There’s nothing like a college placement exam to remind me of everything I’ve always hated about school.
“Read this dry, uninteresting story problem to identify a language factor that you will never care about in your day-to-day life!”
“Hey, guy who hasn’t done geometry or algebra in 15 years! Figure out these polynomials from ordered pairs.”
“Hey, guy who wants to pursue Computer Science, find tell us if this APA citation is correct!”
I know that this system is intended to help students get the placement and assistance they need…but, as someone who is doing college late in life, a lot of my scores just make me feel stupid. 😞
I think the reason I gave up on this 15 years ago was that I didn’t want to have to grind through prerequisites for classes that I naturally struggled with, especially when I didn’t see a point. Overcoming that is going to be hard.
i recently did the same not too long ago and I couldn't agree more, haha. best of luck to you!
