<p>Could someone who has taken the bio test tell me about the format. Is it multiple choice, T/F....??
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<p>Multiple choice.</p>
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<p>If people have info on this topic that would be great...I took two years of IB bio and this placement test would be my ticket to get credit for them</p>
<p>I don't think the bio placement test acts as credit, since it's given online (at least it was last year). </p>
<p>There were three or four sections. I think it was all MC? Anyway, it wasn't hard. I hadn't taken a real bio course in high school, and I decided to take the test at 2 AM one night when I was bored. I scored fine.</p>
<p>so the test is only for placing u into more advanced classes not for credits?</p>
<p>corranged is mistaken.</p>
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The optional placement test in the biological sciences measures understanding of basic concepts of evolution, heredity, and regulation of processes at the macromolecular, cellular, organismic, and population levels. Students with good high school preparation in biology are encouraged to take this test. On the basis of their performance, students who do not plan to concentrate in the biological sciences may meet the general education requirement in the biological sciences.
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<p>To meet the general education requirement in the biological sciences, 2-3 credits are required. So you can earn at least 2 credits by means of this examination.</p>
<p>They seem to have changed it. Last year it was a required exam taken online during the summer. Since it was online (i.e. anyone could cheat very, very easily), they didn't use it for credit. This one's probably harder, too.</p>
<p>this is also from 2001....yea thats a lie, though. only 2 credits are required for bio and the placement will give you anywhere between 0 and 0, but it tells which class you should sign up for if you really care.</p>
<p>Well, that's just silly. I was about to praise Chicago for going from a bad system to a good system, but apparently, they went backwards.</p>
<p>It makes sense not to give credit for an online test that can be taken at any time.</p>
<p>I'm sure the previous test wasn't online. It was probably similar to the current physics and chemistry accreditation examinations... which is the plan that makes the most sense, IMO.</p>
<p>well it sort of defeats the purpose of the core to place out of everything. besides, i think bio is the most underrated part of the core and a lot of the topics classes are really interesting.</p>
<p>its not that, it's simply that I took the class during my time going through IB, which I think is a very similar approach to education that UChicago takes, and honestly have no desire to relearn mitosis all over again when I've done it once...twice....3 times?</p>
<p>yea, but you maybe dont have to take core bio (10110 or whatever it is)? topic classes are neat and if you choose the right one you could take a field trip to the southwest or learn about natural selection in humans or other cool things you dont learn in high school bio. UChicago's bio department is one of the most famous in the world (if there were a nobel prize for biology, chicago would easily have more than anyone else. miller-urey experiment was here, dna was here, etc) and taking classes from these professors can be quite the privilege.</p>