QR Placement Diagnostic
PLEASE TAKE THE QR PLACEMENT DIAGNOSTIC SERIOSLY. UNDERPLACEMENT MAY REQUIRE TAKING UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL QR COURSES, REQUIRING UP TO THREE QR COURSES TO FULFILL THE AQR REQUIREMENT RATHER THAN ONE OR TWO, AND WILL MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO TAKE THE COURSES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHEN YOU WANT TO.
If you need accomodations, please see below regarding built-in accessibility features in the diagnostic and contact information if you need additional support (Meg Hegener, Coordinator of Student Access Services, mhegener@dos5.net, who will coordinate with the Quantitative Reasoning Director, Dr. Smriti Tiwari).
The QR Placement Diagnostic is now available. Please complete before speaking with your summer advisor and ahead of registering for classes. It can take up to 5 business days for your placement to be processed. Please see below for additional information about taking the QR Placement Diagnostic. Direct link: http://app.dos5.net/qr/index.php
Information Regarding TAKING the QR Placement Diagnostic
Time: You will have unlimited time to complete this placement diagnostic. However, once you have begun the program, you cannot stop or exit. You thus should select a comfortable place to work. You can take a few minutes to use the restroom but keep the Placement Diagnostic open.
Placement Diagnostic Logistics: Please be sure to enable JavaScript for the Quantitative Reasoning Placement Diagnostic. If you need help in enabling JavaScript please go to this URL: http://www.enable-javascript.com/
Do not skip any questions.
If you click on a mathematical formula or expression, an enlarged view of the formula or expression will pop out. If you need to enlarge the text overall, please use the zoom features in your browser.
Resources you can use: You are allowed to use a calculator and scratch paper.
Accomodations: The QR Placement Diagnostic is untimed. In addition, you may use a calculator on the QR Placement Diagnostic and you may use scratch paper and a pencil, or equivalent, to work problems. In the Placement Diagnostic, if you click on a mathematical formula or expression, an enlarged view of the formula or expression will pop out. If you need to enlarge the text overall, please use the zoom features in your browser. The Placement Diagnostic should also be compatible with a screen reader. If you need additional accommodations, please contact the Coordinator of Student Access Services, Meg Hegener (mhegener@dos5.net), who will coordinate with the Quantitative Reasoning Director, Dr. Smriti Tiwari.
No outside help: In keeping with Skidmore College’s Honor Code, we expect that you will not have outside help, which could consist of, but is not limited to, consulting or working with another person, using printed materials, using artifical intelligence, or searching the web.
Quantitative Reasoning Placement: After submitting your answers, you will hear back from the College about your QR placement within five business days via an e-mail sent to your Skidmore account.