<p>so, the other day when i was about to submit my deposit to a&m, i found out that we had to take some math placement test. i have some questions:</p>
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<li><p>right now, i'm in calculus ab (as a high school senior). what if i take the test and totally bomb it? does it mean i have to take calculus or even precalculus again in college? btw, how hard is it?</p></li>
<li><p>how many questions are on the test?</p></li>
<li><p>can i still submit my deposit to a&m even though i haven't completed the test yet? or do i have to first take the test?</p></li>
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<p>Well theres two parts to the math one, the first part is basically hs algebra, a lot of factoring questions, maybe like 15 or something questions. If you pass that you go to college algebra, which also has like 15 questions, It’s basic college algebra, logs and stuff. You can’t use a calculator which sucks.</p>
<p>Well I took it and I’m pretty sure it’s just one test of 25 questions. I am in Calc BC and totally forgot how to do some of that stuff. There is no calc or even precalc. It’s stuff I did freshman and sophomore year. I didn’t do great, so I guess I’ll just take it again later. But if you do well on the Calc AB, you’ll get credit so it might not end up even mattering, depending on what your major is.</p>
<p>You don’t have to score amazing. Placement is based on SAT/ACT Math score and the placement test score. If you have high ACT/SAT then the placement test isnt as important as long as you just do decent. For engineering, they have a chart that tells you how they interpret the score. I missed like 5, but was still in the area for starting in calc. Like jrt said, a lot of it is stuff from sophomore year that is just hard to remember.</p>
<p>So I got a 18/25. I will take it again. But I got a 35 on ACT Math and 770 on SAT Math. So if I don’t do better next time and somehow do really poorly on the AP test, will they make me take really dumb math?</p>
<p>I doubt they will put you into intro to calculus with your scores - but you have to make at least a 4 to get any Math credit. And then it will depend upon your advisor and major if they will let you use the AP credit. If you are going into some of the engineering majors - they may want you to take math to have a firm basis.</p>
<p>One of the people said that you automatically get credit and that advisors cant make you take something that you got credit for. I’ll get at least a 4 though.</p>
<p>getting the AP credit isn’t automatic. You have to request to use them. And your advisor is there for advising you - and help you make the right decision.</p>
<p>jrt336 - no worries if your degree is for 141 &142 - business math. If you get a 5 you will get credit for both and not ever take a math class at A&M. If you get a 4 you can easily pass 142 without taking 141.<br>
The question about taking the AP credits would be if you were in Engineering where you would really build on Engineering Calc 151 &152.</p>