your SAT verbal score or your ACT English area score and composite score. Credit in college algebra (MATH 1021) may be earned based on your ACT math score (M-ACT) or quantitative SAT (Q-SAT) score. MATH 1029 and 1100 have no prerequisites; placement into MATH 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1431 may be based on M-ACT or Q-SAT scores; placement into MATH 1550 and 1551 is based exclusively on the ALEKS “Preparation for Calculus” test, which, in order to count, must be taken through the ALEKS link found under the Student Services tab in the student’s myLSU account. Visit math.lsu.edu/ugrad/ALEKS and math.lsu.edu/ugrad/placementcredit for further information. • If you have taken the ACT or SAT more than once, we strongly recommend that you have all of the scores sent to LSU since we will use the best math and English ACT scores to award credit, the best composite score for admission purposes, and your best scores may be on multiple tests.
• College Board, AP Exams, CLEP subject exams, and International Baccalaureate exams: Credit may be granted for satisfactory exam scores, as specified in the LSU General Catalog.
English Course Placement Placement in English is determined by your SAT or ACT English and composite scores using the placement chart below. Initial placement in writing classes will be based on the best English ACT score and the best composite score from different ACT test dates if that gives a student better placement. Strong performance on the AP English Language and Composition or AP English Literature examination can also be used for placement into English. If you are an international student whose first language is not English and you did not graduate from an American high school, you will be placed into English 0004 (not for degree credit), 1004 (equivalent to 1001), or 1005 (equivalent to 2000), according the scores on the Michigan test.
Placement into MATH 1021, 1022, 1023, 1029, 1100, and 1431 by M-ACT or Q-SAT Score M-ACT
Q-SAT
Course Credited
Placement
25 or higher
570 or higher
MATH 1021 1
MATH 1022, 1029, 1100, or 1431
23-24
540-569
MATH 1021, 1023 2, 1029, or 1100
20-22
480-539
MATH 1021, 1029, or 1100
19
455-479
MATH 1100, 1029, or off-campus intermediate algebra
1 Exception: The MACT or QSAT score must be no more than 24 months old at the time of admission to LSU in order for the student to receive credit in MATH 1021 based on the MACT or QSAT. Credit in MATH 1021 is a prerequisite for registration in MATH 1022 and MATH 1431. 2 Math 1023 fulfills five hours of the six-hour General Education Analytical Reasoning requirement. A second Analytical Reasoning course will still be required; see the Catalog.
Placement into MATH 1550/1551 by ALEKS Score Fresh ALEKS Score
Placement
70 or higher
MATH 1550
75 or higher
MATH 1551
See math.lsu.edu/ugrad/ALEKS for details.
English Placement by ACT or SAT Score ACT English
ACT English + Composite
SAT Critical Reading
Course Credited
Placement
32 or higher
65 minimum (or 5 on the part of the CEEB exam)
720 or higher
ENGL 1001 ENGL 2000
Exempt from English Composition
26 or higher
53 minimum
590-719
ENGL 1001
ENGL 2000 to be taken sophomore year
18 or higher
38 minimum
450-589
ENGL 1001
For exemption from English 1001, you must have an ACT English score of at least 26 (column 1) AND the sum of the ACT English score and the composite score must be at least 53 (column 2). For exemption from both English 1001 and 2000, you must have a total of at least 65 when the ACT English and the composite scores are added together. You would not be exempt from English 1001 if you had an ACT English score of 26 but the sum of your ACT English plus composite score was 52. Placement by SAT score requires only a minimum SAT Critical Reading Score (column 3).
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