It should be an alternative way to gain admission. If you can demostrate you know the maths you need to program and document it then I'd say thats as good as y

It should be an alternative way to gain admission. If you can demostrate you know the maths you need to program and document it then I'd say thats as good as you need to prove to gain admission. But I have absolutly no say in changing things, though initiative is always worth it.