Placement Testing

All new SU students are expected to take any applicable placement examinations before advising sessions, which begin on Saturday, August 23. Students of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) should consult their registration materials for more information.

Most Syracuse University first-year students are required to complete the mathematics and, if applicable, Spanish or French placement examinations online during the summer, available at orientation.syr.edu. Only students who were unable to take the examinations online during the summer may take the examination after arriving on campus. Refer to the "Syracuse Welcome Schedule at a Glance" for information concerning the dates, times, and locations of specific placement examinations. Students dissatisfied with their online mathematics placement score may re-take the exam online after noon on Monday, August 18.

Mathematics

The mathematics placement exam is available online for students to complete BEFORE 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22, 2008. You can complete this exam online from any computer with internet access, but it must be completed by the deadline. The exam contains 50 questions and takes approximately one hour to complete. The account name is Math Exam and the password is orange.

Click here to take the Math Exam
http://128.230.33.157/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Math_Exam&-startsession

Math department representatives will be available in the Carnegie Library Reading Room during academic advising and schedule adjustment meeting times on Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24, to provide further information about mathematics placement. Or, you may contact the mathematics department directly at 315-443-2205.

 

Spanish and French Examinations

If you are a first-year or transfer student who has had any previous Spanish or French language instruction and you plan to continue studies in that language, you must take the appropriate examination. The exams are available online for students to complete any time BEFORE 6:00 p.m. on Friday August 22, 2008.

Click here to take the Spanish Exam
http://lang.syr.edu/Spanish/Instructions.htm

Click here to take the French Exam
http://lang.syr.edu/French/Instructions.htm

You will need headphones and your student I.D. You must complete the online exam by 6:00 p.m. on August 22nd at any computer with internet access. If you take the Spanish or French placement exam in a campus computer lab, you will need to bring headphones. No paper exams in Spanish or French are administered, but any student having problems accessing an on-line exam may come to 217 HBC for help from 4:30-6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22.

 

Other Foreign Languages

Other foreign language placement exams will be offered on Friday, August 22, from 4:30-6:15 p.m. For testing locations, see the Schedule at a Glance on this web site. All students planning to continue any of the languages listed below should take a placement examination during this session.

Huntington Beard Crouse Hall

Chinese Room 321
French any computer with internet access; help available in Room 217
German Room 213B
Hebrew Room 311A
Hindi Room 312
Italian Room 209
Japanese Room 328
Latin Room 213A
Russian Room 323
Southeast Asian Room 312
Spanish any computer with internet access; help available in Room 217

If students have questions about Arabic, Bengali, Greek, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Swahili, Tamil or Turkish language testing, contact Barbara Moon, Languages, Literature, and Linguistics Office at 315-443-5906.

English to Speakers of Other Languages Assessment Exam

For international students, the English to Speakers of Other Languages Assessment Exam will be held on Monday, August 18, and Wednesday, August 20, from 9 a.m.-noon in Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall and on Thursday, August 21, from 9 a.m.-noon in Kittredge Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. Students may take the examination during any of the offered times.

Students who will require disability-related accommodations on placement exams should contact the Office of Disability Services at (315) 443-4498 in advance of arrival on campus.