how much do colleges really look at the new york state regents in the admission process?
<p>Many east coast schools are very familiar with the NYS regents exams because of the large number of NYS public school students that apply to these schools. In addition, passing a minimum number of regents exams are required in order to graduate from a NYS public high school.</p>
<p>As you already know, if you apply to any of the SUNY schools the scores are looked at. Since many applications are first read regionally you will be compared to the pool of NYS public school students.</p>
<p>At schools like Columbia/ NYU I have heard their adcoms state that they do carry some weight as do help validate the classroom grades and how well you met standards set by NYS. Since the regents grades show up on your transcripts they are going to be pretty hard to ignore and will be evaluated along with your grades. </p>
<p>I remember when my D was a junior there was a major problem with the Math A and Physics regents as an overwhelming number of students in the state had failed the exam and some graduations were on the line. The story was carried in the NYTimes and the state ended up having to rescore the exam. I remember the GC sening out letters with applications explaining the situation with the regents.</p>
<p>You should also check with the regional admissions rep at the schools which you are considering and directly ask them about the regents.</p>
<p>the only thing is that I am a 97+ student but my regents scores are low but passing (83)...even my SAT and SAT II scores are high... i also have alot of ECs and i am 3/ 375 in my school...but i always feel that my regents scores are going to be the things that may cause me no to get admission in Columbia and NYU and other top schools...</p>
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<p>sybbie719 if i fail the physics regents, what will stanford do???</p>
<p>Likely, nothing. As long as your previous averages save you from dropping too much.</p>
<p>yeah i have about a 90 in physics all year</p>
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<p>It is not a matter of what will Stanford do as much as it is what will your high school do. </p>
<p>Is passing the Physics regents a requirement of your school for graduation? </p>
<p>It may not be if you have (any 2) bio, chem , earth science, Physics regents under your belt as you only need to pass 2 science regents in order to meet the states requirement. You would still get a regents endorsed diploma.</p>
<p>Will you score on the regents be factored in to your final course grade?
If not, and you get a 90 as a final grade in the course you should be okay.</p>
<p>If you fail the regents and pass the course with a 90 then your high school may make you retake the exam in the summer in order to graduate. If you have a copy of your school profile on hand look it over as they will list the requirements for graduation.</p>
<p>They will not send out your final transcrip until over the summer.</p>
<p>The Physics regents has a really funny conversion chart.</p>
<p>This is the conversion chart from the January physics regents</p>
<p>You may have done better than you think.</p>
<p>Schools will usually cut you some slack if you have a slide in Physics, Math A & B (because the state can't seem to get their act together in writing these exams) AP Physics, AP calc BC because they know that they are ususally hard exams.</p>
<p>Regents grades are usually reported separately on your transcript. It may also be factored into your final average as determined by school.</p>
<p>For a regents diploma, one needs to pass only one science regents exam.
For an advanced regents diploma, one needs to pass two science regents exams.</p>
<p>Your high school should not prevent graduation because of failing the physics exam unless you haven't passed a single regents science exam.</p>
<p>If you are really worried, call Stanford and ask what would happen. If you do fail, give them a warning and an explaination.</p>
<p>If you think you are going to fail your regents ask your guidance counselor if you can take your regents in august instead of june...then you have more time to study plus there are schools around NYC that have regents prep over the summer...</p>
<p>The regents exam is on wednesday June 22, afternoon session.</p>
<p>If you go to <a href="http://www.regentsprep.org%5B/url%5D">www.regentsprep.org</a></p>
<p>You will find some study guides in addtion to all of the past regents exams (up to jan 2005) You may find yourself in the house for the next few days but the pay off could be worth it.</p>
