<p>you can use the internet. and i’m pretty sure you can take the test tomorrow…i’ll be taking it again tomorrow so i can get that damn 1% ughhh</p>
<p>I’m natural sciences, but I haven’t received an email from UT about this test yet. When are your orientations?</p>
<p>My son’s orientation is July 7th, which is the second to last one. Just as he was about to start the test this afternoon, he got an email giving him an extension for 2 weeks. Apparently the Aleks system had been down for awhile.<br>
It might be a good idea for you to contact natural sciences about this. It sounds like you won’t be able to register unless you take the test. You might end up having to take it orientation, or having your registration delayed, if you don’t take it beforehand.</p>
<p>Is there any way to study for this test? Any good websites with many some practice or sample questions? I’m decent at math but it’s been a while since I’ve done trig, logs, and absolute value equations. I want to review but I don’t know what I should review. It would be nice if someone posted any helpful links. Also, if anyone is wondering, I just called the College of Natural Sciences and they said that if your orientation is July 7-10 then the deadline to take the ALEKS is June 22nd.</p>
<p>fyi–the email my son received said the deadline was June 26th.</p>
<p>I have heard good things about these Kahn math videos. We don’t have any personal experience with them, though. </p>
<p>[Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“Khan Academy”>http://www.khanacademy.org/)</p>
<p>Also, you might look around on the Aleks site. You can join for one month at a time-- it’s about $20. You might consider taking their precalc online class and doing as much as you can in the next 2 weeks. That would probably refresh your memory on everything. Aleks determines what you know and moves on to what you need to learn, so you might be able to move through it pretty quickly if you just need a refresher.
Good luck!</p>
<p>It sounds to me like the content is close to the SAT subject test in Math II, so if you have a Math II study guide around from before you took calculus (or can get one at the library), that would work, I think.</p>
<p>I called UT, and they said that I need to take it by July 1. I’m going to fall orientation, by the way.</p>
<p>Is there a lot of evaluating limits on the test? What about derivatives and integrals? How much calculus stuff is on the test? Can someone who has already taken the test give a brief overview of the test and what is tested the most? Also, it’s free response right like you type in the answer? Does spending too much time on one question affect your score or does it just make the next question easier? What topics should I study the most in order to score above 80%? I really need to refresh my precal because its been 2 years since I have taken it. Thanks for the help guys.</p>
<p>theres no calculus stuff on the test. no derivatives, no integrals, or limits. its pretty much like algebra 2 stuff…like write the equation of the line or solve for x. theres some graphs you have to draw online which are a pain in the ass because you have to plug in points and draw lines and stuff like that. theres some questions over sin, cos, and tan. i also had like 2 log problems. and remember formulas for area, circumference, and perimeter and stuff like that</p>
<p>How long did the test take you?</p>
<p>about an hour and half</p>
<p>To be rather blunt:
If you cannot get above an 80% on this test, you are not ready for calculus.</p>
<p>Is it that easy? I mean I took AP Calculus AB in high school and I scored a 4 on the AP Exam but its been 2 years and I’ve forgotten some of it. Also, longhorn 9791 can you possibly explain the type of log problems that were on the test? What was tested over sin, cos, and tan? Did they test like trig identities or did they just ask to evaluate the trig functions at certain angles like Pi/3 or something like that? You said to remember the formulas for volume, area, surface area, etc. but couldn’t you just use the internet to look it up since it’s not blocked? Is there any point in having the formulas written down besides saving a few seconds?</p>
<p>actually “ut!”, majority of that test didnt have anything to do with calculus or anything that prepares you for it…only a few questions did. the second time i took it i scored 99% only because i went back and looked up formulas for finding the volume of a cylinder and stupid bs like that</p>
<p>and last time i checked i never had to do that in calc I or II.</p>
<p>“bulletman”- i replied back to your private message</p>
<p>longhorn9791, don’t you have to know areas and volumes of objects to find how fast the radius was changing when X amount of water was being pumped in at Y amount of time? I do believe this is calculus.</p>
<p>It’s not a terribly hard test to take. I just thought the principle of the matter was stupid. If there is no correlation between the math 1 test and calculus course at UT, all the departments should have to take this test, not just the natural science one.</p>
<p>i agree. i didnt really find both the sat subject test or the aleks to be related to calculus.</p>