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Burlington County College |
College Basic Skills
Assessment
The
state of New Jersey requires all institutions of higher education to assess
entering students for basic skills proficiency in reading, writing, computation
and elementary algebra. Students will
be assessed after they have been admitted to the college. The assessment will be used for placement
purposes. No student will be denied
admission to the college based on the assessment results but course selection
may be restricted based on the student's performance on the assessment. Appointments for the assessment are made
after application materials have been processed.
Students may be exempted
from the assessment if they:
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Are enrolled in a bilingual
or English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
They must be assessed after they complete the program.
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Have taken the assessment at
another New Jersey college and the test results have been forwarded to BCC.
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Have an associate degree or
higher from a regionally accredited college or university and can provide proof
of completion.
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Have successfully completed
the equivalent of English Composition (ENG101) and college level math (MTH106
or higher math course) and can provide proof of completion.
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Have met the college requirements
for CLEP or Advanced Placement in English, computation and elementary algebra.
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Have met the college
requirement of SAT scores and can provide proof of scores.
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Have completed developmental
courses comparable to BCC's highest level of remediation at another regionally
accredited college. Students must
provide a transcript and a catalog course description
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Are not working toward a
degree and want to attempt fewer than 30 credits. The assessment will be required prior to attempting the 30th
credit. Applicants cannot register for
English Composition (ENG101) or college-level mathematics (MTH 100 or higher)
if they have not taken or been exempted from the assessment.