<p>In what subjects are placement exams offered during orientation? Also, do you actually get credit (for graduating with fewer classes) with APs? When it says in the catalog that a 5 on the Chemistry AP will earn a "placement out of 206, 207, or 211," does that mean you can't get exemptions from all three? Why not?</p>
<p>I found a link on previous year's placement exam schedule in orientation week.. but I lost it. From what I remeber there are lots of language placements, as well as physics, math, computer science, and chemistry placement exams. Besides that I don't remember anymore.</p>
<p>So.. here's my question, why is there no biology in the schedule?? Can I contact the department and get one? Also, is there any more placement exams other than the ones offered in the orientation week?</p>
<p>Yes, you can get exemptions from all three, since they're all intro courses. Remember, professors aren't going to "check" that you've fulfilled the prereqs before you enroll in a class; they trust that you have common sense and are properly prepared. You don't have to be officially exempt from an intro course to take the next course in a sequence. As for credit, I believe you get credit for one class in chem with a 4 or 5 on the AP, but seeing as how 206, 207-208, and 211 are all intro courses, there's no reason why you'd want credit for all 3 anyway.
Mak5im, placement exams are all during orientation week. Maybe there isn't one for bio, but again, professors don't check that you've passed a placement exam before you enroll in their class. Placement exams are for you to know where you stand. I'd say if you took AP Bio and got a 5, skip out. If not, take it again, and definitely take it again if you're pre-med no matter what.</p>
<p>It's funny this thread was started, because I was just gonna post one! :))
I'll be Computer Science, and was wondering... could anyone tell me what placement exams would be good for me to take, so I can earn credit for certain courses and instead advance to other courses so I complete my degree more quickly?</p>
<p>can i skip the language requirement like that? lol</p>
<p>if not how hard is the mandarin placement exam? anyone got links to it?</p>
<p>I never understand why anyone would want to skip the language requirement. Languages are so useful and important! You should be fluent in at least one other than your mother tongue.</p>
<p>dis-grace: I don't know about CynicalBliss, but I speak fluently 4 languages and "well" a 5th one. It'd be cool if I could get credits for all of those, don't you think? ;)</p>
<p>i have french and mandarin. speak mandarin quite fluently, just that i would have to study for the placement exam in order to get the three credits ;(... pretty rusty with the writing sections</p>
<p>If you're in arts, I'm pretty sure you have to take at least one language course, at or above the 200 level, no matter how many language courses of which you place out.</p>
<p>For chem, you need to earn a 5 on the ap, not a 4.</p>
<p>Do you get to graduate earlier with AP and placement exams?</p>
<p>123orange.. that's what I'm also wondering about.
My logic is that, if you get credit for your placement exams, and skip the introductory courses, you can take other courses instead of them... And if you do that, then you should be able to pass all necessary courses for the degree earlier...
But we need someone who knows for 100% to tell us if I'm right :D</p>
<p>Whoa, what are placement exams for? Do I have to study for them or something? If i get a 5 on calc BC or chem do I still need to take a placement exam to move to a higher course or get credit for it?</p>
<p>anyone know?</p>
<p>Placement exams are needed just for the ones haven't taken APs or haven't got 5s. If you have 5s you can skip the courses without the placement exams.</p>
<p>so if you're not planning on skipping any courses, you don't have to take them?</p>
<p>If you skip courses, do you get to graduate early?</p>
<p>Falcky--On advanced placement in computer science--I know a family member who got a 5 on the AP computer science exam (I forget which type of exam; I think there are two kinds?). A 5 in his h.s. was pretty great and unusual. Anyway, he placed out of an intro. comp. sci. class at Cornell because of it, but later wished he had taken the intro. course anyway because the one he ended up taking was a bit of a stretch to take as an incoming freshman. I remember him saying that the class he took ended up being a kind of "gatekeeper" class for CS majors--a make or break class that moved a lot of students to choose another major. I have heard the same thing from other students placing out of other intro. courses because of AP scores. Cornell courses are tough, so taking some of the intro. classes one might place out of otherwise might help some students get their feet under them while they get used to the intense rigor of Cornell, especially in math and science. Something to think about...</p>
<p>im pretty sure if you score at least a 4 on the AP Calculus AB/BC exam, you are exempt from taking the placement exam and are granted the appropriate credits for it.</p>
<p>for most of the APs, you need a 5 to place out of something.</p>