Testing Exemptions

• You have completed the prerequisites at Inver Hills for the English and math courses in which you plan to enroll and you received grades of "C" or higher in the prerequisites; you took the math prerequisite in the past two years.
• You have completed approved prerequisites at another college for the English and math courses in which you plan to enroll, and you received grades of "C" or higher in the prerequisites; an official copy of your transcript with the prerequisites must be on file at Inver Hills, and the courses must be approved by the college to satisfy prerequisite requirements; math prerequisites must have been completed in the last two years.

Students will need to request transcripts from the test publisher. Once scores are received they will be evaluated for course equivalencies. Required scores are found in our college catalog.

ACT, SAT and MCA test results are valid for 5 years from the beginning of the month tested. You can submit unofficial copies of ACT and SAT scores for placement via email or mail to our testing center. MCA results are required to be official, you can request these from your high school.

Please connect with the Testing Center.

Students who have applied to the college and graduated high school over 10 years ago, or who do not have a reportable HS GPA or another measure for placement, have the opportunity to go through our guided self-placement process for initial course placement after applying. For the purpose of course placement, high school GPA is valid for a period of 10 years from the date of graduation. This tool will give students a baseline starting point in terms of early English and math/logical reasoning coursework. For questions about this process, please call or email the Testing Center.

If you have received placement at another Minnesota State school through a different process such as guided self placement, please email documented proof to the Testing Center, so we can review placement and add to student file.

Here is an example to show how to read if you meet the pre-requisites for a course

Example course: Chem 1010

Prerequisites (Course and Tests)

This course requires any of these six prerequisite categories.

1. Math 0804 – Introductory Algebra (Minimum grade: 2.0 GPA Equivalent and Number of Years Valid: 2) OR
2. A score of 76 on test Accuplacer Elementary Algebra OR
3. A score of 22 on test ACT math OR
4. A score of 250 on test Accuplacer NG Quantitative Reasoning OR
5. A score of 250 on test Accuplacer NG COMP Quantiative Reason OR
6. A score of 1148 on test MN Comprehensive Assessment Math

If using the below grid, utilizing the 7^th column: next Generation Accuplacer Scores, a student that qualifies to take Math 1103 with also be able to take Chem. 1010. They have the requirement of 250+ on NG Quantitative Reasoning.

If a student submitted MCA scores, they would want to use the 3^rd column: MCA.