Placement Testing
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The results of the required testing component serve several purposes:
- Placement – The results are used to determine your appropriate starting levels in English, mathematics, and chemistry course sequences.
- Basic Skills – The results are used to identify any weaknesses in English and/or basic mathematics.
- Educational Planning and Academic Advising – The results provide specific information on which to evaluate your educational plans by indicating to you and your academic advisor where you stand in various academic areas in relation to other Penn State students, what you can expect to achieve academically at Penn State, and in which types of educational programs you would probably do well.
Tests are administered in the areas of English, mathematics, and chemistry. The relative importance of each of these tests, which were developed by Penn State's academic departments in cooperation with University Testing Services, will vary according to your program of study. You should do your best on these tests because the results will specify your beginning level in those subject areas, i.e., whether you will need to take remedial work, whether you can start at a regular beginning level, or whether you can begin at an advanced level.
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