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Math GE Fulfillment Exam

New Student Programs and Orientation (NSPO) is designed to introduce you to the various elements of your Scripps experience, starting with Academics, one of our guiding principles. This section will include information you will need as you prepare to join our community of scholars.

To view the “2024 New Student Academic Info & Class Registration” you can download it here.

REQUIREMENTS

The Scripps Math GE requirement may be satisfied in any one of the following ways:

1. By passing a course at Scripps (either a class from the Math department or an approved statistics class (Psychology, Biology, or Economics departments) or an approved logic class (Philosophy departments).

2. By receiving a 4 or 5, with a corresponding high school course, on either the AP Calculus AB or the AP Calculus BC exam.

3. By scoring sufficiently high on the Math GE Fulfillment Exam to enter Math 30 or a higher-level math course. (The Math GE Fulfillment Exam is administered during Fall Orientation.)

Self-Placement: We would encourage any student to take at least one math class while in college. If you have started the calculus sequence (including precalculus), you can self-place into a Calculus course based off your high school preparation. For more information on how to go about this please click here.

GE Fulfillment Exam: A brief Math GE Information Session will take place in Garrison Auditorium at 8:30 AM on August 21, 2024, followed immediately by the Fulfillment Exam. (If you have further questions, we will be at the Academic Open House at 10:30 AM on August 21, 2024.)

QUESTIONS?

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Contact: Professor Anie Chaderjian.