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Assessment
& Placement
Who
Must Complete Assessment Testing?
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College assessment
tests are used to determine skill levels for placement in reading, English,
and mathematics.
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registration may be blocked unless:
- You have
completed the course prerequisites as indicated in the MC
Course Catalog and the information appears on your MC academic
record; or
- You have
a degree from a U.S. accredited college or university, and that
information has been posted to your MC academic record; or
- You take
an MC assessment test and meet the assessment levels indicated
in the MC
Course Catalog.
You
must take Montgomery College Assessment Tests unless you are exempt!
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- Earned
a degree from an accredited U.S. college or university.
Students who have been out of college for at least three years
and who intend to take a math or English course are advised
to take the Accuplacer.
- Completed
a college-level (not developmental) English and/or mathematics
course with a C or better at an accredited U.S. college
or university.
- Enrolling
with a letter of permission from another college or
university.
- Please see additional information on Criteria for Exemption from Placement Testing.
- Personal
interest students taking their first eleven credits,
other than English or math.
- Additional
course assessment waivers may be granted (and in some
cases, credit awarded) on the basis of scores on specific CLEP,
Advanced
Placement/International Baccalaureate, and SAT II exams.
- The Rockville
Math Department gives more information on placement
and exemption to math assessment testing.
- Please
see additional
information on achieving Advanced Standing.
- I-20
applicants from abroad must take the TOEFL or IELTS. Students
scoring at least 400 written/97 computerized/30 Internet-based
on the TOEFL exam OR 5.0 overall on the IELTS exam may be admitted,
but will be required to take testing and possible additional
courses in English/ESL upon arrival. For information on how
to take the TOEFL, please visit http://www.toefl.org; for
the IELTS,
please visit http://www.ielts.org.
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To take an assessment
test, first submit an MC
application to the Admissions, Records, and Registration
Office, then follow the Next
Steps for New Students.
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