<p>For those that have completed the pre-orientation homework, how did you get into the Web registration tutorial? I couldn't find a link.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I couldn't find it either so I just didn't do it. They explain everything and give you a tutorial sheet while you are at orientation so it's not important to do.</p>
<p>In the pre-orientation homework, it says to send in final transcripts. Do the transcripts have to be at USC before orientation?</p>
<p>For AP scores, I took a few AP tests last year, but didn't list a college to send them to. This year, I listed USC. Would both this and last year's scores be sent?</p>
<p>I don't think my high school transcripts made it to USC before I went, but I did need to bring my college transcripts for placement purposes.</p>
<p>Oh thanks.</p>
<p>BTW, how were the placement tests?</p>
<p>DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PLACEMENTS! If you got into USC, you are smart enough to handle them... now you may not ace them, but that is a good thing (you dont want to be in a class that you couldnt handle)...</p>
<p>Someone got a 7/40 on the math test (must have been a legacy or something). Random guessing should yield 8/40 theoretically.</p>
<p>The chemistry/physics exams are pretty much math. There were a couple questions on chemistry that I didn't remember, but it's not like you need a perfect score to pass it. I had taken Honors Chem as a sophomore and I passed the exam without really thinking about chem since I took the class.</p>
<p>We just got back from Orientation and the placement exams were not that stressful my son said. Just like Cubsrule mentioned above, if you did well in HS with chem, math, and language - you should do fine. If you Ace them, you might wind up in the most advanced class. If you do poorly, you have to take a tutorial class. Good luck!</p>
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Someone got a 7/40 on the math test (must have been a legacy or something). Random guessing should yield 8/40 theoretically.
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<p>I vote for random guessing. Someone didn't feel like taking it so they just filled in random (or filled in just one letter all the way down)</p>
<p>Actually, assuming 5 options per question, the probability of random guessing resulting in 8/40 is only about 15.6%. The probability of random guessing resulting in 7/40 is about 15.1%, only 0.5% different.</p>
<p>Is a calculator required for the Calculus (or Physics) exam? </p>
<p>Seems like it would be, but it is not listed on the "items to bring" list. Unless, they are NOT expecting calculations to be performed, but instead have questions on concepts, terminology, etc.?</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing...are calculators are not allowed? I would think that they would be, especially for the calc or chemisty placements...</p>
<p>NO calculators were allowed or required during the placement exams. S said they were pretty easy & everyone in his engineering group at orientation passed all exams, except one student was "borderline" & they had to meet with him/her separately to discuss the test results & course selection.</p>
<p>Definitely another "no" on the calculators. For most of the exam the problems are less number based anyway; thus, a calculator wouldn't really help you.</p>
<p>The placement exams really weren't that bad-math was a little trickier for me as my school has what we dub "a math program for philosophy majors" and didn't cover a topic or two that was on the math exam; I still did pretty well. And the French language exam was a cakewalk-if you've done well in AP language you'll be fine, at least in French.</p>
<p>60 minute Math, 30 minute Chem/Physics, 90 minute foreign language. Don't worry about the placement tests because they don't count that much...</p>
<p>When I was registering for my classes, they already had my 2 APs from last year on file. I also told them that I felt confident about my AP Calc AB test score. So they let me go ahead and register for 2nd semester chem and math 126.</p>
<p>In other words...don't stress.</p>
<p>Also, they didn't even look at my pre-orientation hw. As long as I had it, they said ok. I did it the night before....</p>
<p>Yeah, they really don't check about the pre-orientation homework. Theoretically I could have not done mine after all, but it's kind of useful to at least know some of the academic guidelines beforehand.</p>