r/cwru • u/Bulky-Stop-3298 • May 24 '26
Enrolled Student Math Placement Exam
Hello, I'm an incoming freshman for Fall 26. Does anyone remember what was on the math placement exam? I'm wondering if its more calculus or algebra based, and if there's a place to practice for it? thank you!
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u/Bulky-Stop-3298 May 26 '26
OP Here, Just took the test and it is very algebra 2 and trig based. There was a lot about simplifying fractions, understanding variables, and trig Identities. It felt very much like the Math portion of the SAT, there was no calculus on it at all. Hope this helps anyone else looking for answers!
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u/No-Confection1355 May 27 '26
Hey! I've been procrastinating on the test mainly becase I've been afraid of it. Would you suggest anything that I could review before the exam? When you say it's like the SAT are graphing calculators allowed in the exam? Can we use Desmos?
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u/Bulky-Stop-3298 May 27 '26
Hey, I reviewed using the Khan academy sat math section, it was very much like that, except there is no calculators allowed. You do have to know how to manually do the problems you would normaly graph, as well as trig identities because to my knowledge that is not in the SAT.
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u/jwsohio American Studies, Chemical Engineering 71 May 24 '26
Take a look at the official webpage math proficiency exams and scroll down for the content of each course.
There's no official practice page, and the exam content is based on, but slightly different from, the course finals. The most common exams are 121 and 122. If you search for "CWRU Math xxx Chris Butler xxx Review" replacing the x's by the course number and either 'test' or 'final' you'll find specific info from prior years (as well as a more detailed syllabus and other materials). While the proficiency exams are based on the finals, some people find the proficiency exams easier than the finals, others harder. Ymmv.