What's the deal with Placement Exams?

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<p>Whats the deal with these placement exams?</p>

<p>Do I really need to take one for math and language?</p>

<p>Is it bad if i start off my USC career lol doing badly on the math exam? How will it impact me?</p>

<p>Also, for the foreign language exam I didnt take foreign language this year so I forgot it all mostly. What will a bad score do to me?</p>

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<p>it’s so you don’t end up in a class that you’re way not prepared for…</p>

<p>what’s your major and math background?</p>

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<p>you don’t need to take a placement exam for foreign language IF you scored a 4 or 5 on an AP foreign language test. Those scores now satisfy the Gen Ed language requirement.</p>

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<p>More so, for foreign language, at least, depending on your major, you might not even have a foreign language requirement, so the placement test won’t really matter:</p>

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<p>The absolute worst, you have to take the first level all over again. From what I’ve heard, if you have 4-year of one language, you will at least be placed in level 2. So don’t fred it.</p>

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<p>I have another question:
I’m majoring in business and I was hoping to pass out of math 118 with the ap calculus ab test. Unfortunately, I do not feel like I got a 4 after taking the test. Could the placement test be a second chance of passing out of the class, or do placement tests just hold you back instead of bump you up?</p>

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<p>all the math placement exam does is make sure that you’re remotely prepared to take college calc</p>

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<p>So my major [BME] isn’t on the list for needing Foreign lang…
that means I probably won’t be taking a foreign language class. I’ve done four years of French, should I take the placement test for that?</p>

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<p>If you do not get a 4/5 on the AP Calc exam, then you cannot pass out of 118. The exam will place you into 1 of 3 math classes, 118 being the highest. However, if you’ve taken Calc in HS, then you should probably be okay on the placement exam, don’t fret.</p>

<p>If your major does not require a language, you don’t need to take the placement exam. However, if you think you’ll want to take a language class at 'SC, then you should take the placement exam so you don’t get placed into a level lower than what you should be in.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that’s all I wanted to know.
Much appreciated.</p>