<p>how were they? what are the most important concepts to know</p>
<p>they were pretty easy i heard. the people that took it didn't study and msot of them did pretty well on it.</p>
<p>Math was never really my strong point, so I made sure to review a bit beforehand (like, 3 days, nothing too serious) and reviewed a bit for chem since I knew I had definitely forgotten a lot of key concepts since my sophomore year, back when I took chem in the first place. After a few days of studying, I passed both very easily. They're not too hard as long as you know your stuff well...enough. :) Some people don't need to study at all, like denney said, but I wasn't one of them, that's all.</p>
<p>Are those people who didn't study, past AP chem students?</p>
<p>Is it multiple choice?
What sort of chem problems were there?</p>
<p>^I don't know. maybe equilibrium, electro chem, nuclear chem, and most likely organic chem.
O.K. you know I'm kidding right?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the stuff is gonna be very general, pretty much the material you learned in high school (excluding ap chem stuff), because they are not expecting you to exceed first-year college level.</p>
<p>I did horribly on Chem during high school and I'm not the best on math either, but I passed both exams without any studying. I still have my results from last year, so here's a list of the topics they listed on my results (they tell you how many you got right/wrong on each topic):</p>
<p>For Chem: Compounds/Elements, States of Matter, Reactions of Matter, Structure of Matter, Periodic Properties, Solutions, Chemical Dynamics, Laboratory Skills, Mathematics</p>
<p>For Math: Rational Expressions, Exponents and Radicals, Linear Equations and Inequalities, Polynomials, Functions, Trigonometry, Logs and Exponential Functions, Word Problems</p>
<p>From what I remember, all multiple choice. If you paid some attention in Chemistry (non-AP) and pre-calculus during high school, you'll do fine.</p>
<p>is that all the topic on the chem test? </p>
<p>or just the ones you got wrong?</p>
<p>That's all of them. If you got 100% right on that topic, it'll tell you that too.</p>
<p>are calculators allowed for the math placement test?
what happens if we do bad on the test?
do we get put into a lower level class?</p>
<p>Yes, you can even use graphing calculators. If you get below 21, you have to take workload chemistry, which is lower and doesn't count for credits.</p>
<p>You can see the details here: Learning</a> Skills Center Website</p>
<p>As long as you took chem in HS, you should do fine :)</p>
<p>what about for math?
are calculators allowed for that?
and how many questions are there?</p>
<p>thanks!
sorry i just looked at the site
and it's 44 questions for chem and 60 for math</p>
<p>No problem, good luck!</p>
<p>I just looked on the Davis website</p>
<p>"Calculators are not allowed to be used during this exam."</p>
<p>For the Math placement test</p>
<p>I took both placement tests during orientation and passed.
You don't need calculator at all. Don't stress about this...I arrived for the test empty-handed, I brought nothing with me.
It is a scantron test, they'll even give you a pencil if you need one.
All you need is your brain and you're set. It wasn't difficult. Most people I know passed anyways. If you're worried about it, review the material.
Chem: first year high school chem
math: algebra with trig. I got perfect on all the trig problems.
You're allowed to use calculator for chem test. but you don't need it at all.
no calculator allowed for math placement test.</p>