Anonymous
01/20/2024 17:05
Subject: Any VA Tech Engineering admits with AP Calc BC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most of the students taking "Mult Var Calc with Linear Alg as a senior" somehow cannot achieve a score of 800/36 on the math section of a standardized test of lower level content, and we're worrying about this?
Where are you getting this factoid from?
You can get this “factoid” yourself by comparing the number of students achieving a math score of 800 or 36 on their first attempt (less than 1.0%, so less than 35,000) with the 2022 AP Calculus BC test count of over 120K, which equals or maybe even understates the number of students taking the class. The test part hasn’t gone up in 2023, but I’ll bet money the AP test figure has …
1.Calculus BC is not Multivariable/Lin Algebra, it is the year before yhose classes.
2. Not getting a perfect score on SAat doesn't mean lack of understanding or achievement on the material or higher level material.
People also succeed in 2 years of AP English without getting 800 on English SAT.
Anonymous
01/20/2024 16:52
Subject: Any VA Tech Engineering admits with AP Calc BC
Anonymous wrote:They recommend 3 years at VTech. If you want to be a computer engineer you need more computer/math/science classes. Not language. 3 should be fine.
https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/22-23/CDS_2022-2023.xlsx
You only need to years of high school language to satisfy the school requirement if you are accepted, so there shouldn’t be a need for more.
https://eng.vt.edu/academics/undergraduate-students/orientation/frequently-asked-questions.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20College%20of,send%20their%20high%20school%20transcripts.
No, you don't. You need to do well in the classes you take. People are trying to read tea leaves instead of understanding that admissions is essentially a lottery after baseline requirements.