College of LAS

Rhetoric

We will use your best ACT English or SAT Critical Reading score unless your letter of admission states that you must take the English as a Second Language Placement Test (the EPT).

Math (ALEKS)

Yes

Chemistry

Yes, if you have been admitted to or if you are planning to pursue one of the LAS majors and/or pre-professional programs listed below:

Majors:

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences, including Biology Teaching Option
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Chemistry, including the Chemistry Teaching Option
• Geography and Geographic Information Science, including the Physical Geography Option
• Geology
• Physics, including the Physics Teaching Option

Pre-Professional Programs:

• Dentistry
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Optometry
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Veterinary Medicine

Yes, if you studied chemistry in high school and you plan to take a chemistry course at Illinois

No, if you have been admitted to an LAS program which is not listed above and you don't plan to take a chemistry course at Illinois

Physics

Yes, if you are in one of the following programs:

• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Chemistry-specialized curriculum
• Physics
• Specialized Geology (some of the options)

Yes, if you studied physics in high school and you plan to take a physics course at Illinois

No, if you have been admitted to an LAS program which is not listed above and you don't plan to take a physics course at Illinois

English as a Second
Language (the EPT)

Only if your letter of admission states this

Language Other Than English (LOTE)

Yes, if you studied a LOTE in high school but did not successfully complete at least 4 years of the same LOTE