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First-Year Testing, Counseling, and Advising Program
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All students who enter Penn State as first semester students must take
placement tests to determine the best courses with which to start. These tests are taken
by students only after they accept the offer of admission from Penn State and are not
designed to deny any program. Presently, students take placement tests in math, chemistry,
and English and the readiness level, as evaluated by the tests, is used in developing an
appropriate course schedule for each student’s first semester.As part of FTCAP,
all first semester students in the College of Engineering must attend an information
session about the degree requirements for the majors offered by the College at the
location where they will begin their degree program. Immediately after the information
session, students will work with advisors and faculty to develop a course schedule for
their first semester. The course schedule is based on the results of the placement tests,
the student’s goals and interests, advanced placement or transfer credits, and course
availability of electives.
Information about scheduling the placement tests and about the counseling and advising
session will be sent to students after they accept the offer of admission. The scheduling
and administering of FTCAP is done by the Division of
Undergraduate Studies (DUS). For more
information, contact the FTCAP office of DUS at (814)
865-2578. The College of Engineering is only one of the participants in the program and
relies on DUS for the names of the students and their dates of participation.
Students who have earned at least 18 credits at another institution after graduating
from high school are considered for admission as advanced standing or transfer students
and are therefore not required to participate in FTCAP. If appropriate and relevant, they
may however be asked to take one or more of the placement tests to help in the scheduling
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