How to prove placement into your intended classes:
- College Transcripts
- We will need to see the original grade as opposed to transfer credit, usually represented as TR or CR. Please submit the original transcript or score report (SAT/ACT/AP) where the credit originated.
- High School Transcripts (for students who graduated HS within the past 10 years)
- A student can show placement out of transitional math (MAT 003) and English (ENG 002) and register for gateway course (ex: ENG 111) by presenting their high school transcript and meeting the following criteria:
- Unweighted GPA of 2.8 or higher
- Benchmark SAT or Act scores (shown below)
- A student can place into a gateway Math or English course with a co-requisite by meeting the following criteria:
- Unweighted GPA of 2.2 to 2.799
- If student has above GPA, but an ACT score within 2 points of the benchmark, they can place into gateway course without co-requisite
- A student will place into transition Math and English courses with the following:
- Unweighted GPA if 2.199 or below
- If the student has above GPA, but an ACT score within 2 points of benchmark, they may place into gateway course with co-requisite.
- A student can show placement out of transitional math (MAT 003) and English (ENG 002) and register for gateway course (ex: ENG 111) by presenting their high school transcript and meeting the following criteria:
- ACT/SAT scores (valid for 10 years)
Reading English Math ACT 22 18 22 Critical Reading Writing Math SAT (Prior to 3/16) 500 500 500 Evidence Based Reading & Writing Math SAT (3/16 and after) 480 530 - AP Scores
- Click here for the Office of the Registrar. Then click on “Advanced Standing Credit” under “Page Index.”
- Placement into Calculus I (MAT 271) without the minimum AP score or completion of the college level equivalent to MAT 172
- A score of 2 or higher on the AP Calculus AB Exam.
- A grade of C or higher in an AP Calculus course and an unweighted HS GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- A score of 90 or higher on the ACCUPLACER College-Level Math (CLM) test.
- A score of 46 or higher on the trigonometry section of the ACT Compass Math Placement Test.
- A score of 580 or higher on the SAT Math prior to March 2016 or 600 or higher after March 2016 and a grade of C or higher in the North Carolina Standard Course of Student Pre-Calculus course or an equivalent course from another state.
- A score of 27 or higher on the ACT Math and a grade of C or higher in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study Pre-Calculus course or an equivalent course from another institution.
- A score of 560 or higher on the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2.
- Forsyth Tech Placement Test – The RISE can be taken in the Testing Center (Allman, 133) at Forsyth Tech to prove placement out of transitional math and English. Only those with a high school graduation date of >10yrs may take the RISE placement test.