<p>Anybody know when, or if, placement tests results are posted to one start? S just to the Spanish test this morning and wants to get his placement score in order to see in advance of advising session which level class to take.</p>
<p>I just checked, and the placement test results are posted there (in the Student Center). However, I don't know how fast they were posted. It couldn't hurt to check.</p>
<p>The results are online already. That was fast, as tests ended about noon.</p>
<p>Does "PLCMT MATH LEVEL 01" mean you can take Finite M118?</p>
<p>S tested into S275, which is way higher than we expected, considering he had eight trimesters in high school and no AP Spanish.</p>
<p>My son, who did register for M-118 Finite, has this on his credit report:</p>
<p>TEST-BL
99MATH01 with a score of 23</p>
<p>It's not exactly the same as yours but appears to refer to a level 1 also.</p>
<p>Congrats on the Spanish results. My son placed into 275 as well. The best part is that if your son gets a C or better, he can then petition for the lower level credit to be added to his transcript. My son received 3 credits for 105 and 4 credits for 250 (or the reverse?) and then 3 AP credits for 200. If you are interested in a minor, it's a great way to start.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response IllinoisMom. He only got 16 right but it looks from the way your son's results were posted that 16 is good enough to get into M118. It will be nice for him to get the Kelley international dimension out of the way by taking only one class (S275). All in all, a very good day!</p>
<p>I would like to mention that these so-called "placement tests" are simply pigeonholes for academic advisers to mandate what math class a student should take freshman year. Technically you will need to register in the math class that your adviser recommends for you during the registration appointment at orientation, but as soon as you have access to your own computer at a time after to the registration appointment you can add whatever math class you want.</p>
<p>For example, if you test into D-116 (finite math over two semesters) you would have to sign up for D-116 at the registration appointment. Afterwards, however, you could simply login to Onestart, remove D-116 from your schedule, and add M-118 to your schedule. There is NO punishment for doing this before a certain date (financially or academically) and many students do this. Counselors recognize that many students do this but they simply tell the students that they "incur extra risk by adding classes above their benchmark".</p>
<p>Hmm, thanks for that insight Wavarian. I'm going to orientation soon, and I'm not the greatest test-taker. I think I'd like to go into Finite Math, being i'm interested in majoring in economics, but not sure whether to take the liberal arts, or business school route.</p>
<p>Before last fall I talked with an Economics professor (one in the College of Arts and Sciences) here about the difference between the Business Economics and Public Policy program at the business school and the traditional Economics program through the College of Arts and Sciences. He said that they had many similarities and were almost identical in terms of marketability (though I would assume that Kelley has better career networking). Both of these programs have similar prerequisites for the major meaning you'll be taking most of the same classes freshman and sophomore year anyway, including the following:</p>
<p>M118 Finite Math
M119 or M211 Calculus
E201 Microeconomics
E202 Macroeconomics
E370 Statistical Analysis</p>
<p>If you look at the links below you'll see that these courses are prerequisites for I-CORE at the business school as well as the economics program.</p>
<p>Indiana</a> University, Kelly School of Business, ICORE</p>
<p>College</a> of Arts and Sciences 2006-2008 Online Bulletin: Economics</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. I guess if it went the business route I would have to take some of those tough root-out classes like accounting, while in arts and sciences, I would have to take a foreign language. While i'm not psyched about having to take a language again, I am interested in, possibly, taking other liberal arts classes. I guess I'll have to wait until I talk to the academic adviser myself.</p>
<p>Just a heads up, general counselors don't know much. I wouldn't rely on them. Try asking older students you know at IU.</p>
<p>Yeah, I heard the general counselors aren't too helpful. I guess I should try to meet with some kind of economics adviser as I really don't know any older students yet.</p>