Your registration may be blocked unless:

1. You have completed the course prerequisites as indicated in the MC Course Catalog and the information appears on your MC academic record; or
2. You have a degree from a U.S. accredited college or university, and that information has been posted to your MC academic record; or
3. 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!

• 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.
• Earned the following scores on standardized tests:
  

  	ENGLISH	MATH
  SAT ("old")	550 or higher 600 or higher with a writing sample may register for EN102 or EN109 (see English department)	550 or higher 600 or higher for MA180
  SAT ("new")	550 or higher on the Critical Reading portion of the test 600 or higher in both Reading & Writing tests may qualify for exemption from EN101 (see English department)	550 or higher for MA110-MA160 600 or higher for MA180
  ACT	24 or above	composite 24 or higher
  TOEFL (paper & pencil)	575
  TOEFL - (computer-based)	231
  TOEFL - (Internet-based)	90

• 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.