NEW
YORK
The City University of New York is going to make it tougher
for students to get into its senior colleges.
The CUNY chancellor said the school will raise math
test-score requirements for fall 2008 admissions at its 11 four-year colleges.
The changes won’t affect community colleges with open admissions policies.
The change follows complaints by some teachers that too many
students entering the school were poorly prepared for college work, especially
in math.
In the fall of 2005, more than 40 percent of students in
introductory math courses either failed or dropped out of the classes.
For CUNY’s senior colleges, applicants will now need at
least a 500 on the math SAT test to get in.
And they’ll need a 510 for the five most selective colleges, including Baruch,
Hunter, Brooklyn and Queens.
The university-wide requirement now is 480, though some
colleges have set higher standards on their own.
