Take Placement Exams
This section also provides an overview of Northwestern placement exams in chemistry, physics, and languages.
Student Dossier and Summer Action Items
This portion of the website can guide you through the tasks to complete before starting school, as well as some programs and resources for first-year students.
Student Dossier
Weinberg students compile an online Dossier over the summer before their first year. It's a powerful tool that you and your advisers will use repeatedly as you make plans and complete required tasks.
Summer Action Items
Understand Test Credits
See whether you may have earned credit for AP, IB or other placement exams and, if so, how that credit can be used.
Explore First-Year Courses
Explore our advice for assembling a schedule appropriate to your interests and preparation, including a first-year seminar.
Arch Scholars
Our Arch Scholar programs are summer opportunities for students whose high schools offered little or no AP preparation.