placement exams

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<p>Can someone explain how math/lang placement works at penn??</p>

<li><p>I’ve taken calc AB in high school and I want to go into math 103. Will doing poorly on the AP test guarantee me placement into that class? Or will it be so unbearably easy that I should just try to go into 104??</p></li>
<li><p>I’ve taken latin and spanish in high school. I have 800, 5, 5 in spanish. If I don’t want to go into a high level, what placement tests are offered and when would I have to register for those? What level do you recommend I go into?</p></li>
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<p>For latin, would I be allowed to take the sat in june and use that for placement? Will scores of 1, 2, or 3 also serve to place you in a class? (I read something on the website saying only scores of 4 and 5 are used for placement purposes but I don’t remember if this was just for math)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>1) Math 104 is equivalent to Calc BC. Math 103 is equivalent to Calc AB - and Math 103 is technically remedial, which means you should start out in 104 at first and drop down only if you really need to.</p>

<p>2) I don’t think Latin counts for language. A 5 in spanish (or 800) covers your placement entirely - you don’t need to take language at Penn if you don’t want to.</p>

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<p>I want to though</p>

<p>when would I have to take placement tests for those though??</p>

<p>will an sat/ap for latin be used for placement?</p>