MCA Score-School of Engineering

ucbalumnus
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:57:38 +0000

eyemgh:

the minimum math requirement for all Cal Poly applicants is Algebra II. Anyone who hasn’t taken it will be automatically rejected. We can pretty safely presume that all applicants who make it through the Algebra II screen also took Algebra I and Geometry.

You would think that, instead of trying to get middle school math into the application, they would just use CSU validation rules: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/csu-uc-a-g-comparison-matrix.pdf

I.e. algebra 2 validates algebra 1, and any “advanced math” (precalculus or calculus) validates algebra 2, algebra 1, and geometry (or integrated math 1-3 for integrated math curricula). Then, for the purpose of counting additional high school math courses to the MCA score, they just need to count semesters of precalculus and calculus.

Foreign language can also be done similarly – completion of high school level N validates all levels from 1 to N-1, so they just need to look at what the highest level completed is.