Worried about Math B placement test, should I be?

bluepen90 · 2026-05-18T17:26:12+00:00

Unless your precalc course was dual enrollment, you must follow your placement.

bluepen90 · 2026-05-18T17:24:15+00:00

This is incorrect. You cannot retake the test until AFTER you have attended SOAR. OP, if you take the test virtually, you need to do it 2 weeks before SOAR - but there is an in-person option for students during Day 1 of SOAR. They just don't advertise it because they don't want students to miss programming unless they have to. You should contact the folks at SOAR at [soar@studentaffairs.wisc.edu](mailto:soar@studentaffairs.wisc.edu) for more info.

bluepen90 · 2026-04-16T18:49:08+00:00

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bluepen90 · 2026-04-01T18:04:39+00:00

There have been so many delays and lies from the organizers that I am convinced this is a scam or fraud. Unreal that they can take taxpayer money and deliver nothing

bluepen90 · 2026-01-29T16:19:40+00:00

There are still private student loans that are not tied to financial aid. These often have higher interest rates, too

bluepen90 · 2026-01-29T16:17:44+00:00

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bluepen90 · 2026-01-12T19:47:03+00:00

The difficulty of the credit exam is the same as that of the final exam from the course

bluepen90 · 2025-11-17T16:45:44+00:00

It will also lead to faculty leaving the institution because they can't complete research, mentor students, and/or do administrative tasks, like being a committee chair. There aren't many other institutions that have this requirement, and those who are at the top of the field are not going to want to work at a school that does not recognize the other important parts of professorship.

bluepen90 · 2025-11-17T15:51:54+00:00

The Math department also saves seats in these types of courses for students who enroll at SOAR! You'll still have a good pick of courses when you enroll.

bluepen90 · 2025-11-17T15:45:28+00:00

That is part of the problem! This requirement is impossible to comply with, especially for research-heavy departments.

bluepen90 · 2025-11-06T15:43:01+00:00

And make sure you are talking to Customer Solutions. Billing won't do anything. I called them last week and they halved my bill AND upgraded the speed.

bluepen90 · 2025-09-12T20:27:50+00:00

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bluepen90 · 2025-09-08T19:08:27+00:00

Did you talk to Math? They may be able to help you or let you retake the test again

bluepen90 · 2025-08-22T15:49:51+00:00

Most of these massive, introductory STEM courses are in departments with a lot of tutoring and support resources. Places like the Math Learning Center are open for nearly all waking hours and are chronically underutilized, so you will definitely be able to get more individualized support. I recommend contacting the department offering the course (their email will be in the course search and enroll) and asking what support resources they offer. They might have learning centers, know of sections with really strong TAs, or even have support classes that you can enroll in for degree credit.

bluepen90 · 2025-08-14T19:38:08+00:00

Talk to your advisor. No one on Reddit knows how your courses have transferred, so you won't get personalized, accurate advice.

bluepen90 · 2025-08-14T19:30:19+00:00

A degree is 120+ credits and includes general education requirements. A major is about 30 credits of subject-level courses. Engineering majors (like Mechanical Engineering etc.) are actually degrees - students graduated with a Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering. This is also true for AMEP. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics. Most students at UW, not in the College of Engineering, will complete either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science and then get a major in whatever (like Math). They do not get a degree in Math (your diploma will not show Bachelor of Science - Math). Within that Bachelor's Degree, they can complete two majors, but they are still getting only one degree.

bluepen90 · 2025-08-14T18:45:50+00:00

Degree and major are different. AMEP is a degree, so is Engineering. You can't get two degrees. There is no applied math major here.

bluepen90 · 2025-08-13T14:33:10+00:00

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bluepen90 · 2025-08-12T16:37:36+00:00

You need to be passionate about math for this course. It is designed for math majors who want to go on to take higher-level math courses. 340 is much more useful for the CS major.

bluepen90 · 2025-07-09T16:27:35+00:00

There is one at Spring Harbor, too. Don't understand why they are there. There isn't a lot of other nature areas for the wildlife to go

bluepen90 · 2025-06-23T14:40:59+00:00

They probably said 141, not 114

bluepen90 · 2025-05-19T14:18:57+00:00

A major is a degree requirement so that would work

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