Advanced Placement

• New students who receive an average score of 550 or above on the written and verbal portions of the SAT on the old SAT Critical Reading exam (prior to March 2016)
• New students who receive an average score of 580 or above on the on the new SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing exam (March 2016 to present)
• New students who receive  above 26 on the ACT 
• New students accepted into the Honors College will be automatically placed in an honors level English Composition Course
• New students who score a 4 or 5 on the AP English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition  
• New students who have completed Rutgers University-Newark's equivalent of  21:355:101 or 21:355:102 with a grade of C or better will NOT need to take the placement exam.  PLEASE NOTE: Writing course below 100 level will not exempt you from testing.

• A score of 4 or 5 on the AP/AB series (Calculus I) or AP/BC (Calculus II)

NOTE: If Rutgers-Newark has not received your AP placement scores by your scheduled placement test date, you MUST still complete the math placement exam. However, if you submit the score of 4 or 5 after your placement test date, it will override the score of your ACCUPLACER placement test.

• Exemptions-Math Testing
• AP Exam in Calculus AB or BC with score of 4 or 5
• Exemptions-English Testing
• Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) SAT score of 650 or higher
• Critical Reading SAT score of 650 or higher (by January test)
• ACT Reading score of 32 or higher (by January test)
• AP Exam in English Lang/Comp with score of 4 or 5 (already completed before testing)*
• AP Exam in English Lit/Comp with score of 4 or 5 (already completed before testing)*