<p>is it safe to assume that engineering majors have to take this placement test??</p>
<p>but i don't see the calc placement test on my myandrew menu... where exactly is it?</p>
<p>I also don't see the calculus placement test. I logged into my.cmu.edu, then where do I go?</p>
<p>Nevermind, here's how you get it: <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/blackboard/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/blackboard/</a></p>
<p>KrazyKow have you heard anything about the difficulty level of Analysis I and II? How about Mathematical Studies I and II?</p>
<p>is there a deadline on taking the placement test? or is it just sometime before orientation starts?</p>
<p>I think there is a deadline on the placement test. Check the info you received from your advisor for information. As already stated, the test is on Blackboard, not myAndrew.</p>
<p>Analysis, even though it is a calculus course, is a proof-based course. As a result, it's probably very different than any math courses you've taken before (unless you took a discrete math class at some time). I know that it's very hard, very time consuming, and definitely not for everybody. If you really like math and want to understand why calculus works, and you already have a calculus background, take analysis. Also, it helps to be the sort of person who cares more about what they're learning than what their grades are. From what I understand, the first few weeks are easier than the first few weeks of normal calculus, but it quickly becomes harder.</p>
<p>Three freshmen I knew took Analysis I. Only one of those went on to Analysis II, and I'm pretty sure she has no intention of taking Math Studies, since she was happy to get out of Analysis II with a C. However, one of my TAs was a computer science/discrete math double major, and he took the whole sequence of courses and loved them, while getting As in them. Don't count on being like him, though.</p>
<p>Also, kind of weird- Math Studies I and II are 20 unit courses. (Analysis I and II are 10 units, misleadingly the same as normal calculus.) That makes them more like taking two courses at the same time. They do weird things like meet for two separate sessions a day. I think all four of the courses are team taught (i.e. there are two professors teaching the course).</p>
<p>i got a 31 out of 40.. do you think they'll place me in regular calc?</p>
<p>Most likely you'll get a semester of credit, but I'm just guessing. I'm not sure if the requirements vary by school/major.</p>
<p>The placement exam deadline for CS is July 5th. It is probably the same for everyone, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>where did u see this?</p>
<p>the scs advisor sent out a letter abd email</p>
<p>Yeah, my source of information about the deadline was the SCS advisor's website (which I don't particularly want to give a link to because it is obviously unfinished). On it was a letter from the Math department dean about the placement test, stating the deadline. Since it was from the Math dean, I would think it's a universal deadline.</p>
<p>I don't get it. They just let us take the exam online and give you a semester's worth of credit. Is there a very strong honour policy? I'm in CIT, I really don't want to give this test because I want to sit for Calculus all over again. Anyway I can get out of it?</p>
<p>Another question, I did really poorly on the calcie placement cuz I forgot most of the portion I'd covered. I'll most probably get placed in the worst calculus course-so my q is, even if you don't get into advanced classes through placement, will you still atleast graduate in 4 years? :D I'm worried that I'll fall so behind that I'll take 5 years to graduate.</p>
<p>So.... I know part of the Information Systems Curriculum is that I take a Calculus 'group' of classes..
<a href="http://is.hss.cmu.edu/curriculum.html%5B/url%5D">http://is.hss.cmu.edu/curriculum.html</a></p>
<p>So... if I were to get say, a 40/40 on the exam, would that fulfill my calculus requirements... bypassing me having to take a calculus class?</p>
<p>or... does it merely mean I must take a higher level calculus class instead?</p>
<p>Tooya: With CMU, if you get credit, you don't have to take the course. The only case that would be different is if it's a "take one of these several courses," in which case you may have to take one you don't have credit for. In this case, if you get a 40/40, you should get two semesters of calculus credit and not have to take any calculus.</p>
<p>Havaldaar: All the majors at Carnegie Mellon can be finished in 4 years with no AP credits, I believe. You may have to take heavier courseloads than some of your friends and you may not have as much freedom in random classes, but you will be able to graduate. The course catalog has examples of schedules for students in the section with information about graduation requirements (by major); you may want to look at that. If you plan on doing some crazy double major, you may have trouble.</p>
<p>You can always choose not to take credit that you would otherwise be granted, I believe. What is your major? You can email your advisor about it to be certain.</p>
<p>There is some amount of an honor policy, though it is nothing like the one at Rice. If you cheat on a placement test like this, you'll just end up in a higher class than you should be and you'll hurt yourself- that's why they don't really care.</p>
<p>I'm in Engineering(Undecided). That's not the problem though. I'm just not very confident with calculus and since most of the future classes will revolve around it, I want to be as good at it as I can be.</p>
<p>Do Tepper students have to take the exam? Also, when is the deadline again?</p>
<p>Deadline is July 5th. Read the thread.</p>
<p>If you're not confident in calculus, just email your advisor and make sure that you can choose to take 21-120 even if you do get credit for it.</p>
<p>How long is it? How many questions?</p>
<p>Also have any other Tepper students received an email or letter about the calc placement exam or registration yet?</p>