Abstract
The freshmen had been taken the new course of studies in the junior and senior high schools since 2006. In order to evaluate the mathematical potential of freshmen of 2007, a placement test of mathematics was prepared in collaboration with a Preparatory School. The students educated with the new course of studies have a tendency that they are slower and often make errors in calculation. They are also rather poor in solving the problems described in such a simple text without using any mathematical symbols. The relationship between the scores of placement test and linear algebra was also examined. The students with lower score in placement test tended to have lower score in linear algebra but have an acceptance quality level to be passed the linear algebra.
