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Chemistry Placement

Cutoff Scores and Placement Messages for 2021-2022

Placement into the introductory Chemistry courses is based on a combination of the student's score on the Chemistry Placement Exam and the student's highest official ACT Math or SAT Math score. Cutoff scores and placement recommendations are derived in collaboration with the Chemistry Department and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022.

  • Students who took the ACT or SAT but who chose not to submit their ACT/SAT scores with their application materials should be prepared to share their ACT/SAT Math score with their advisor during their Summer Registration advising appointment.
  • Students who did not take the ACT or SAT should be prepared to discuss during their Summer Registration advising appointment the math classes they took in high school and the grades they earned in those math classes.

The online Chemistry Placement Test does not award academic credit. If you wish to take the Chemistry Proficiency Exam, it is offered at the beginning of each fall and spring semester.

Questions? Contact "Placement & Proficiency" staff by emailing pnp@illinois.edu or by calling 217-244-4437 during business hours.



Chemistry Placement Test Score

SAT Math Score1

ACT Math Score

0-9

10-12

13-30
Not submitted Not submitted Take the Chemistry Placement Test. If you took the ACT/SAT, have your math score handy for your advising appointment. If you did not take the ACT/SAT, be prepared to discuss the math classes you took in high school and the grades you earned. Take the Chemistry Placement Test. If you took the ACT/SAT, have your math score handy for your advising appointment. If you did not take the ACT/SAT, be prepared to discuss the math classes you took in high school and the grades you earned. Take the Chemistry Placement Test. If you took the ACT/SAT, have your math score handy for your advising appointment. If you did not take the ACT/SAT, be prepared to discuss the math classes you took in high school and the grades you earned.
200 - 600 1 - 25 Chemistry 1012 with or after Math 112 or a higher-level Math course Chemistry 1012 with or after Math 112 or a higher-level Math course

Chemistry 1012 with Math 112 or a higher-level Math course

or

Chemistry 102 after Math 112 or a higher-level Math course

610 - 800 26 - 36 Chemistry 1012 Chemistry 1012 or
Chemistry 102 		Chemistry 102 or
Chemistry 202

1 Only scores from 'the new SAT' (i.e., from March 2016 onward) are accepted.

2 Ask your advisor about graduation credit policies for Chemistry 101.

NOTE TO NON-SCIENCE MAJORS:

CHEM 108 (“Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena”) is offered in the Spring as a course that fulfills the General Education physical science requirement. If interested, please discuss this option with your academic advisor during Summer Registration.