Academic Alert for Incoming Freshman Applicants
The criteria for Academic Alert designation is as follows.
- Any student with a high school GPA below 2.50 is designated AA.
- Students who do not submit ACT/SAT scores are designated AA if they score 0-32 on the English placement test AND 0-6 on the math placement test.
- Students who voluntarily submit ACT/SAT scores are designated AA if EITHER of the following two conditions applies:
- Have an ACT English test score 1-18 AND Math test score 1-19, OR
- Have an SAT Reading test score of 10-25 AND SAT Math test score of 200-510.
Students identified as Academic Alert based on ACT/SAT scores have an opportunity to take a placement test (English, Math, or both) to test out of a basic skills class (INT 0960 Intermediate Algebra, ENG 1010 Introduction to Rhetoric, or both). If a student scores EITHER 33-50 on the English placement test OR 7-10 on the Math placement test, the student will no longer be considered on Academic Alert.