<p>in my school there is no need to pass the physics regents. I already took chem, bio, and earth science and 2 of those are being counted. So failing will have no effect on me passing or not</p>
<p>It will have no effect on you as far as meeting your requirements for graduation which is what your admission is contigent upon. </p>
<p>If the regents grade is not factored into your final grade a bad regents grade should not cause you a slide. </p>
<p>My opinion, an ugly pass is still a pass. Err on the side of caution, shoot for an ugly pass as the regents grade will still be on your transcript.</p>
<p>regents are evil...</p>
<p>lol i agree fully</p>
<p>Is anyone studying for the physics regents? I said screw it and let the powers that be decide. Hopefully, it will be mostly mechanics and electric circuits and all will be well.</p>
<p>sorry taking spanish, chem and math b....is the math b really as hard as everyone says it is? whats going to be on it?</p>
<p>Math B,</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Mathematical Reasoning (5-10% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Vocabulary Sheet for Proofs
B. Theorem/Properties Sheet for Proof<br>
C. Direct Euclidean Proofs<br>
D. Direct Analytic Proofs (Coordinate Geometry)
E. Indirect Euclidean Proofs </p></li>
<li><p>Numbers & Numeration (5-10% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Nature of the Roots / Sum and Product of the Roots<br>
B. Algebraic Fractions</p>
<ol>
<li>Rationalize Denominators </li>
<li>Simplify Algebraic Fractions (Polynomial Denominators) </li>
</ol>
<p>C. Simplify Complex Fractions </p>
<p>D. Complex Numbers
1. Imaginary Unit *
2. Standard Form of Complex Numbers </p></li>
<li><p>Operations (5-10% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Operations with Fractions with Polynomial Denominators</p>
<ol>
<li>Multiply and Divide Rational Fractions</li>
<li>Add and Subtract Rational Fractions</li>
</ol>
<p>B. Exponents
1. Laws of Rational Exponents
2. Evaluate Expressions with Fractional Exponents </p>
<p>C. Complex Numbers
1. Simplify Square Roots with Negative Numbers *
2. Add and Subtract Complex Numbers *<br>
3. Cyclic Nature of the Powers of i *
4. Multiply and Divide Complex Numbers (including Conjugates) *
5. Absolute Value of Complex Numbers</p>
<p>D. Transformations
1. Apply Transformations on Figures and Functions in the Coordinate Plane
3. Identify Isometries, Both Direct and Opposite
4. Graphically Represent the Inverse of a Function *
5. Use Slope and Midpoint to Demonstrate Transformations
6. Use Transformations to Investigate Relationships of Two Circles
7. Using Translation and Reflection to Investigate Parabolas
8. Apply the Composition of Transformations</p>
<p>E. Determine Value of Compound (Composite) Functions </p></li>
<li><p>Modeling/Multiple Representation (15-25% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Symbolic Representation of Problem Situations</p>
<ol>
<li>Express Quadratic, Circular, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions in Problems</li>
<li>Use Symbolic Form to Represent an Explicit Rule for a Sequence</li>
<li>Define and Graph an Inverse Variation (Hyperbola)<br>
B. Exponents</li>
<li>Use Positive, Negative, and Zero Exponents </li>
<li>Scientific Notation </li>
</ol>
<p>C. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
1. Rewrite Log Equations as Exponential Equations
2. Solve Log Equations and Exponential Equations
3. Rewrite Expressions Involving Exponents and Logarithms
4. Investigating Exponential Graphs
5. Reflections of Exponential Graphs </p>
<p>D. Trigonometry<br>
1. Use Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
(in a variety of problems involving the resolution of forces)
2. Unit Circle including Use of Radian Measure, Sine, Cosine, Tangent, and
Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions
3. Use Reference Angle, Amplitude and Period</p>
<p>E. Conic Sections
1. Recognize Conic Sections: Circles, Parabolas, Hyperbolas, Ellipses
2. Write Equations of Circles Given Center and Radius and Determine
Radius and Center Given Equation
3. Recognize Parabola by Equation and be able to graph, find axis of symmetry,
y-intercepts, turning point, maximum or minimum
4. Graph quadratics noting where the graph crosses the x-axis or that it does not.</p>
<p>F. Modeling
1. Model Composition of Transformations
2. Model Quadratic Inequalities Algebraically
3. Model Quadratic Inequalities Graphically
4. Represent Graphically the Sum and Difference of Two Complex Numbers</p>
<p>G. Solve Systems of Equations and Real World Problems
1. Linear
2. Quadratic
3. Trigonometric
4. Exponential</p></li>
