<p>Hey guys I plan on enrolling at Rutgers Newark and I have a few questions about the placement tests. I haven't dug around many placement test details so I thought this would be the best place to get started.</p>
<p>Are there any differences between the placement tests at Brunswick instead of Newark?</p>
<p>What happens if I completely bomb my placement tests? Specifically, math.</p>
<p>So if these placement tests are suppose to place you in your dedicated classes how much interference can it cause with course selection?</p>
<p>And... when do we start to begin our course selections?</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>If you bomb math, you will be placed in pre-calculus or algebra depending on how badly you bombed it. If you bomb either of the 2 sections in English, you will be placed in basic composition instead of expository writing.</p>
<p>No worries. It’s a very easy test.</p>
<p>I took the placement tests at NB so I can’t comment about the Newark test, but I can’t imagine it would be all that different. </p>
<p>It may sound silly, but if you’re really worried about the math test just look at the study guide they post online. I found it really helpful as I hadn’t taken pre-calc in two years and had completely forgotten about logarithms and exponentials and stuff like that. It was really easy so you shouldn’t worry too much. If you do bomb it you’ll just be placed into algebra or pre-calc like Sixflags said, which isn’t too big a deal depending on your major. </p>
<p>At NB we had an academic advising day in like April/May where we went down and met with a potential advisor based on our intended major. You’re in a group of about 20 or so students (or at least I was) and they just kind of talk to you about required courses and what classes you’ll be automatically placed in (Expos and math/science classes). Then they give you a list of elective courses and you check off some that sound interesting. You’ll be assigned a schedule a little before you start school and you have a week where you’ll be able to add/drop classes. I found they were pretty helpful about explaining everything, so don’t worry too much!</p>
<p>Thank God it’s going to be relatively easy. I thought it was going to be a bit difficult, since math isn’t one of my strong suits, but the practice questions on the Rutgers website seem very straightforward, so I shouldn’t have too many problems with this if I could remember all the stuff I learned in high school.</p>