The Placement Exam...

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>I was overjoyed for getting accepted to Irvine
and now I have to worry about this exam??</p>

<p>seriously, I suck at English (no kidding, I'm not a native English speaker)</p>

<p>so if I don't pass this test, I get rejected?</p>

<p>how can I prepare for this test?</p>

<p>help me ;(</p>

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<p>No, I don’t think you would get rejected… a placement test is to see which level you would belong in. Like obviously if I did bad on the chem placement test, I wouldn’t be placed in the honors course.</p>

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<p>The worst case scenario is that you will be required to take a class called workload english.</p>

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<p>Regarding that, on the site it describes the conditions for being able to avoid taking the exam. One says “received a decent score on the SAT/ACT” or something similar to that. Would a 29 on the ACT be able to satisfy that and thus ensure that I don’t have to take the exam?</p>

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<p>Placement Exams do not have the power to reject your admissions I believe. This exam, as its name suggests, determines the placement of you on certain subjects such as in English, Physics, Math, or whatever. </p>

<p>If you fail that exam or have not met the Entry Level Writing Requirement found here: [2007-08</a> UCI Catalogue: Information for Admitted Students](<a href=“UCI General Catalogue Archives”>UCI General Catalogue Archives)</p>

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<p>Probably the worst case scenario is your B.A degree being held up.</p>

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<p>I got out of the Analytical writing exam by getting a 3 on the AP test. </p>

<p>Not too difficult.</p>

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<p>i got this off of facebook…and it helped me a lot…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.testingcenter.uci.edu/require.html[/url]”>http://www.testingcenter.uci.edu/require.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^Thanks dnduswo!
Looks like I don’t need to take as many tests as I thought.</p>

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<p>So, for example, I’m undeclared, humanities. Would i need to take a math or science placement test? That application says I don’t, I’d just like to verify.</p>

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<p>If you plan on taking those classes, then yes.</p>

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<p>too bad i didn’t take ap english…</p>

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<p>if u fail the analytical writing exam that you take during may i believe, you just have to start with writing 39A, rather than 39B if you do in fact pass. Not much difference except you will have one more essay writing class to worry bout.</p>

<p>look up writing in CC and complete your undergrad requirement before entering UCI.</p>

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<p>You can’t fail a placement exam. If you get every single question wrong you would place in the lowest English class possible. </p>

<p>If it’s anything like placement tests for CC, which it probably is, it is mostly reading comprehension. There is no grammar, syntax, vocab, etc on it at all.</p>

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<p>ARGH according to the link i’ve gotta take Chem, writing, AND physics for enginerring. </p>

<p>Does a 3 in AP physics B count for anything ?</p>

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<p>i know about the website but is UCI going to tell us officially what tests we need to take?</p>

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<p>I am taking the ap english test on friday, and i am confident that i will get at least a 3, but i won’t find out for sure till July. So do I still need to take the analytical writing placement test this saturday? Cuz when i called they said I didn’t but according to the website i do…anyone know?</p>

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<p>hm, when i clicked on newly admitted UCI student to do my online registration, they said we couldn’t register until mid-may, so i went back and clicked UCI student and it let me log in to register for the tests. should i register that way?</p>

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<p>^ Well no… I mean it’s not like it’s a glitch or anything, they’re simply telling newly-admitted students that we can start signing up in mid-May. So we will wait. We’re not regular students yet, so although it let you log in, it’s not a good idea to try to register that way, because we’re clearly not supposed to.</p>