@TexArt, my son didn’t have trouble finishing the exam. He actually had to entirely redo a problem when he realized he’d made an early mistake, and he still finished in time. He was offered a spot in CS2. That said, I don’t know what it takes to pass the exam and if your son showed his work and was on the right path he might get most of the points for the question he didn’t finish.
DS didn’t say how many problems were on the test, I’m sure he completed the test and he said he thought it was easier than he thought it would be. Could be different forms of the test? It’s my understanding that the test is designed to not require formulas, it’s more of a test of problem solving skills.
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He offered a spot in CS2, so alls well that ends well.
The CS2 program can be incredibly frustrating for students who are bright but not computer geniuses. The CS2 Honors classes they are required to take are not curved as much as you would expect for a class being taught at a much higher level than the regular version of that class, so it is very easy for these students to end up with B’s or even a C or 2. This ends up meaning that only half of the students in CS2 will be able to maintain the 3.5 GPA required to graduate as a CS2 student. The others have unnecessarily hurt their GPA’s coming into a competitive job environment. Note that UTD’s grade point system gives 4.0 for A or A+, 3.7 for A-, 3.3 for B+, and on down so it is extra hard to recover the 3.5 CS GPA required.