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Placement Test

Mitchell Community College uses a placement test program to assess specific academic skills and competencies in mathematics, reading, and writing. Test results are used by academic and faculty advisors to place students in appropriate courses to maximize their opportunity for success. Placement test scores are not required for general admission to Mitchell Community College. However, some placement test scores may be a part of the acceptance criteria for a few programs. There is no cost for placement testing!

 

Placement Test Criteria

The placement test is not necessary if:

  1. The student has already earned a previous college degree, including Associate, Baccalaureate, Masters, or Doctoral degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
  2. The student has graduated from a United States high school, either public or private, in the past ten years and has an unweighted high school GPA.
  3. The student has completed their GED since 2014 and achieved a mastery score of 170 or above on all areas.
  4. The student has completed the HISET in the past ten years and earned a score of 15 or higher, on all sections, with at least a score of four on the essay.
  5. The student has SAT or ACT test scores that are less than ten years old and indicate college English and/or math placement or has other valid placement test scores on file.

Students have the option to take the placement test for English and/or math if:

  1. high school unweighted GPA is between 2.2 and 2.7999 and is within the past 10-years.
  2. graduated from a foreign high school.
  3. graduated from a U. S. high school beyond ten years.
  4. earned a High School Equivalency or Adult High School Diploma but did not meet the cutoff scores for placement.
  5. waiving the placement test will result in placement into Transitions and BSP (Basic Skills) courses per prerequisite requirements of desired courses and programs.

After taking the placement test, students will be placed on one of the three paths below:

  1. Gateway Courses, which are ENG 111 MAT 143  MAT 152 and MAT 171  (MAT 110 is not a gateway math course, but you could be placed in this course, as well, depending on your program). *Students may be placed into a college level English course with a supplemental course, which is a course to assist in reinforcing the content.
  2. Transitional Courses (ENG 002 MAT 003 BSP-4002, or BSP-4003):16-week, 12-week or 8-week course in either English or math, which allows a student to focus on strengthening foundational skills before moving to the gateway course.
  3. Combination of the previous two depending on placement test scores.