The University of Michigan Placement Tests which you will take during the Summer are designed to determine appropriate class placements. These exams are required. The exams are in Writing, Math, Chemistry and Foreign Languages.
You will take the Writing and Math placement before Orientation; The Chemistry and Language Placement tests are giving during Orientation.
The following language placement exams are given during Orientation: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Hebrew, and Russian. If you have previously studied any of these languages, you should take the placement exam at Orientation. If you know a language other than these, ask your advisor about taking a placement exam in the Fall. The language placement exams will advise you to take a certain level of language. You must follow this placement unless you and your advisor have determined otherwise. It is possible to place past the fourth semester of language and thus place out of the LSA foreign language requirement. Please take this test seriously and make sure that you complete the entire test.
Credit is not granted for the Language Placement Exam.
Credit is not granted for the Math Placement Exam.
Credit is not granted for the Chemistry Placement Exam.
* Special Note from CSP Math Instructors:
Mathematics courses are challenging and demanding, therefore, they require many hours of serious study. Success in these courses ultimately depends on the quality of your daily commitment, as well as your preparation before coming to the University of Michigan. Former students in these classes have found that a review of the Mathematics they learned in high school helps in the Mathematics Placement test.
We strongly encourage you to review Algebra and Trigonometry so that you will be properly placed in the most appropriate Mathematics class.
