<p>For enrolled students, have you received your placement tests yet? Or does your school have students go back to campus to take the tests?</p>
<p>I’ve taken my Spanish placement test, though I didn’t have to take a math placement test, which is actually remarkable. Basically I told them which language and math classes I should take based on the course descriptions, and they sent me a private link to a placement test if they thought I should take it.
Btw I’m going to Exeter. Where are you going?</p>
<p>Lawrenceville’s came a week or two ago. </p>
<p>I got my Exeter math placement a few days ago</p>
<p>My son didn’t need to do the math placement at Exeter. They had guidelines on where to place yourself based on current math class and SSAT scores. He followed that and they emailed and said they checked it and agreed. </p>
<p>He is beginning a new language so no need for placement there…</p>
<p>@RockComet: How long is the Exeter math placement? Is it multiple choice? What levels of math does it cover?</p>
<p>@mathman, they’re word problems that cover different mathematic topics.</p>
<p>Ok thanks.</p>
<p>@needtoboard: How many questions does it have?</p>
<p>@mathman1201 it has 7</p>
<p>@needtoboard: Only? Wow, I wonder how they place people on just seven questions… :P</p>
<p>@mathman1201 oh, believe me, these aren’t simple questions. You’ll know if you see them.</p>
<p>@needtoboard : When are you getting your placements?</p>
<p>@mathman1201 well… i have to do Level 1,2,3 placement so it is quite long… they are word problems… and they are not easy, consider that im a math olympiad kid… hmm… its has got like… 20 exercises or sth. They cover pretty much everything, geometry, algebra, graphing,… all sorts of stuff :P</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! Good luck on your placement! 
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<p>thanks… gonna do it tomorrow morning :)</p>
<p>All I’ve gotten so far is the form for the courses I want to take and my housing survey. But I think they said something about course survey stuff coming on May 8th.</p>
<p>The Exeter math placements tests are available to all, on the Exeter website under math Dept. </p>
<p>It is not to your advantage to get help on them, since it will land you in a class that won’t be appropriate. </p>
<p>Exeter puts a lot of effort into reviewing your requested math level, SSAT, previous math teacher recommendation, and placement tests, and usually gets it right. There are many, many nuances to their math levels. My D wanted to try a one step harder level after a few weeks,and they let her, but she quickly dropped back to the level they had placed her at originally. They’ve been doing this a while, and the goal is for math to be challenging but not over the top.</p>
<p>Once you arrive, the first term math instructors are working with students to see what level they work best at, and there is a lot of movement between levels. Acceleration during the summer may be possible if you are interested. So your assigned math level to start is just a starting point. </p>
<p>Incidentally, the math instructors at Exeter are very well liked by students, and are some of the most pleasant, fun and compassionate people I have ever met. During parent’s weekend, encourage your parents to attend your Harkness math class - it is amazing. And do your homework problems!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info @2prepMom! I didn’t know they had the test on their site… I’m going to go check it out! :)</p>
<p>Oh wait you need a password. Dang it…</p>