u/Own_Cartoonist_1265

Sooo our school is making us take a CBSE along with a comsae and pass a certain threshold even if we aren’t taking Step. Most of us got a 500+ cut off on our first school comsae but for the people that didn’t meet the cbse range they’re making us retake both and if we don’t reach a 59+ cbse and 450+ comsae we can’t sit for Step.

Example: if I score a 550 but can’t hit a 60 cbse they won’t let me sit.

Any thoughts on this? Is this normal? They are 2 different exams, I totally would understand if I’m taking Step but if i’m not then why?