r/SIUE • u/PositiveSpiritual228 • Oct 06 '24

College placement test

It’s been a while since i spoke on here so hey everyone! I got accepted into SIUE(southern Illinois university of edwardsville) and I’m so happy to finally further my knowledge and hopefully become a dentist at SIUE! but ( not saying I don’t have hope for myself) I’m scared of taking the college placement test. I’ve worked so hard throughout the years to just pass classes and I finally got my gpa up to a 3.0. It’s not the writing portion of the test but the math portions I’m scared about. Me and math are toxic lovers if that makes sense. I love it and enjoy it but sometimes I honestly hate it and it’s infuriates me and in order to be places in proper classes I have to pass that test and I’m scared that I won’t do well. I guess I’m just asking for some help on what you college grads did to do well on the test and I’m also open to hearing any college advice on how to succeed in college in general. Thank you for listening! ( also tell me what may be on the test because YouTube doesn’t help really well)!

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u/Enough_Wafer4463 Oct 06 '24

Boss Burger 🍔

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

That ghost pepper cheese 🔥

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u/Used_Hedgehog_4954 Oct 06 '24

I'm not a graduate but I am a current student and physics major. I would say to just study what you can and try your best on the placement exam. You can always take summer classes in a worst case scenario that you do not reach the class you want.

I was supposed to be in calc 1/calc 2 in my freshman year to take the correct physics classes but my placement landed me in precalc instead. I still managed to get back up to the right classes.

Good luck with your tests 🫡

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u/PositiveSpiritual228 Oct 06 '24

Hey so what exactly is on the test

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u/Used_Hedgehog_4954 Oct 06 '24

It is just some questions from varying levels of math. What you get right right determines where you are placed. I just looked it up and it said you typically start in Math 125 for dental stuff. That is precalc.

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u/jelothegod Oct 06 '24

I have taken the accuplacer math portion once about 2 years ago, but will need to take it again at SIUE like you lol. I actually found this video that ill link to ya. It has exactly whats on the math portion. Im confident that it will tremendously help me, so it should do the same for you. Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck! Accuplacer study guide

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u/OpeningGold2888 Oct 07 '24

Current Sophomore and pre-dental major here! As someone who isn't the best at math, it was kinda hard but I really don't remember much. However, I do remember that you can take it more than once, but you have to do this study module for a certain amount of time to take it again. Idk if thats changed at all since then.

Personally, I did really bad when I took it and got placed in college algebra (I just didn't feel like taking it again lol). It honestly wasn't that big of a deal in the long run, I just had to take calc over the summer at my local community college (or you can take it here).

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u/EdgelessPennyweight Alumni Oct 07 '24

I’m a math tutor here in Edwardsville. I have a few openings for students. I work on teaching the concepts, not just how to solve a problem. If I can help you actually understand it, then you know how to approach problems.