2020-2021 Catalog > Admission and Registration > Placement Tests

Placement Tests

New students take placement tests after applying for admission, and must complete placement requirements according to the degree, certificate, or course they intend to register in. Please note that all Degree Seeking students must complete placement requirements before registering for courses, and all students must satisfy course prerequisites before registering in a specific course. 

First Time College Students

Students are assessed in Reading and Writing by meeting one of the following:

• Students who score a 480 or above on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing portion of the SAT test are exempt from the Reading and Writing portion of the placement test.
• Students who score a 19 or above in ACT English and 20 or higher in ACT Reading are exempt from the English/reading placement test.
• High school unweighted cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher from a final high school transcript.
• GED score of 165 or higher. 

Students are assessed in Mathematics by meeting one of the following:

• Students who score a 520 or above on the SAT math test are exempt from the mathematics portion of the placement test.
• Students who score a 20 or above in mathematics are exempt from the mathematics placement test.
• High school unweighted cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher from a final high school transcript, including successful completion of 4th year of math. 
• Completion of Math Transition Course with a C or higher. (For Fall 2020, this applied to Reavis, Oak Lawn, and Evergreen Park High School).
• GED score of 165 or higher. 

Transfer or Adult Students

Students are assessed in Reading and Writing by meeting one of the following:

• Student who previously earned college credit may be exempt from Reading and Writing by showing a “C” or better in a college-level (101 or higher) English composition/rhetoric course.
• GED score of 165 or higher. 

Students are assessed in Mathematics by meeting one of the following:

• Student who previously earned college credit may be exempt from Mathematics by showing a “C” or better in a college-level (101 or higher) mathematics course.
• GED score of 165 or higher. 

Please submit your final official high school transcript to the Records office (Building S, Room S 111). 

Mandatory Placement Based on ACCUPLACER Scores

Students who place into RDG-041, RDG-071 or RDG-091 must enroll in that reading course their first semester and continue in the reading sequence until RDG-091 is successfully completed with a grade of “C” or better. COS-041 is a co-requisite to RDG-041.

View the college's current policy for academic placement tests at morainevalley.edu/placement.