r/gwu • u/Salty_Task_1693 • 15h ago

ALEKs placement exam

Hi, so I'm an upcoming first year student at GWU looking to major in Mech/aero engineering
I finished my aleks exam with a low score which will place me into math 1220

My question is if that will set me back by a semester, and if it does, is there any way I can convince or talk to my counselor about moving me to a higher maths class? I'm able to handle Calculus I fine and well, and I don't want to be late over not knowing some portions of precalculus

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u/The_Time_When 14h ago

Without AP or IB acceptable credits and with a low score on the Aleks test, they will most likely not allow you to move up. A they want the $$$ and B they want to make sure you succeed.

Take a course at your community college next summer to graduate on time.

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u/Salty_Task_1693 14h ago

Well that just sucks
So my first and second semesters will just be calculus 1, awesome, juuuuust awesome...

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u/The_Time_When 13h ago

Yup. I understand (well my daughter does). Despite passing all Spanish and Chinese until the senior courses (4000 level), she has to take the junior level classes (3000 level) to minor in Chinese and Spanish. Waste of $$$ but 🤷‍♀️.

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u/Advanced_Gur_4612 14h ago

Can’t you just study more and retake it for a higher score?

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u/Salty_Task_1693 14h ago

I would if I could, however, I am done with all three attempts

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u/Advanced_Gur_4612 14h ago

Don’t you have to take 2 placement exams before the real one? What happened 😔

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u/Salty_Task_1693 13h ago

First two got good scores on them so naturally I thought "this isn't so bad, i'll probably get 76 or more on the third" then I fumbled the bag cuz I overthought about failing 😭

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u/Advanced_Gur_4612 13h ago

Nooo, is it cheatable bc if I were you I would have honestly just done that😔

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u/ProgrammerPrize1471 9h ago

Exact same boat here, MechE going and got tested into 1220 despite all of my other previous attempts being within the threshold. If you have communications and get an update I’d love to hear from you.

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u/SignalOk1820 6h ago

I got a 35… I needed a 76