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Placement Exams

Â鶹¹û¶³ uses the College Board Accuplacer Exam platform to administer the English and Math Placement Exam. The exam is an untimed, computer-based adaptive test that assesses skills in reading, writing, math (arithmetic for all majors, and arithmetic and/or quantitative reasoning, algebra, statistics, advanced algebra and functions for STEM majors), to place students at the appropriate course level for their first semester at the Mount.

All new incoming undergraduate first-year students and transfer students, who haven't successfully completed college-level Math courses*, are required to complete the Math Placement Exam, following their tuition deposit commitment. (*courses completed at a regionally accredited college or university).

Students interested in registering into ENG 5H Freshman Honors English must also complete the . Unlike the Math Placement Exam, the English Placement Exam is an optional exam to determine if you are eligible for Freshman Honors English. Completion of ENG 5H with a grade of B or better fulfills the Written Communication requirement, LACE GE 2 (ENG 1A & ENG 1B).

*Note- if you choose not to take the optional English Placement Exam, you must register into ENG 1A, Freshman English, your first semester at Â鶹¹û¶³. This is our college-level English course. 

Students who have completed AP, CLEP, or IB Exams may be exempt from the Math exam requirement, please see below or visit the for more information.

For new fall students, placement exam test dates are ordinarily offered beginning in March through August and end prior to the start of the fall semester. For new spring students, placement exam test dates are offered in November through January and end prior to the start of the spring semester. After committing to the Mount, please check your email for sign up information, or visit our admitted students page for next steps.

Current Mount students: The Math Placement Exam may be repeated after two years. Students who were unable to take the exam may sign up for exams throughout their enrollment at the Mount. To sign up for the Math Placement Exam, please .

Please note: Students may not retake the English Placement Exam. For more information on exam details and test preparation, visit the .

You may not need to complete the English or Math placement exam if:
1. You have earned a score of 3, 4 or 5 on the specified AP exams.

*If you are currently enrolled in AP course(s) and have not yet completed the AP Exam(s), you must complete the Placement Exam.		 For English Placement, you must earn a 3, 4, or 5 on the following AP Exams:
AP English Language/Composition
AP English Literature/Composition		 For Math Placement, you must earn a 4 or 5 on the following AP Exams:
AP Calculus A/B
AP Calculus B/C
AP Statistics
2. You have successfully completed a college-level English and/or Math course at a regionally accredited college or university. Please refer to our Articulation Agreements or to confirm your course(s) meets college-level requirements. *Important note: Unofficial college transcripts can only be used for exam purposes. For potential Mount Credit, please submit your official college transcripts to the appropriate office. 

Visit AP/CLEP/IB Credit for more information.

For additional questions, please contact
(M)Power Testing and Operations Coordinator, Sarah Cortez-Flores.

Language Placement Exam

In addition to English and Math Placement Exams, we offer the Language Placement Exam in multiple languages. The Language Placement exam is completed through a program called Avant, and like the English and Math Exam, it is untimed and fully online. Most Avant exams will include Reading Comprehension, Contextualized Grammar, Writing and Speaking.

Any Mount student interested in pursuing a language other than English and would like to test proficiency has the option to complete the Language Placement Exam (Avant). Depending on the Language Placement Exam course placement, Bachelor of Arts students can potentially fulfill or partially fulfill the LACE GE 4 Modern Language degree requirement. (The LACE general education language component is a requirement for all Bachelor of Arts degree seeking students). Bachelor of Science degree students do not have a general education language requirement as part of their curriculum but can still test if they want to pursue language other than English courses/options.

We offer the Avant Language Exam in the following languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, Mandarin-Simplified, Italian, Arabic, German, and Tagalog. If students have proficiency in a language not listed, students are encouraged to use BYU FLATS (). We offer support with scheduling your BYU FLATS exam. Please for more information or contact (M)POWER Placement Testing and Operations Coordinator, Sarah Cortez-Flores.

Disability Accommodations 

If you have a documented disability & require testing accommodations for your placement test(s), you must first register with Disability Services. For more information on how to register, visit or email disability@msmu.edu. Once registered, please email a copy of your accommodation letter to (M)POWER Placement Testing and Operations Coordinator, Sarah Cortez-Flores.