Math Placement

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stony Brook University - SUNY
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<p>Has anyone taken the proctored math placement exam. How was it? How many questions and in how time did u have to take it?</p>

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<p>I toke it at the main campus and its a proctered exam on a computer. It was the same as the online test but I think it had more questios.</p>

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<p>Did anyone take it at SBU Manhattan? If so, please comment on the difficulty.</p>

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<p>I never took the online exam as of yet. Where the questions on the actual exam difficult. Did it have a lot of trig?</p>

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<p>i have a question: if i took AP Calculus AB then do I just take the Calc portion of the exam or do I have to take algebra and precalc as well?</p>

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<p>If you decide to take calculus portion, then that means you want to take section III. This may or may not be a good idea because this section is composed of 3-4 parts that begin with AB and end with BC. It all depends on your BC calc knowledge. I had the same question. The People who make the math placement at Stony told me I'm better off taking the easier exam (I+II) with precalc b/c I can make more mistakes and possibly pull off a better score than in calc.</p>

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<p>but if i take just parts I+II then i have to take Calculus over in college?</p>

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<p>Yes, but you may risk getting placed into pre-calc if you don't do well on part III. Don't you have AP credit. You can use that to maybe sway the staff to get placed into calc II.</p>

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<p>sorry i have another question: if i'm taking the calculus part of the exam then do i have to take the part with precalculus too??</p>

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<p>I took the proctored exam, you take Algebra first, then just continue on until you fail a section. Precalc is before Diff. Calculus. You need to complete every previous section b4 advancing to a harder one.</p>

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<p>really? cus i heard that theres 2 different exams algebra and precalc / precalc and calc</p>

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<p>well i'm going to take precalc and calc sections, hopefully i'll pass the precalc section cus i took it 2 years ago!</p>

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<p>The precalc is going to be difficult if you haven't taken it in that long, you definetly need to know your concepts.</p>

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<p>To me it seemed that it just followed the same structure as the online pracice one did...just a different URL that can only be accessed from within SBU</p>