<p>Know anything about the Math 20E waiver exam or the ECE 35 waiver exam? I find it ridiculous that UCSD is the only UC to not accept vector calculus from a community college as well as a circuit analysis class. In terms of vector calculus, I checked out the practice math 20E exam, and while it wasn’t difficult at all (comparatively speaking to what was tested in my vector calc class at cc), most, if not all of the techniques to solve these problems have left my memory already due to the lack of use and how I took it a year ago. I’m pretty sure I can pass the ECE 35 waiver exam as those techniques are fundamental and still fresh in my mind, but I find it redundant and a waste of time to have to prove again the knowledge of a class I took a while ago. </p>
<p>But enough of me ranting, I guess the real question is, do you know if students were able to take these courses at a community college to substitute them, or no matter what, the waiver exam is the only way to get credit without actually taking the classes at UCSD? Also, overall, do you know the difficulty of the actual waiver tests (as the only examples I’ve previewed were the sample tests)?</p>