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Help us maximize your success in mathematics courses at Saint Martin’s by finding out which math courses fit you best.*

* Please note: if you are a Vet2Tech applicant, the following set of instructions do NOT apply to  you - you are NOT eligible to take the math placement at the web address given below. Please email wav2t@stmartin.edu for directions on how to meet your math requirements for the Vet2Tech program.

The math department is currently in process of switching math placement platforms. 

If you are an undergraduate who has taken math placement before and you wish to re-test math placement, please see the instructions for re-testing in a tab below.  

If you are an undergraduate who will be enrolling at Saint Martin's for the first time beginning in the FALL semester, please wait until the new platform is in place on June 1st and revisit this website then for further instructions.

If you are an undergraduate who will be enrolling at Saint Martin's for the first time beginning in the SUMMER semester, please contact Andrew Garcia in the Center for Student Success for instructions on how to proceed.

FAQs

Yes.  All incoming students must take the math placement exams EXCEPT in the following circumstance:

  • You have already earned transferable college credit in a math course equivalent to one at Saint Martin's which also satisfies the math requirements of your intended major (or serves as a prerequisite to those needed for your major).

  • You have passed the AP Calculus AB exam with a score of 4 or better.

  • You have passed the AP Calculus BC exam with a score of 3 or better.

Please note that any student can take COR 130: Quantitative reasoning or applied mathematics, MTH 110: Math in modern society or MTH 100: Math lab without taking the math placement exams. Please talk to your academic advisor to find out if either of these courses suit your needs.

  • At least one week before summer or winter orientation.
  • If you miss summer or winter orientation, you must still take the exam one week before you plan on registering for classes and/or one week before the beginning of the semester.
  • If you are re-taking the math placement exam, please see the instructions below.

Nope.

Students must obtain permission from the math placement director to re-take a math placement test. You may contact the math placement director at mathplacement@stmartin.edu.

A student may qualify for a re-take if there was a technical problem with his/her exam (such as internet connectivity issues) or with his/her ability to take the exam.

A student may only re-take a math placement exam once per semester.  In the fall semester, two re-takes are offered: one on study day and one on the day before the start of the spring semester.  In the spring semester, one re-take is offered on study day.  In the summer semester, several re-takes are offered: one during each orientation session and one on the day before the start of the fall semester.

Upcoming re-takes will be held on the following dates:

  • Friday, April 26, 1 p.m., Harned Hall 109 (Study day)

You may register for one of the above options by sending an email to the math placement director at mathplacement@stmartin.edu. 

Once a student has taken any Saint Martin's math placement exam or any college course equivalent to a Saint Martin's course, any math placement exam is considered a re-take.

Math placement scores are rendered invalid under the following circumstances:

  • After four years.

  • If the student takes any math course or pre-requisite math course that she/he is placed into, but subsequently fails with a grade below a C-.

In either of the above circumstances, the student may be required to re-take any or all of the math placement exams.

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