Cutoff Scores for Students Entering Illinois in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017

MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Placement into UIUC math courses is based on the student's ALEKS Math exam score. All new freshmen enrolling during the 2016-2017 academic year are required to take this placement exam prior to registration. It is administered online through Aleks.com. 

All new freshmen are required to take the ALEKS Math Placement Exam prior to registration, even if you are expecting AP or IB course proficiency credit. 

All transfer students who intend to enroll in a Calculus I or lower-level math class are also required to take the ALEKS Math Placement Exam. If you are transferring to Illinois with math credit earned elsewhere, you should check with your college to verify what other math courses, if any, your program requires. 

Within four months of taking ALEKS, students must enroll in the course that they place into. If you do not enroll in and complete the recommended course in the semester after taking ALEKS, you will have to take the ALEKS Math Placement Exam again at your own expense in order to obtain an updated course placement. 

Learn more about mathematics placement testing. 

The ALEKS Math Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. Proficiency tests are given separately. 

Questions? Contact the Mathematics Department during business hours. 

NOTE TO STUDENTS WHO EARNED ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CREDIT: 

You will have more options than students who did not take AP or IB. You may accept your test-based credit and follow the placement recommendation that is based on your AP or IB score, or you may choose to enroll in the course that you would have earned credit for. (Duplicate credit is not permitted). Please discuss your course enrollment options with your academic advisor, who will guide you though your particular program's requirements.'

CHEMISTRY PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016 - 2017

Placement into the introductory Chemistry courses is based on a combination of the student's highest ACT (or SAT) Math score and the student's score on the UIUC Chemistry Placement Exam. Cutoff scores and placement recommendations are derived in collaboration with the Chemistry Department and are reviewed annually. The polices below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017. 

The online Chemistry Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. 

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

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. 

College-Level Examination Program: 

The university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign does not award proficiency credit to the incoming students based on score from either the paper-and-pencil or the computer-based CLEP examinations.

CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the Physics Department and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering Illinois in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017.

The online Physics Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. 

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

RHETORIC PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Placement into Rhetoric courses is based on the student's highest ACT English or SAT Critical Reading score. Cutoff scores, placement messages, and proficiency credit policies are derived in collaboration with the Division of Rhetoric in the Department of English and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017. 

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

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Placement into the ESL courses is based on results from both parts of the ESL Placement Test (EPT). Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the Linguistics Department and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering Illinois in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017. 

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions determines whether an incoming student must take the EPT or not. If the test is not required, a student may still take the EPT and enroll in ESL courses if he or she wishes to do so. Successful completion of the ESL 113-114-115 sequence fulfills the 'Composition I' General Education requirement. 

The EPT does not award proficiency credit. Click here to learn more about the test. 

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

SPANISH PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the Spanish Department are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017. 

The online Spanish Placement Exam does not award. proficiency credit. 

Questions? Contact "placement & proficiency" Staff by emailing pnp@ililnois.edu or by calling 217-244-4437 during business hours. 

FRENCH PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2014-2015

Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the French Department and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017. 

The online French Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. 

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

GERMAN PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES ANND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017.

The online German Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. 

Questions? Contact "Placement & proficiency" staff by emailing pnp@illinois.edu or by calling 2017-244-4437 during business hours. 

LATIN PLACEMENT CUTOFF SCORES AND PLACEMENT MESSAGES FOR 2016-2017

Cutoff scores and placement messages are derived in collaboration with the Classics Department and are reviewed. annually. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017. The online Latin Placement Exam does not award proficiency credit. Contact the Classics Department for information on taking the Latin Proficiency Exam by calling 217-333-1009 or emailing classics@illinois.edu

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

CUTOFF SCORES, PLACEMENT MESSAGES, AND CREDIT POLICES FOR 2016-2017

Proficiency credit is awarded on the basis of sufficiently high scores from 30 AP exams and is subject to change upon annual review. The policies below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017. 

The university of Illinois recognizes the value of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. However, students should be aware that there are times when it is in the student's best interest to take the UIUC course that corresponds to the AP or IB credit instead of accepting the test-based credit, so as to be better prepared for the rigors of the subsequent course in the sequence. Students are able to consult with their academic advisors during Summer Registration in order to determine what will be most appropriate for their individual plan of study. 

New undergraduate students who have not already earned college-level credit in the subject are allowed to take a UIUC departmental proficiency exam in math, biology, chemistry, physics, French, German, or Spanish if they wish to try to proficiency out of an introductory course. 

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

For a language not listed above, contact pnp@illinnois.edu or call 217-244-4437

CUTOFF SCORES, PLACEMENT MESSAGES, AND CREDIT POLICIES FOR 2016-2017

Proficiency credit is awarded on the basis of sufficiently high scores from 16 IB exams and is subject to change upon annual review. The polices below apply to all students entering UIUC in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017.

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

The university of Illinois recognizes the value of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. However, students should be aware that there are times when it is in the student's best interest to take the UIUC course that corresponds to the AP or IB credit instead of accepting the test-based credit, so as to be better prepared for the rigors of the subsequent course in the sequence. Students are able to consult with their academic advisors during Summer Registration in order to determine what will be most appropriate for their individual plan of study. 

New undergraduate students who have not already earned college-level credit in the subject are allowed to take a UIUC departmental proficiency exam in math, biology, chemistry, physics, French, German, or Spanish if they wish to try to proficiency out of an introductory course. 

For a language not listed above, contact pnp@illinois.edu or call 217-244-4437

CUTOFF SCORES, PLACEMENT MESSAGES AND CREDIT POLICIES FOR 2016-2017

Proficiency credit is awarded on the basis of sufficiently high schools (grades C and above) on 11 Cambridge international A Level exams and is subject to change upon annual review. The policies below apply to all students entering Illinois in Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 regardless of the examining board (e.g., Edexcel, Cambridge, Hong Kong) that awarded their Advanced Level Certificate. 

If a student takes an equivalent course for part of the A level at Illinois, only partial credit will be awarded for the A Level. All grades will be posted as "credit". For subjects not listed in the table below, the Advanced level course syllabus must be reviewed by the appropriate college or department to determine if there is an Urbana course equivalent. 

Questions? All A-Level credit is processed through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Please ask to speak to an international admissions specialist.