Math Placement Test

<p>Is anyone worried? I took calc BC in 11th grade, scored a 5 on the AP, and I am worried, because apparently that is not enough to get you placement. So I am relearning calculus before we have to take the test online (after we get our netIDs and passwords).</p>

<p>Are you thinking of taking the multi-variable calc + linear algebra analysis? I'm not too worried because I helped the BC kids prep this year which was a constant review for me.</p>

<p>Yeah i was thinking of that. I have taken a course in linear algebra, but i havent done any multivariable calculus. I just hope they dont put me in remedial calc!</p>

<p>Just wondering, how much focus did your linear algebra class have on proofs? Remedial calc! Hah! yeah right.</p>

<p>about half of the points on all of the tests were proof. we spent 2 days going over proof notation.</p>

<p>Ugh, that was my first proof based course, it was difficult to go from number crunching to proofs. My tests were 8 questions all proofs, 3 hours......torture.</p>

<p>you guys should see the look of utter confusion on my face... i think i must have slept during my 3 years of high school math because i have no idea what you're talking about!</p>

<p>EPGY Linear Algebra tests are fun. </p>

<p>I'm pretty sure that you'll place into the desired class with 5 on the BC test.</p>

<p>were you being sarcastic? EPGY linear, aww man, it taught me that I'm not the hotshot in math that I thought I was. The class wasn't impossible, I guess the fact that I waited until the last month to do the class didn't help.</p>

<p>No, I'm not sarcastic. The questions are difficult, of course :) but who said they can't be fun?</p>

<p>If you want to see really hard linear algebra questions check out H's Math 55's psets. We had a problem solving Math 55 session one day at my Math Club lol...</p>

<p>Fair enough, they were fun. I just thought you were implying that they were easy, in which case I tip my hat to you. Linear Algebra is pretty amazing.</p>

<p>Nobody cares about math placement test. </p>

<p>1) it's online, I took it with other people
2) my TA didn't even ask to see it when I walked into Math 120 (the dreaded multi-variable class)
3) on the off chance that a TA actually cares, you can probably talk your way into the class... if you REALLY want to</p>

<p>are there time constraints?</p>

<p>Don't remember. There might have been.. probably. Oh... if you ARE taking math 120 next year, you can always IM me for extra advice. ~_^ ladyeudaimonia</p>

<p>Do we need to take the math placement test if we plan on taking a class beyond Math 120, such as Math 230?</p>