NCSSM Class of 2021

ncssmclassof2020
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:05:49 +0000

@AMJ2021
Congratulations on your acceptance!! Welcome day presents you and your parents with information on everything from the dorms to the absence policy all condensed into a couple of meetings. Which can be kind of overwhelming to say the least.

The placement test you will take on welcome day are for mathematics and physical sciences. The language placement test you take online before some spring deadline (sorry, I don’t remember exactly). These placement tests are VERY important. You want to study and do your best on them as your scores will determine what level of course you are placed into. With that said there are opportunities to change your placement at the beginning of the year if it is not a good fit. There is also an option to retake the placement tests in the summer or right after school starts. However, both of those options are a pain and your goal should be to get the placement that fits you the best so that the class is a good fit.

**Also, you want to focus your studying on the math placement tests as that is used in determining your chemistry and physics placements.

These “placements” determine what level of course you end up in (regular year long, slower pace, with topics 2 trimesters, faster pace, or AP which covers way more than a typical ap class). Which placement test you take is based on your current math/physical science class. Basically, if you have never taken calculus you take one test and if you have taken calculus you take another.

Sorry, for the length of this answer it is just a complicated subject to explain succinctly. Let me know if you have any other questions.