text: should i worry about my upcoming placement exams (u of michigan-ann arbor)? is it gonna be tough? i am an international student educated in singapore, and i am an indonesian national. completed my o levels and dropped my a levels halfway through cause i was accepted to umich and cause of clashes of schedules.  i hate tests and exams. i hope this test wouldn't be too tough or neither will my future depend too much on it. the reason i am whining is that the test starts so early in the term... its my first test and i am coming in as a freshman i agree with bridgeover30, the placement exams were designed to weed out the totally illiterate, now they are more of a right of passage. relax, be confident in your studies and there will be no problem.