Advanced Regents: Worth my time?

hudsonvalley51
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:34:52 +0000

redpoint: I am not aware of very many private colleges, in NYS or out, that care about how you score on the Regents exams. For that matter, outside of the SUNYs, there aren’t many public colleges and universities that care. But I wasn’t addressing regents exam scores. My post addressed (perceived) rigor of curriculum. Most all colleges give most weight in admissions decisions to rigor of curriculum and GPA. The Advanced Regents track is more rigorous than the requirements for a basic Regents diploma. FWIW, there are certainly more rigorous curriculums than any Regents path found in NYS schools, both public and private.

hammer326 – It was not clear in your original post that you had completed 3 years of HS math, since NYS public school students’ usual progression is Integrated Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calc (or Calc for advanced math students). Since you already have 3 years of math and your preferred college doesn’t care if you take a 4th year I would say you are fine without the Advanced Regents diploma in this case. I’d still run this past the Admissions office at your intended college just to make certain it is not a problem at their end.