All students must have one of the following to register for Sandburg courses (within the past five years):

Take COMPASS or ACCUPLACER.

ACT scores

  • 20 for reading
  • 19 for English
  • 22 for math

HiSET score

  • 15 for mathematics
  • 15 for language arts — reading

OR

  • 15 for language arts – writing (with a 4 for language arts — writing essay test)

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SAT scores

  • 480 for English
  • 530 for math

GED score

  • 165 for reading/writing

AND

  • 165 for math

OR

  • Comparable score on other high school equivalency tests

 

 

Official or unofficial high school/college transcripts

  • Showing sufficient coursework for college placement
    • Reading: High school transitional English with a C or better
    • Math: High school transitional math with a C or better or Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry with a C or better

 

Reading

Reading scores

Score

Course recommendations

200-226

Must retake reading portion. If score is confirmed, then applicant is denied admission.

227-237

ENG 095

238-240

ENG 097

241-246

ENG 097 or ENG 101 with ENG 099

247+

ENG 101

 

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Qualitative reasons, algebra and statistics

Math scores

Score

Course recommendations

200-225

MAT 080

226-239

MAT 083, MAT 085, BOC 100, AUT 110

240-255

MAT 089 w/MAT 109, MAT 088 w/MAT 110, MAT 098, MAT 099, BOC 100, AUT 110

256+

MAT 101, MAT 109, MAT 110/SSC 120, MAT 130, BOC 100, AUT 110

 

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Advanced algebra and functions

Advanced math scores

Score

Course recommendations

200-230

Refer to quantitative reasoning, algebra & statistics score

231-250

MAT 101, MAT 109, MAT 110/SSC 120, MAT 130, BOC 100, AUT 110

251-262

MAT 101, MAT 109, MAT 110/SSC 120, MAT 130, MAT 131, MAT 135, BOC 100, AUT 110

263+

MAT 101, MAT 109, MAT 110/SSC 120, MAT 130, MAT 131, MAT 135, MAT 210, MAT 240, BOC 100, AUT110

 

STEM scores

STEM pathway

MAT 080 — MAT 083 — MAT 099 — MAT 130

Non-STEM pathway

MAT 080 – MAT 085 – MAT 109 or MAT 110/SSC 120

MAT 088 w/MAT 110 or MAT 089 w/ MAT 109

 

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