<p>Is any incoming freshmen here taking placement exams? </p>
<p>I’ll be taking both the Chem exams (since it’s required essentially if you have AP Chem credit) and at least one Bio exam. I was wondering if anyone who has taken them or is familiar with them could share some info about its format and difficulty, compared to the College Board AP. Thanks.</p>
<p>i guess i'm taking the chem one too, i'm a transfer student and i got a 4 on ap chem so my old school gave me credit for it on my transcript. does this mean penn won't give me credit because it isn't a 5? and i think i'm only doing the first chem placement exam if i have to because engineering students only need one semester.</p>
<p>The AP score will give you 1 c.u. as a "free elective" but it won't waver you out of Chem 101 or 102 unless you "pass" (for the lack of a different term) their exams. You can get up to 2 credits by their department exams. </p>
<p>Some engineering cirricula require both chem 101 and 102.</p>
<p>I'm also taking the Chem placement test. What I didnt get was when you are registering for the placement test it asks if you want to take Chem 101 or Chem 102 test, or you could take both! I just selected both of them! I'm going to bomb them! I did well on the IB Chem HL exam, but it's not like I can remember much of anything. My brain when it comes to all that info for the IB is locked up, maybe even non-exsistent anymore!
Is there a Bio placement test? It's not listed on the NSO website. I wasn't under the impression that for Bio a placement test had to take, i thought you could just take Bio 121/122(I think those are the course numbers) if you have the 5 in AP or the 6/7 in the IB exam?! Correct me if I'm wrong!</p>
<p>so an ap chem grade of 4 that gave credit at a previous university will give me a free elective 1 c.u. at penn? what about an ap score of 4 on government and english lit that i got credit for at my previous university? can i still get credit for this score even though it isn't the 5 that penn requires for freshmen?</p>
<p>and what is a free elective? can i use it toward my diploma?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>does anyone have the link to the site where we sign up for placement exams?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>yeah, does anyone know where to sign up for placement tests?</p>
<p>does anyone know if they have a timetable of when placement tests are?</p>
<p>the timetable for the placement tests are on the NSO website! Heres the exact url
<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/nso/2005/events/placement.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.upenn.edu/nso/2005/events/placement.html</a></p>
<p>And to register for the chem placement test, go to:
<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/ugrad/placement.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/ugrad/placement.html</a></p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>so what if you signed up for both chem 101 and 102 exams? they're both at the same time</p>
<p>I signed up for both of them!! I guess we'll may have to wait to find out!!</p>
<p>I believe there's a placement exam for Chem 102 offered in the spring...double check on that tho</p>
<p>I've heard that the Penn placement exams are incredibly difficult. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up on that one!</p>