I was applying to some of my schools, and several of them require me to take math as a senior. The problem is that I am not taking math because I did both pre-calc and calc as a junior and there were no other higher math courses I could take. I opted not to take AP statistics because it is not a course that typically transfers to engineering schools as anything useful. Did I jeopardize my chances of getting into college because I didn’t take math this year?
Some schools will hold that against you and others will see you completed calc and be OK with it. Why did your counselor not give you better advice? Is there any way to change your schedule and add a math class. Or add an extra class at community college would be even better.
I can add a statistics class next semester at our local university. I will probably have to drop a class to do that however. Thank you for the info!
It’s definitely worth a consideration but keep in mind the schools you are applying to are going to be relying upon your transcript so if you add a class at your local university, make sure you update your apps to indicate this new course. If you weren’t willing to take Stats as a senior, why would you take it at a local university? Can you take a calc course? Assuming you took Calc AB, how about Calc BC rather than stats?
If they are Washington public universities, they allow chemistry, physics, or AP computer science to count as a course that fulfills this requirement.
https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/policies/cadr#math-based-quantitative
http://www.wsac.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2015.CADRs.Appendix.pdf
If you live in Washington, your counselor did not warn you about this requirement, since it can potentially be a problem for students who complete the top level math course before senior year?
Note that University of Washington does not directly admit many students to engineering majors; pre-engineering frosh must face a competitive admission process to get into their desired majors:
https://www.engr.washington.edu/current/admission
http://www.engr.washington.edu/current/admissions/admitstats
The engineering departments at UW enroll around 10-20% of their annual cohort directly from high school. Most engineering students enroll with “pre-engineering” status and will apply to their majors at the end of their freshman or sophomore year. Each major has its own requirements for admission, some more competitive than others, as outlined in the last link in #4 above.
The most advanced math offered near me is calculus one by dual enrollment. Also I’m from Georgia so we don’t nessacarily have this requirement and my counselor already did a bad recommendation for me because I’m already having to go back and take 11th grade English since I skipped and took 12th grade English.
Can you afford the Washington public universities or whichever schools have this requirement? (Run the net price calculators on their web sites.) If not, then it may not be worth the bother to apply anyway.