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Here is a link for 2 Math practice exams:
http://mdtp.ucsd.edu/test_new/?show_instructions=3
http://mdtp.ucsd.edu/test_new/?show_instructions=4
For the Chem placement exam, there are no published practice exams. My son used the SAT Chem subject test book to review.
Keep in mind that the purpose of the placement exams is to make sure you’re taking classes appropriate for your level. Having someone else give you the questions and/or answers to the placement exams is both cheating and will harm you later if you’re placed in a class that’s too high for your actual level.
What book did he use and how well did it work for him? Thanks
The placement tests are extremely easy. There’s really no need to worry or study at all. The math placement test was basically a bit of pre-calculus and adv algebra, and mojority of the questions you could solve with basic algebra skills.
The chem placement test was so easy that you could simply use elimination/deduction skills to answer the questions. If your SAT score was high enough to be accepted into Davis this year, then I’m sure you would be capable of testing into MAT21A/CHEM 2A since you only really need about 50% on the test l0l.
Yeah, you need a 35/60 for MAT 21A and a 21/44 plus a 25 on the math placement for CHE 2A. In all honesty, if you can’t get those scores you need the prep classes to be ready for CHE 2A and/or MAT 21A. MAT 16A and 17A require a 30, so again if you can’t get that score you need the prep classes.
For what it’s worth, I placed into MAT 21A and CHE 2AH despite being a full year removed from any kind of math and two years removed from any kind of chemistry. I basically just paged through my old precalc notes for the math placement and skimmed through Sparknotes for the chem placement. Doing that was plenty.
Im actually really scared that I will do awful on the chem one. See i went to a really bad high school and we pretty much weren’t taught a thing in our chem class since we were the teachers first class ever and just gave everyone A’s based on the aesthetics of our notebooks and some very basic notes.
My chem class in high school was similar: The teacher would put a random problem on the board, we’d spend most of the period goofing off with friends in the class because we either had no idea what to do or it was so simple we finished it quickly, then he’d put the answers on the board at the end of class without explaining anything. Pretty much no going over stuff until right before state testing…
Most of the placement exam is algebra type stuff, with some formulas (I remember the density formula coming up a couple times) to work with. The only actual chemistry thing I can clearly remember is balancing equations, and even that was more of a “Hey, here’s this equation with all but one coefficient filled in. What number should that blank coefficient be?”, which comes down to doing some algebra.
Even if you don’t place into CHE 2A, workload chem allows you to build up your skills so you can take it in the winter. It’s really not a big deal if you have to take workload.