<li><p>Measurement (15-20% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Geometry in a Circle</p>
<ol>
<li>Angles Formed by Radii, Chords, Tangents and Secants<br></li>
<li>Measure of Segments Related to a Circle</li>
</ol>
<p>B. Right Triangle Trigonometry
1. Special Angles 30, 45, 60<br>
2. Right Triangle Proportions</p>
<p>C. Trigonometric Functions
1. Unit Circle Including Sine, Cosine, Tangent, and Their Reciprocals,
Coordinates (cos A, sin A)
2. Amplitude and Period
3. Reflection in y = x
5. Inverse Functions</p>
<p>D. Derive and Apply Formulas
1. Radian Measure Definition
2. Degree - Radian Conversion
3. Reference and Coterminal Angles
4. Derivation of Sine, Cosine, Tangent, and Their Reciprocals
5. Sum and Difference of Two Angles
6. Double and Half Angles for Sine and Cosine
7. Vectors</p>
<p>E. Triangle Information Gained From Trigonometry
1. Area of a Triangle Using Trigonometry
2. Law of Sines
3. Law of Cosines
4. Ambiguous Case</p>
<p>F. Statistics
1. Normal Curve (interpretations based on Mathematics B Regents Examination
formula sheet)
2. Normal Curve/Distribution
3. Standard Deviation
4. Bias / Random Sample
5. Choose Appropriate Statistical Measures
6. Scatter Plots
7. Lines of Best Fit</p>
<p>H. Derive Formulas to Find Measures
1. Pythagorean Theorem
2. Perimeter of Polygon
3. Circumference of Circle
4. Area of Polygons
5. Volume of Solids</p></li>
<li><p>Uncertainty (Probability) (10-15% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Determine effects of changing the parameters of graphs of linear, quadratic,
exponential, trigonometric, and circular functions</p>
<p>B. Discrete and Continuous Probability</p>
<ol>
<li>Measure of Central Tendency</li>
<li>Use of Sigma Notation</li>
<li>Measures of Dispersion</li>
<li>Range</li>
<li>Mean Absolute Deviation</li>
<li>Variance and Standard Deviation Using the Calculator
(for population and sample data)</li>
<li>Binomial Theorem</li>
<li>Normal Approximation for the Binomial Distribution
<ol>
<li>Probability of exactly, at least, or at most r successes in n trials of a Bernoulli
experiment</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>
<p>C. Curve Fitting
1. Linear Regression<br>
2. Logarithmic Regression
3. Exponential Regression
4. Power Regression
5. Linear Correlation Coefficient</p>
<p>D. Examining Data -- Making Predictions
1. Domain and Range
2. Interpolate and Extrapolate from Graphs
(linear, quadratic, trigonometric, circular, exponential and logarithmic functions)</p></li>
<li><p>Patterns & Functions (15-25% of Regents Exam)</p>
<p>A. Function Vocabulary and Notation</p>
<ol>
<li>Definition of a Relation and Function </li>
<li>Determining if a Relation is a Function</li>
<li>Definition of Inverse Function * </li>
<li>Notation for Absolute Value, Composite Functions</li>
<li>Expressing Exponential Functions as Logs</li>
<li>Functions: Inverse, Exponential, Logarithmic</li>
</ol>
<p>B. Ways to Represent and Work with Functions
1. Represent and Analyze Exponential, Logarithmic, Quadratic, and
Trigonometric Functions
2. Relate Algebraic Expressions to the Graphs of Functions
3. Use Transformations to Investigate the Relationships Between Functions
4. Find the Solution of Quadratic Equations Both Algebraically and Graphically
5. Use the Discriminant to Determine Roots: Rational, Irrational, Imaginary
6. Evaluate Composite Functions
7. Transformations that Provide Congruence: Reflections, Translations, Rotations *
8. Direct Isometries
9. Opposite (Indirect) Isometries
10. Dilations
11. Inverse Functions (reflections in the line y = x)</p>
<p>C. Using Identities
1. Quotient Identities
2. Reciprocal Identities
3. Pythagorean Identities</p>
<p>D. Solving Equations
1. Quadratic Equations *
2. Fractional Equations
3. Radical Equations *
4. Logarithmic Equations
5. Exponential Equations
6. Absolute Value Equations *
7. Linear Inequalities *
8. Absolute Value Inequalities *
9. Quadratic Inequalities
10. First-Degree Trigonometric Equations
11. Quadratic Trigonometric Equations
E. Standard Deviation for Grouped Data</p>
<p>F. Use of Double-Angle and Half-Angle Formulas</p></li>
</ol>
<p>math B is so easy, just know those idiot proofs
i got 100!!!!! go me (sorry had to say that, even though it doesnt make me seem smart since really, any bonehead can do good on the regents)</p>
<p>Oh please, I got into great colleges (see profile link) without having all 100s on my regents. To just give you guys an idea:</p>
<p>Sequential I: 95
Sequential II: 94
Sequential III: 93
Spanish: 95
World History: 97
U.S. History: 99
Biology: 84
Chemistry: 87
Physics: 85
English: 97</p>
<p>I thought those science regents would kill me. But, it worked out in the end!</p>