<p>Hi, I'm an intended Econ major and I took the Math Placement exam and got a 39/40. I was placed into "Math 118 or 125" and I was wondering if this was the highest placement possible or if there was a higher class I could have been placed into had I gotten a 40/40.
Thank you very much.</p>
<p>I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure this was the highest. Calc I is Math 125, and I think Math 118 is like an Intro to Calc. I don't think they place you higher than these classes since the placement test didn't test Calc material. Those were the math classes I got placed in too.</p>
<p>yeah man, thats the highest class-i asked a usc officer. you got it</p>
<p>Sorry to burst your bubbles, guys, but the placement test is to screen for placement in remedial math. In case you are not ready for normal beginning college math. So a high score is not that meaningful. The AP Calculus test can get you to Calc 2 or 3, though.</p>
<p>I know this is an old thread but I just was curious, I just took the placement exam and tested into 118/125 like most people. Um I took advanced calculus in high school but we don’t have the same system, hence no AP exams for anything. If I say take 125 but find it like really easy or repetitive of high school is there a chance I can get I think its called a d-clearance to take a higher/more challenging class?</p>
<p>For language classes, you can take a test to score out of a class. It might be the same for math.</p>
<p>you can’t test higher than 118/125 on the placement test</p>
<p>Not the math placement test for orientation, as in testing specifically at USC during the first few weeks of class to get placement into a higher class. They do that for foreign languages, perhaps for math as well.</p>