Chemistry Placement Test

<p>Well I took it and got 22/40 :(</p>

<p>Don’t sweat the placement test scores too much. When you do your orientation, you’ll sit down with an advisor who has reviewed your entire file (transcript, AP scores, placement test scores) and you’ll make a decision together what the appropriate class is to enroll you in. They stressed several times during orientation that regardless of which math and/or chemistry class you start in you won’t be “behind” if you’re planning on graduating in 4 years.</p>

<p>So I’ve been to orientation already now and I got told that an 18/40 is a passing score for the chemistry placement test. (I’m in CLA, idk about other colleges)
I was kind of surprised</p>

<p>@NewtoPSEO the math placement test has nothing but algebra, basic trigonometry, and other general high school concepts -very very very easy, do not even spare a thought on it. As for Calculus the subject, don’t worry…it’s just another step up in the general math track. There will be new things, but nothing that won’t be taught in the class and will become understandable to you just as the idea of variables did back in middle school. You don’t need to do reviewing, that is way overkill…you’ll be fine</p>

<p>I am going to be a sophomore in a chemistry intensive major, and got a 38/40 on my placement, as well as a 5 on the AP chem test as a junior. If any of you feel very confident in your chemistry skills, DO NOT let your counselors talk you into re-taking general chemistry. THey will insist that the labs are harder and teach you more, but this is isn’t really the case. If you know your chem well and can advance straight into organic, DO IT! That was my biggest regret of freshman year.</p>

<p>i am abou to take it right now. I know how to name chemical equations, I know what ionic, and covalent bonds are, how to balance equations, how to do unit conversions, and I know what polar and non-polar bonds are. Do I need to know anything else?</p>