1 Register for 21.100 Introduction to College Writing. This course gets credit as a free elective, but does not meet the College’s writing requirement. After successful completion of this course, take 21.110 Expository Writing.

2 Register for 21.110 Expository Writing, which meets the College’s General Education writing requirement. * A reading code of 1 is also required to register for 21.110.

0 You may have difficulty with sophisticated college reading requirements. Consider a community college course, or plan to study reading on your own at CASA.

1 Score required is 68. You should have the reading skills necessary for college level work.

Q Score required is 72. You may take non-algebraic math courses. The correct course is determined by your major. Possible choices are 43.110 College Math I (for Coordinate majors in Education), 43.117 Introduction to Statistics, and 43.119 Math and Its Applications. This code does NOT allow you to take College Algebra.

1 Score required is 82. You may take any 100-level math course. Correct course is determined by your major. Possible courses include the three listed under the code of Q, plus 43.123 College Algebra.

2 Score required is 90 on Elementary Algebra plus 50 on College Level Math. May take any of the 100-level courses listed above, plus 43.200 Precalculus or, after consultation with the Mathematics Department, 43.219 Calculus I.

Retests are given at times published in the Catalog. Review workshops and clinics are offered each semester, especially intended to help students who are close to the required scores. Check at CASA for schedules. All retesting must be done during the first year! Students who are not within about 10 points of the required scores are discouraged from retesting, since past results indicate that very few students with low scores are successful in a retest. The math placement test may be retaken once.

If you have questions, call Ben Trapanick in the Placement Office in CASA at (508) 626-4905 or e-mail placement@frc.mass.edu.