Exemptions from Testing: Which Tests Do I Need to Take?
Math and English Testing
First-Year Students:
Math and English testing are required unless you qualify for an exemption below. If you qualify for any of the
outlined math exemptions, then you are exempt from the ENTIRE Math test and should not complete any portion of
it. If you qualify for any of the outlined English exemptions, then you are exempt from the ENTIRE English test and
should not complete any portion of it.
Exemptions – Math Testing
• AP Exam in Calculus AB or BC with score of 4 or 5 (already completed before 2024)
• AP Calculus AB subscore of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC test (already completed before 2024)
Exemptions – English Testing
• Evidence-Based Reading & Writing (EBRW) SAT score of 650 or higher (by the Jan. 2024 test)
• ACT Reading score of 28 or higher (by the Jan. 2024 test)
• AP Exam in English Lang/Comp with score of 4 or 5 (already completed before 2024)
• AP Exam in English Lit/Comp with score of 4 or 5 (already completed before 2024)
• Credit for the equivalent of 01:355:101 College Writing (already completed before 2024)
Please note exemptions only count if official scores have been sent to Rutgers. To send scores:
• ACT: http://www.actstudent.org/scores/send/
• SAT: https://sat.collegeboard.org/scores/send-sat-scores
• AP: https://apscore.collegeboard.org/scores
If qualifying scores were sent to Rutgers with your application, no further action needs to be taken.
Dual Enrollment
• Math dual enrollment courses do not exempt a first-year student from the math placement test.
• Senior-year dual enrollment college credits completed after 2023 do not exempt a first-year student from their
Rutgers placement tests.
Transfer/Continuing Students:
Transfer students should only test if advised to do so by a Rutgers advisor, or if indicated on their transfer
summary/credit evaluation.
World Language Testing
Required for:
• Incoming SAS first-year students
• Honors Program students (through SAS or RBS)
• Honors College students (through SAS or RBS)
If you have proficiency in more than one language, test in the language you are most likely to study in college. Do not test
in a language if you have no background in it. Students planning to start studying a new world language at Rutgers should
NOT take the test in the new language.
Find links to the world language tests on this page.