern. I was looking at the IU website last night and saw they required trigonometry, calc, or pre-calc (1 credit). This year, I am enrolled in Business Math (thus, never took any of those) and have already sent in my application. Will this stupid mistake on my part cost me the opportunity to go to my dream school? Do they actually look to see if these requirements are met? How rigid are they about this, is it something admissions has to follow? I guess my overall question is if you don't meet one of these standards, will you not even be considered, or will they not pay any attention to me missing one of their requirements? </p>
<p>By the way, I already turned in the counselor form saying what my classes for this year are, so my only other option would be trying to change my schedule around second semester and having him write IU a note explaining that I am now taking trigonometry. Should I do this or is the whole not taking trig/calc not as big of a deal as I think? </p>
<p>Thanks so much for the help, I am really concerned about this!</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a new requirement. I just applied to IU (and I currently attend a high school in Indiana) and our guidance counselors told us freshmen year that if we were planning on going to IU to take trig, calc, or pre-calc. The best thing to do would be to just call IU and ask what needs to be done. I would guess a lot of kids would be in the same boat if they were not informed of that math requirement early on.</p>
<p>Actually, the fact that I am a freshman at IU is living proof that it is a new requirement. The old requirement was “one class beyond Algebra 2”. That meant that stats could be that class, now, stats apparently would not fulfill that requirement. </p>
<p>Honestly though, I would not allow that change in wording stop you from applying to IU. IU’s math SAT scores make it very unlikely that the requirement was a deal-breaker in the past and I doubt it will be in the future.</p>
<p>I emailed the admissions department and they said that it was a requirement and that I should find a way to take it at a community college. They didn’t say whether or not they consider applicants who don’t meet all their criteria, just that I should take it.</p>
<p>To names1: You must be admitted to IU before you can be admitted to Kelley. </p>
<p>As someone above stated, this is not a new, unknown requirement. My son’s school made him aware of this when he was in eighth grade, signing up for high school classes. He is now a senior. It’s also been posted on the IU admissions website for several years.</p>
<p>People, this is definitely a new requirement. I’m a direct admit. I just got out of K201 lab. I have an A-100 midterm in 8 and a half hours. I never took Pre-cal or trig or calculus. I’ve met many people here who never took any of those classes in high school.</p>
<p>Think about it this way: People who take those classes don’t typically score in the 500’s on the SAT math section. Most students at IU score in the 500’s on the math section. How could that be possible if this has been a requirement. </p>
<p>Having said that, whether it’s a new requirement should be irrelevant to you. If the admissions counselor said to take it at a community college then you should do so.</p>
<p>I should clarify my reply. It is a new requirement for the Class of 2012, but it has been publically available information (on the IU website) for at least 4 years.</p>
<p>It has been in the works for a long, long time-- enough time for everyone to map out the courses they would take in high school. But, of course, your hs counselor would have to be on the ball and notify everyone of it. If you are OOS from a school that rarely sends anybody to IU, you probably would not have known of the new requirements. It wouldn’t shock me, however, if the new requirements were selectively enforced. </p>
<p>They are really upping their standards–and honestly I think having pre-calc at least is helps you to be prepared to fulfill their general ed requirements. My D took through pre-calc and was glad she had when it came time for her math/science distribution courses. I’m sure IU wants to avoid having people who need remedial math help. </p>
<p>It is too bad your counselor didn’t give you better guidance! All in all, it’s good advice for all college-bound kids to take at least through pre-calc. It prepares you for college, boosts your SATs, opens your options.</p>
<p>hkem13, you obviously havent checked the average stats of Indiana hs students. We have low SAT scores. I was told of the math in 8th grade, so they knew for a while.</p>