2024-2025 Catalog

Placement Tests

Students must complete placement requirements specific to their intended degree, certificate, or course.  Please note that all Degree Seeking students must complete placement requirements before registering for courses. Placement scores are considered valid for a maximum of 18 months from the date the exam was taken, rounded up to the nearest March 1st or October 1st.

Students meeting one of the below criteria are not required to take the Accuplacer Reading and Writing placement exam:

  • 480 or above on SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
  • 19 or above on ACT English and 19 or above on ACT Reading
  • High school unweighted cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher from a 7th semester or later high school transcript
  • 165 or above on GED Language Arts
  • Previously earned college credit with a “C” or better in a college-level (101 or higher) English composition/rhetoric course

Students meeting one of the below criteria are not required to take the ALEKS Math placement exam for entry-level college level Mathematics (e.g. MTH 120, MTH 139, etc.):

  • 520 or above on SAT Math
  • 20 or above on ACT Math

NOTE:  Higher SAT and ACT scores may be required to place into non-entry level Mathematics courses (courses beyond MTH 120 and MTH 139 – consult with Admissions for more information)

  • High school unweighted cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher from a 7th semester or later high school transcript, including successful completion of 4 years of high school math
  • Completion of a high school Math Transition Course with a C or higher.(Check with your high school or counselor for more information on Transitional Math courses at your school.)
  • 165 or above on GED Math
  • Previously earned college credit with a “C” or better in a college-level Mathematics course

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

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

Questions?

Please contact Testing Services at 708-974-5309 or visit their office in Building G 231 with questions about placement testing.