Who is exempt from the Computerized Placement Test?

• Students who have earned an associate degree or higher from an institution recognized by MDC. Official documentation is required. Students with foreign degrees from non-English speaking countries must present passing International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Test of English as a Foreign (TOEFL) scores.

• Students who successfully completed (including passing the Basic Skills Exit Test) high school success courses with a ‘C’ grade or better, such as English IV: 1001405, Reading for College Success: 1008350, Writing for College Success: 1009370, or Math for College Success: 1200410, equivalent to ENC 0021/0025, REA 0003/0017, MAT 0020/0022C or MAT 0024/0028 in their 12th grade year of high school and subsequently enroll in the appropriate course(s) (ENC 1101 and/or MAT 1033) at a Florida College System institution within two years of high school graduation. Any course not successfully completed with a grade of ‘C’ or better and/or a Basic Skills Exit Test below the locally determined cut score will require the student to be tested on the appropriate CPT/PERT subtest(s).
• Students who have earned the required course grade based upon an approved chart of the Placement Criteria Document on page two.
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  • Exemption for courses not on the chart must be approved by the appropriate department chairperson. Official documentation is required.
  • Students who have a letter grade (including D, F, W, U and P) associated with a placement area are not required to be retested; they will be re-placed in the English, Reading or Math course in which they earned that grade.
    
• Transient students (those who attend another college or university), provide appropriate documentation, and are enrolling for courses to transfer to their primary institution (and who are not seeking a degree at MDC).
• Students who present FCAT (Grade 10 - Reading > 355 or Level 4 and Math > 375 or Level 5), SAT, or ACT scores meeting State requirements (see chart). If multiple test results are on record, the highest subtest scores are used. Any score presented which is lower than the score needed for exemption will require the student to be tested on the appropriate CPT/PERT subtest(s). For students presenting passing mathematics scores in specific score ranges* (ACT Mathematics = 19-20 and SAT Mathematics = 440-490), the CPT college-level mathematics subtest and the PERT mathematics subtest may be used to determine placement into advanced mathematics courses (e.g., MAC 1105, MGF 1106, MGF 1107, STA 2023, etc.).

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