<p>For those who have had previous experience with the exams how were they?</p>
<p>How was the math exam to place into calculus?
How was the biology exam to place into Honors?
How was the chem exam to place into Honors?
Also the language exam, specially Spanish?</p>
<p>I'm reviewing some material, especially Biology, so any input would be appreciated.</p>
<p>The language exams for French and Spanish are sample SAT II language exams :]</p>
<p>Any place to get a good practice SAT II exam for Spanish without buying a review book?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know anything about the Math and Science exams?</p>
<p>i didnt take the calculus placement exam, but i heard it was really easy. it was 12 questions, and no calculus
as far as the chem placement test, im not sure about the test itself, but they wont let you take the test unless you’ve had ap chem and ap physics, or a really strong background in both</p>
<p>@pumpfake</p>
<p>Check your local library, sometimes they have SATII in the circulation. You can probably just photocopy it out of the book, sit down with it, then have someone else look at it.</p>
<p>^ No luck finding a SAT II Spanish book in my library. Any other links or suggestions?</p>
<p>Also I heard the calc test was easy so I’m not stressing about that. </p>
<p>How about Biology and Chem? How can I review?</p>
<p>Collegeboard usually has some practice SAT II questions online, if you look under sat subject test preparation</p>
<p>as for chem and bio, i would just use an ap review book to review the main concepts of each class</p>
<p>I took the chem test, and it’s way more intense than AP chem. You need to be pretty well familiar with all of your AP concepts as a baseline. On top of that, there were plenty of calc (BC) and AP physics level questions as well that were not directly chemistry.
In other words, you need to have a strong grounding in physical science in general to do well.</p>
<p>Thanks that’s exactly what I heard about Chemistry. Did you get in and what are the perks of the honors track? What about the Biology exam.</p>
<p>I got in, but it was kind of rough. I hadn’t done any chem for like a year, so I spent the first 15 minutes freaking out (this was corroborated by the incredibly intimidating department director who administered the test), but then my memory slowly came back. There are a lot of trick questions, but as long as you know your calc/physics/chem, you should be fine. (hint: do some hard practice problems beforehand)
Apparently only 20 ish students place in every year, so it’s really competitive. The course content is completely different; you study physical chemistry- so quantum theory and thermodynamics.</p>
<p>Calculus placement is incredibly easy. If you go to the orientation website they offer review questions for the calc placement as well as the quantitative reasoning exam. Personally, I thought the the quantitative exam (Places you out of math if your not a science major) was a lot harder than the calculus.</p>
<p>so i’ve taken spanish in high school, but i want to take italian…can i take the spanish exam and then register for italian?</p>
<p>The Calculus exam was a breeze. We had an hour, but it only took me like 15-20 minutes. I kept looking on the back because I thought I was missing something. Lol</p>
<p>If during Fall 2010 orientation you take and successfully pass the Calculus I placement exam, may you wait and sign up for Calculus I second semester(as opposed to Fall 2010) without having to retake the placement exam?</p>