@Dgsgmom The score does matter. This is copied from the NSC Engineering PDF I downloaded from my son’s NSC last summer.
Math Placement Exam Scoring
MPE Score MATH Course Recommendation
22-33 = Enroll in MATH 151 (Engineering Calculus I)
15-21 = Enrollin MATH 150 (Pre-calculus and complete Personalized Pre-calculus Program-PPP)
<14 = Enrollin ENGR 289 (Algebra and Trigonometry)
•You may retake your MPE after your NSC to try and improve your score
•14 day wait period between exams
•You can only take it three times
Math Placement Exam
MPE score has shown to be the best single predictor of performance in PHYS 218
PHYS 218 Data –Fall 2012
1796 students
Grade A = MPE Average = 29.8
Grade B = MPE Average = 28.1
Grade C = MPE Average = 26.8
Grade D = MPE Average = 26.3
Grade F = MPE Average = 24.7
The university will use the MPE test score for the recommended schedule. Schedule A has a student taking Math 151 and Phys 218 first semester, while Schedule B has a student taking Math 151 and Chem 107/117 first semester. Schedule C has a student taking ENGR 289 and I don’t know which science. If a student had a schedule B, they were not restricted to it as far as the science was concerned, and could register as schedule A (physics 218 over chem 107/117 first semester) if they wanted to. It is just a suggested schedule based on their MPE score.