<p>When I first arrived at Dartmouth, I worried about taking the Math 3 Placement exam until I realized that I never had to take math again. If you are 100% sure that your major won’t involve math (believe me, I was), you really don’t need to take the test. Government, Econ and some other majors can fulfill the ‘math’ requirement (aka QDS) by taking any ‘10’ class (like Govt 10, Econ 10), which is basically a statistics class with some kind of slant depending on what department it is offered through. People also fill the QDS requirement by taking courses like Linguistics. </p>
<p>The Math 3 Placement test is really only for people who are trying to figure out what level of math course they should be in. Most of these people either need to take math for their major or just plain enjoy it. </p>
<p>If there’s any chance that you will be taking a calculus-focused course at Dartmouth, you should take the exam. If you never want to see an integral again, skip it! If you still aren’t sure, there’s an info session about the placement exam you can attend during orientation.</p>