Gateway Exams
Gateway exams are meant to test your grasp of certain fundamental pre-calculus and calculus techniques and concepts. Each exam consists of eight questions covering the topics listed in the table below. To pass a gateway exam, you must answer at least 7 of the 8 questions correctly. Before each exam, you will be provided with a collection of practice problems that will be similar to the problems on the gateway exam (see the links at the bottom of this page) .
Each gateway exam is first administered at the problem session listed on the table below. If you fail the gateway exam at this time, you must contact your teaching fellow to schedule a retake. You may retake a gateway exam as many times as you need to until you pass. You also must participate in a mandatory problem session to review the gateway material. For each gateway exam that you have not passed by the deadline listed below, your final grade for the whole course will be reduced by one letter. For example, if you have a B in the course but fail to pass one of the gateway exams by the deadline, your course grade will be reduced to a C. However, students who make an earnest effort to pass the gateway exams have never failed to pass the exams.
Note that calculators are not allowed on the gateway exams. Details on each exam can be found on the gateways section of the website.
| Gateway Exam | Topic | Date | Deadline for Passing |
| Gateway 1 | Differentiation and Advanced Algebra | Problem sessions on February 15th or 16th | Friday, March 17th |
| Gateway 2 | Trigonometry | Problem sessions on March 8th or March 9th | Friday, May 5th |
Below are practice problems for the gateway exams. The last five files are for the second gateway on trigonometry. Please be aware that the practice problems for the trig gateway are multiple choice, whereas the actual gateway will NOT be multiple choice.