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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"For example, for three consecutive year, 20-30% of UC Berkeley first-semester calculus students who participated in mathematical diagnostic testing displayed [i]severe[/i][b][u] preparation deficits."

Ouch.[/quote]

How is this going to be fixed by SAT scores if it is the HS math instruction that sucks? [/quote] If you only admit students with an SAT math score of 700+ for STEM majors at UCLA/Berkeley, then you will have a well-prepared undergraduate class, regarld of HS teaching quality.[/quote]

I do think most with low SAT math scores ended up not doing STEM, as they couldn’t pass the “weed out” prerequisites. Many of those kids might have to change their intended majors quite a few times as they move down the list, shattering their confidence in the meanwhile.[/quote]
Most non STEM majors still have to take calculus, and the professors are saying that these kids need remedial math. They are not ready for college math even as non STEM majors.[/quote]
I thought the letter only urges UC to require SAT math for admitted STEM majors, no?[/quote]

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