Once students are admitted to Cornell, they will be contacted by the advising department of their undergraduate college or school and informed of any placement tests that may be a part of new student orientation. Placement examinations are administered to determine a new student’s appropriate level of study within a discipline. On the basis of examination performance, students may be placed in the subject’s introductory course; be exempted from the introductory course and be allowed to take a more advanced course; or be exempted from the introductory course altogether and still receive credit. Students are then free to take more advanced coursework.