<p>no school will ever disclose their cutoff. No one with a GPA below it would apply and that would cost a school not only the secondary money but also would make the school appear less selective by lowering the denominator in the acceptances/applications equation.</p>
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<p>That’s what I would have guessed. IMO, universities should no longer give AP credit in math/sciences for any score other than a 5. To me, with a 4 it is just asking for trouble if you take the next course. The way the CB scores the exams, it’s just too easy to get a 4. On some exams you can miss almost half the questions. :eek:</p>
<p>dean,
"It seems like your daughter is involved in the interview process for her med school? My question for you and her would be whether the science GPA is a “cutoff” for even reading the application. "
-She is interviewing applicants (as other MS2’s - second year Med. Students), but she is in no way involved with any decision making in regard to acceptances. She can only providing evaluations from Student prospective (and I might not be correct about it as we never discussed in details her responsibilities as a Student interviewer). Sorry cannot help you with this.</p>
<p>I have to say I agree with plum about a 4 on AP calc. He should have never gone on to Calc 2 in the first place. Simply wasn’t ready.</p>
<p>dean, it’s way, way, way too early to know what schools he’ll be applying to! He doesn’t have anything close to final GPA yet or a MCAT score. There’s simply no way to tell if he’ll be competitive for those school you [or he] have researched. Or if those schools will match his interests when it’s time to apply.</p>
<p>Since your son will be taking the new MCAT, he should consider taking a stats class thru the math/applied math/biostats dept. There will be some statistics on the new exam. Plus once he gets to med school, he’ll be taking stats there. (It’s part of the medical curriculum at every US school. D1 has noted that the kids who had the most trouble with–some even failed-- stats in med school were the ones with the weakest math backgrounds.)</p>
<p>Another plus to stats is that it will be extremely useful when he’s doing research, particularly if he wants to move beyond simply being a pair of hands and into data analysis. (For a senior research thesis for example.)</p>
<p>And it will cover the second semester of math requirement for him. Just in case.</p>
<p>(P.S. My D1 and somemom’s D have also been student interviewers at their respective med schools. Current students often do one of the interviews applicants have and sometimes serve as an applicant’s advocate with the adcomm, but are never involved in making final admit decisions.)</p>
<p>Hi plumazul & wayoutwestmom - you are right that he was not ready for Calc 2 with an AP score of 4. Hindsight is 20/20. He was advised by his high school teacher to skip Calc 1 and is very aware this was a mistake. All we can do now is move forward. He will be taking statistics as well. No one has selected his application colleges yet (he is only a freshman). When I mentioned the MASR service, this was strictly as guidance for selection criteria. I appreciate everyone’s help.</p>
<p>Huh? Anyone should be ready for Calc II with a 4 on the AB exam. Taking Calc I will most likely not help at all. Most of the skills you need for Calc II from Calc I (according to the syllabus of most courses) involve being to compute derivatives and limits (and simple integrals if integration was covered in the Calc I class), which is simple and thoroughly covered in AP Calculus. Chances are, poor performance in Calc II is not due to weakness in Calc I skills, but rather inadequate preparation in the precalculus material learned and long forgotten several years ago in high school (this stuff wouldn’t be reinforced in a Calc I class).</p>