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Lehigh Carbon Community College
English
Automatic Exemption from Placement Testing Waiver Exemptions from Placement 
● SATV: 480 or higher
● PSAT Writing: 480 or higher
● ACT Reading: 20 or higher
● Accuplacer Writing: 222-241
● GED test score (Language Arts): 165 or higher
● TOEFL iBT: score of 79 or higher or TOEFL cbt: score of 231 or IELTS: score of 7 or higher.
● 12th Grade: English 1st Qtr. grade of B or higher or AP English/Literature/History
● 2 U.S. college courses (6 credits) of Humanities or Social Studies with a C+ or higher
● Completion of a U.S. college degree 3

 

Reading
Automatic Exemption from Placement Testing Waiver Exemptions from Placement 
● SATV: 480 or higher
● PSAT Writing: 480 or higher
● ACT Reading: 20 or higher
● Accuplacer Reading: 242 or higher, or
● GED test score (Language Arts): 165 or higher
● TOEFL iBT: score of 79 or higher or TOEFL cbt: score of 231 or IELTS: score of 7 or higher.
● Advanced 12th Grade: English 1st Qtr. grade of B or higher or AP Literature AND 1st Qtr. grade of B or higher in Social Studies or AP History,
● 2 U.S. college courses (6 credits) of Humanities or Social Sciences with a C+ or higher, or
● Completion of a U.S. college degree

 

Math
MAT Courses Placed Into Automatic Exemption from Placement Testing Waiver Exemptions from Placement 
MAT 090, MAT120
MAT 105, MAT 118, MAT 121 ● SATM: 500 or higher
● PSAT Math: 500 or higher
● ACTMath: 21 or higher
● GED Math: 165 or higher
● High School Math: Algebra I with a grade of B or higher
MAT 125, MAT 130, MAT 150,
MAT 155, MAT 160
● SATM: 600 or higher
● ACTMath: 29 or higher
● High School Math (2 units of math): Algebra II with a grade of B or higher
MAT 165, MAT 170, MAT 188 ● High School Math: Algebra III/ Trigonometry with a grade of B or higher
MAT 191 ● SATM: 650 or higher
● ACTMath: 29 or higher
● AP Calculus AB or BC: grade of C or higher
● High School Calculus: grade of B or higher