<p>UIUC gives placement tests as part of the acceptance process to determine your proper placement in various subject areas. Use this link to read up on them. Let me emphasize that you should not attempt to do anything other than rudimentary brush up study for them. They measure the amount of preparation that you have in various subject areas, and will be used to match you to the appropriate course level where you should start your study of the subject in question. If you fudge on them, you risk placing your self into a class above your current preparation. That would be, in effect weeding yourself out.</p>
<p>Your first sememster of college is a tough transition from high school for many. Information is thrown at you twice as fast. You need to not only get used to that pace, you need to make sure you’re placed in the proper class levels. My son hadn’t taken physics since his sophomore year in HS, and was very rusty when he took the Physics placement test. He was placed into Physics 100, which was great prep for the University Physics sequence of courses. He never got less than an A-, and is now in his Junior Year in AE.</p>
<p>[New</a> Freshmen, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois](<a href=“http://cte.illinois.edu/testing/placprof/freshmen/newfresh.html]New”>http://cte.illinois.edu/testing/placprof/freshmen/newfresh.html)</p>