<p>Has there been any updates on placement exams? I thought someone said we were going to be able to access them sometime in March, and I haven't heard anything yet.</p>
<p>I think it depends on when you sent your deposit in. Those who sent their deposits in December are receiving their FTCAP notifications now (my D received hers on Fri.)</p>
<p>I took the placement tests yesterday after taking a practice APUSH exam for my APUSH class. I shouldn't have done that. I think my score on the placement tests will reflect that.</p>
<p>Killer, how long did it actually take you? DD wants to know since the only time she can take it is after school (she's in theatre and she's doing a show right now which takes up all her weekend). Also, do you know if she does it sooner (rather than next week, when the show will be over), will she get an earlier counseling appt?</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there are 60 english questions in 40 minutes, 72 math questions in 100 minutes, and 20 chemistry questions in 30 minutes. These aren't the exact numbers, but the number of questions is more exact than the time. I think I took 2 1/2 hours to do everything; however, you get 3 hours if you need it.</p>
<p>The counseling part is on a rolling basis. The earlier you complete the 2 EPS surveys and the placement tests, the earlier your appointment will be. They said the notices will come out sometime in early April for the counseling part.</p>
<p>I remember how the English part of the placement exam was: hellacious. Math was easy and chem was in between (I felt that I knew the material but couldn't completely understand what they were asking in the question--different naming perhaps?). The most useful part of your FTCAP day is when you get to meet with your advisor (or a sub in my place, who was fine) from your major's department. Before that, you get to meet with some general advisor who'll go through the many hotlines/services the university offers---make sure you bring your packet of papers! I left mine with my dad, as they never said we needed the papers for the activities, and the general advisor was somewhat unhappy that I didn't have the papers. But really, if you have the packet, you can figure most of it out on your own, IMO.</p>
<p>Good luck on your placement exams!</p>
<p>setzwxman: I have to agree with you. The hardest part was English. I didn't know what any of the words mean in the vocabulary section maybe just one or two words every five questions. I didn't want to cheat either, so I tried my best. By the way, what is this "packet of papers" you speak of? How/when do I get it? Do I have it already?</p>
<p>When do you get the mail for taking these placement tests? I have gotten no such things in the mail or through e-mail, so can anybody tell me if they have heard anything about it???</p>
<p>As I remember, students receive their testing information (in batches) in the order in which they submitted their registration fees. So, students who submitted their fees early, say by early February, probably have received their testing information by now or will so shortly. If you have not submitted your registration fees, you will not get testing information until you do so. If you submitted your fees early and have not received testing information you might consider calling and asking when you might receive your testing information. The card PSU sends is a brightly colored 'post card' approximately the size of a half sheet of paper.</p>
<p>lil_killer129, the packet is given to you in a bag when you check in around 7:30-8 am in the Thomas Building (at least that's when/where it was last year for me).</p>