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Review the following list of Multiple Placement Options. If you have scores or transcripts for any of these options, please follow the instructions in each bullet point to send us your records for evaluation:  \n1. ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM: GRADE POINT AVERAGE (APPG): Maryland public high school students may be exempt from English and Math assessments based on their high school records. The following criteria are required for this exemption:  \n• Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students: completion of sophomore year at a public or private high school  \n• Non-MCPS students in Maryland: completion of junior year at a public or private high school  \n• An unweighted, cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher (ESOL classes are not included in GPA calculation)  \nThis exemption grants students the following placements at Montgomery College:  \n• English: ENGL 101+ ENGL 011. If a higher English placement is desired, please complete the MC English Remote Placement  \n• Math: MATH 050/117/120 . If higher Math placement is desired, please complete the MC Math Remote Placement  \n• The above placements are valid for five years from the date of high school graduation.  \nMCPS students should submit a credit application to have their APPG placement information uploaded to Montgomery College students’  \nrecords. This is an automated process that takes up to two weeks after the student has been admitted to the College.  \nNon-MCPS students should submit their official high school transcript to Office of Raptor Central for review.  \nStudents learning in a homeschool environment OR Homeschool students must submit an official transcript from a Maryland homeschool umbrella group for review to the Office of Raptor Central.  \n2. ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM: BY SUBJECT (APPE/APPM) -MCPS students may be exempt from English (APPE) and/or Math (APPM) assessment based on completion of certain high school classes with a grade of “B” or better:  \n• Honors English 12 (APPE)  \n• AP Language/Composition (APPE)  \n• Modern World History (APPE)  \n• Algebra II (APPM)  \nThe following conditions apply to this exemption:  \n• Must be a MCPS student  \n• Received “B” or better in the final semester of the class  \n• English placement is ENGL 101+ ENGL 001. If a higher English placement is desired, please complete the MC English Remote Placement.  \n• Math placement is MATH 050/117/120 . If higher math placement is desired, please complete the MC Math Remote Placement  \n• Option applies up to one year after high school graduation  \nMCPS students must submit a credit application to have their APPE/APPM placement information transferred to Montgomery College students’records. This is an automated process that takes up to two weeks after the student has been admitted to the college.  \n3. APPROPRIATE STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES: Students may be eligible for credit-level placement with minimum qualifying scores from these standardized tests:  \nSAT and ACT scores  \n\n|  | New SAT\u003Cbr>(After 3/1/2016) | Old SAT\u003Cbr>(Before 3/1/2016) | SAT Reading Subset | ACT |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| English / Reading | 480+ Evidence-Based Reading/Writing | 500+ Critical Reading | 26+ | 21+ Reading |\n| Math | 530+ | 500+ | Not Applicable | 21+ |\n\nNOTE: Students with PARCC scores must see a counselor or academic advisor to interpret these scores. Students should contact the Office of Raptor Central for instructions on how to submit SAT/ACT scores.  \nNEXTGEN ACCUPLACER andALEKS scores  \n\n|  | NEXTGEN ACCUPLACER | ALEKS |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| English | 263+ | Not Applicable |\n| Reading | 263+ | Not Applicable |\n| Math | NGAQ 250-262 | 30-45 |\n\nTRANSFER ACCUPLACER SCORES: Students may submit ACCUPLACER scores from another educational institution for evaluation. English and Reading scores should be less than 2 years old. Math scores should be less than [1 year old. 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