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Testing Exemptions

See the Testing Center page for:

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  • Submitting your high school transcripts, which is helpful for placement

Inver Hills uses the Accuplacer as a means of measuring students college readiness for math, reading and English courses. However, this readiness can be determined in many ways through testing exemptions and could waive a student’s need to complete the Accuplacer. Our goal is to place students into the highest placement possible for their ability.

Submit Transcripts

If you haven't done so already, please submit an unofficial high school transcript. Unofficial high school transcripts are helpful for assessment placement purposes and sometimes for financial aid purposes.

Email the Enrollment Center or

 

You may also self-report your cumulative high school GPA by emailing the Enrollment Center.

Contact

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  • College Center, Room 290
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    Note: The center will be closed from Noon - 1 p.m. on Mondays & Fridays.

    No late hours on Tuesday Sept. 5

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Exemptions

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I am a non-degree seeking student not taking reading or math

Part-time students registering under the limited-enrollment option as non-degree seeking, who are not taking math and English classes, are not required to take the assessment.

Non-Degree Seeking Students

I took the Accuplacer before

  • You have completed the Accuplacer in the past two years, and you are registering for the appropriate English and math courses based on these assessments.
  • You have completed the Accuplacer elsewhere within the last 2 years for math and 5 years for Reading and have submitted your testing results.

I have taken college courses previously

  • You have completed the prerequisites at Inver Hills for the English and math courses in which you plan to enroll and you received grades of "C" or higher in the prerequisites; you took the math prerequisite in the past two years.
  • You have completed approved prerequisites at another college for the English and math courses in which you plan to enroll, and you received grades of "C" or higher in the prerequisites; an official copy of your transcript with the prerequisites must be on file at Inver Hills, and the courses must be approved by the college to satisfy prerequisite requirements; math prerequisites must have been completed in the last two years.
Upload Transcripts

I have taken an AP, IB or CLEP examination

Students will need to request transcripts from the test publisher. Once scores are received they will be evaluated for course equivalencies. Required scores are found in our college catalog.

Upload Test Scores

I have ACT, SAT or MCA scores

ACT, SAT and MCA test results are valid for 5 years from the beginning of the month tested. You can submit unofficial copies of ACT and SAT scores for placement via email or mail to our testing center. MCA results are required to be official, you can request these from your high school.

Email to Testing Center

I don't have standardized test scores but graduated high school within the last 10 years

Please connect with the Testing Center.

Email Testing Center

Students Who have Graduated High School Over 10 Years Ago or Without a Known High School GPA

Students who have applied to the college and graduated high school over 10 years ago, or who do not have a reportable HS GPA or another measure for placement, have the opportunity to go through our guided self-placement process for initial course placement after applying. For the purpose of course placement, high school GPA is valid for a period of 10 years from the date of graduation. This tool will give students a baseline starting point in terms of early English and math/logical reasoning coursework. For questions about this process, please call or email the Testing Center.

I have received placement at another Minnesota State School

If you have received placement at another Minnesota State school through a different process such as guided self placement, please email documented proof to the Testing Center, so we can review placement and add to student file.

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How to read pre-requisite requirements for other courses

Here is an example to show how to read if you meet the pre-requisites for a course

Example course: Chem 1010

Prerequisites (Course and Tests)

This course requires any of these six prerequisite categories.

  1. Math 0804 – Introductory Algebra (Minimum grade: 2.0 GPA Equivalent and Number of Years Valid: 2) OR
  2. A score of 76 on test Accuplacer Elementary Algebra OR
  3. A score of 22 on test ACT math OR
  4. A score of 250 on test Accuplacer NG Quantitative Reasoning OR
  5. A score of 250 on test Accuplacer NG COMP Quantiative Reason OR
  6. A score of 1148 on test MN Comprehensive Assessment Math

If using the below grid, utilizing the 7th column: next Generation Accuplacer Scores, a student that qualifies to take Math 1103 with also be able to take Chem. 1010. They have the requirement of 250+ on NG Quantitative Reasoning.

If a student submitted MCA scores, they would want to use the 3rd column: MCA.

Minimum score required for Accuplacer exemption

ACT Subscore

ACT Subscore + HS GPA

MCA

MCA + 2.7+ HS GPA

SAT (after 3/2016)

Stand alone cummulative HS GPA

Next Generation Accuplacer Score

Course Number

18 + in English or 21+ in Reading

16-17 English with 2.5+ HS GPA or 19-20 Reading

1047 Reading

 

480

2.6+

250 + Reading

English 1108: Writing/ Research Skills

 

 

1150 Math

1146-1149

 

<2.8 or No GPA

237+ Reading

Math 1101: Math for Liberal Arts

 

 

 

 

 

<2.8 or No GPA

216+ QAS

Math 1103 with Support

22+

20-21 with HS GPA 2.7+

1148 Math

1146-1147

530

2.8+

250+ QAS

Math 1103: Introduction to Statistics

 

 

 

1146-1147

 

2.8+ or <2.8 or no GPA and Alg II

250+ QAS

Math 1118: with Support

22+

20-21 with HS GPA 2.7+

1158 Math

1152-1157

530

2.8 + and HS Algebra 2

250+ QAS and 250+ AAF

Math 1118: College Algebra

25+

 

 

 

570

2.8+ and HS Precalculus

250+ QAS and 263+ AAF

Math 1127: Pre-Calculus

25+

 

 

 

590

2.8+ and HS Precalculus

250+ QAS and 270+ AAF

Math 1120: Survey of Calculus

25+

 

 

 

610

2.8+ and HS Precalculus

250+ QAS and 280+ AAF

Math 1119: College Algebra 2

28+

 

 

 

650

3.3+ and Precalculus or <3.3 and Calculus

250+ QAS and 295+ AAF

Math 1133: Calculus

QAS = Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
AAF = Advanced Algebra Functions

MCA, ACT, and SAT scores are valid for all subjects for 5 years
Accuplacer Reading Comprehension scores are valid for 5 years
Accuplacer Math scores are valid for 2 years
HS GPA's are valid for 10 years

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