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If you have no previous college experience you should submit your application directly to the University's Admissions Office. Be sure to specify civil engineering or environmental engineering as the intended field of study. Admission to the department will be on the same basis as for general admission to the university.
To have a reasonable chance of success in the program, however, you should have taken certain specific classes in high school. In addition to a general college preparatory selection of courses, you should have had at least three years of mathematics including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry and two years of laboratory science such as biology, chemistry, or physics. Prospective freshmen who have not taken these courses or who have received less than B grades in them will not be automatically excluded from the department. Similarly, if you have taken the SAT, your scores should be greater than 600 in mathematics and 550 in verbal. Again, these are not absolute requirements, but they are strong indicators of future success in the department. All decisions on the admission of freshmen are made by the Dean of Admissions.
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