Skip the placement test

Many Arizona colleges place you by your high school GPA, grades or test scores. Enter what you have and see each school’s own published rules.

Send your high school transcript and scores before you register — many colleges place you by GPA, so you may never need the test. Ask before you take a remedial class.

Every rule, course and test detail below is quoted from the school’s own page.

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High school GPA and grades

Some colleges’ GPA rules are only for high school students taking dual enrollment.

Your grade in school nowHigh school GPA (unweighted, 0–4.0)Most recent high school English gradeAlgebra II gradePrecalculus grade

ACT and SAT section scores

ACT EnglishACT MathACT ReadingSAT Reading and Writing (EBRW)SAT Math

GED or HiSET

GED Reasoning Through Language ArtsGED Mathematical ReasoningHiSET WritingHiSET Math

None of these schools publishes a HiSET cutoff in text. Send your HiSET scores and ask.

AP exam scores

AP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP PrecalculusAP Calculus ABAP Calculus BCAP Statistics

IB exam scores

IB Language A: Literature (HL)IB Language A: Language and Literature (HL)IB Math: Analysis and Approaches (HL)IB Math: Analysis and Approaches (SL)IB Math: Applications and Interpretation (HL)

CLEP exam scores

CLEP College CompositionCLEP College MathematicsCLEP College AlgebraCLEP PrecalculusCLEP Calculus

Dual-credit college classes (on a college transcript)

Grade in college English composition (e.g. ENG 101)Grade in a college-level math class

Pick your schools

Rules read from each school’s official pages in November 2026. Schools change them; the linked page is the final word.

Pick a school above to see its rules.

· EdReady (free, online) or ACCUPLACER Next Generation / WritePlacer (in person at a college testing center)
· PimaEdReady (online, non-proctored) or proctored Accuplacer at a campus Testing Center
· Next Generation ACCUPLACER (only required for military TA / VA benefits and specific programs); otherwise Guided Self-Placement
· Next-Generation ACCUPLACER WritePlacer (Range 0-8): 4 = ENG 101A, 5 = ENG 101, 6 = ENG 101H
· CAC English/Reading Placement Tool (self-administered multiple-measures tool)
· Directed Self-Placement (DSP) - English (presurvey required first); ACCUPLACER
· Accuplacer Next Gen placement test
· Accuplacer (incl. WritePlacer)
· Accuplacer (Next-Generation)
· ACCUPLACER (Next-Generation)
· Directed Self-Placement (DSP) survey (Downtown, Polytechnic and West Valley campuses only)
· Foundations Writing Evaluation (FWE)
· Not published

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