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Placement Information

Incoming students with no college credit in English and/or math will be placed in their initial English or math class based on their ACT sub scores as follows:

English ACT Sub score of:

18 or more: English 111 College Reading and Writing
17 or less: English 099 Introduction to College Writing*

Math ACT Sub score of:

26 or more: Math 160 Calculus I
23-25: Math 120 Precalculus or
  Math 140 Applied Calculus or
  Math 150 Modeling using Precalculus and Statistics
18-22: Math 100 Survey of Mathematics or
  Math 110 Finite Mathematics or
  Math 112 Modeling with Functions for Business or
  Math 115 College Algebra or
  Stats 110 Fundamentals of Statistics
17 or less: Math 050 Intermediate Algebra*

* English 099 and Math 050 are developmental, non-degree credit courses.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

  • Students who are not satisfied with their placement based on their ACT score can take the Accuplacer exams to attempt improvement in their English/math placement level.
  • Students with previously earned credit in college level English or math may enroll in the next appropriate course regardless of ACT or test scores.
  • Students may choose to take a class in a lower placement level.
  • Students may re-test once if they are not satisfied with their placement and have done some additional preparation.

Advising Services will be offering Accuplacer placement testing on the following date and by appointment.  Please call 507-457-5878 to sign up to test.

8:00 AM, Friday, January 8, 2010, Library 102

 

Accuplacer Test Information

Sample Questions

Foreign Language Placement

Consent Form to Release Scores

For more information please visit Advising Services, Maxwell 314

or by calling (507)457-5878. You can also e-mail jbellman@winona.edu

Students must bring a photo ID to the testing site.

Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:23 by Jean Bellman

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