Placement Testing
You will need to know your ACT/SAT scores to determine which placement tests you need. If you do not know your ACT scores, visit www.actstudent.org.
Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, and Social Work: no placement tests needed.
MATH PLACEMENT:
All students needing math placement testing are strongly advised to take the online ALEKS test to allow appropriate math placement. The ALEKS Math Placement Test fee is $20, payable to ALEKS. This includes online tutorials to refresh your knowledge and the opportunity to retake the test to improve your math placement. If the end result is a higher math placement, it is well worth the nominal cost. Information about ALEKS can be found here.
Exercise Science:
- For placement into MATH 1320 (College Algebra): ALEKS required if ACT Math is below 20 or SAT Math is below 510.
- For placement into MATH 1340 (College Algebra and Trigonometry): if ACT Math is 24+ or SAT Math is 580+ and previous trigonometry, ALEKS required. Otherwise, student will start in MATH 1320.
Health Care Administration: ALEKS required if ACT Math is below 24 or SAT Math is below 580.
Health Information Administration, Public Health (pre-med only), Recreation Therapy (pre-OT only), Respiratory Care, Speech-Language Pathology: ALEKS required if ACT Math is below 20 or SAT Math is below 510.
chemistry PLACEMENT:
All Exercise Science concentrations and Public Health pre-med: ALEKS Chemistry is required if you took chemistry in high school. If you've never taken chemistry, do not take the chemistry placement test.
- There is no fee for the ALEKS Chemistry Placement Test. Review the Chemistry Placement test document to take the ALEKS Chemistry Placement Exam.
Respiratory Care: Health Sciences Chemistry Placement Exam is required if you took chemistry in high school. Respiratory Care uses the ALEKS Nursing Chemistry Placement Test for placement into CHEM 1120: Chemistry for Health Sciences.
- There is no fee for the ALEKS Nursing Chemistry Placement Test. Review the Chemistry Placement test document to take the ALEKS Nursing Chemistry Placement Exam.
-
Be sure to take the test for Health Science Chemistry (bottom of page) and not for General Chemistry (top of page). A couple of tips for taking the exam:
- You may enter and leave the test as you need to. It will start you back where you
left off.
- There is no time limit.
- Please plan to finish the test at least 24 hours before you plan to register.
- Do NOT use outside resources to help you answer questions in the initial assessment. If you look things up or get help, you may end up in a class that is too difficult for you.
- Be sure to use the constants in the ALEKS system.
- Only round your answers at the very end of your calculations.
- You may enter and leave the test as you need to. It will start you back where you
left off.
If you have any questions about placement testing, email CHHSAdvising@utoledo.edu.