All incoming freshmen having no college credit at all are required to complete the placement tests that include basic measures of reading, writing, and mathematics. As soon as you receive your Acceptance letter from the Admissions Office, you should email the Placement Assessment Office at Placement.Assessment@metrostate.edu or call 651-793-1538 to make an appointment and complete required tests as early as possible.
All other new students, including transfer students will be evaluated through the degree auditing process to determine whether exemption should be granted. You should wait until you get the Degree Auditing Reports (DARS) to see your placement assessment status.
If you are required to take any of the above placement tests, a hold is put on your record, meaning you cannot register for any class. Therefore, as soon as you know that you are required to take one or more of the above tests, you should contact the Placement Assessment Office at Placement.Assessment@metrostate.edu or at 651-793-1538 to make an appointment and complete the required tests as early as possible.
If you decide to appeal, you should first review the Exemption Criteria at this Placement Assessment website to determine which exemption category you can use for your appeal. Then you may call 651-793-1464 or 651-793-1537, or you may email Baorong.Li@metrostate.edu or Janet.Vanderbosch@metrostate.edu.
You need to contact Placement Assessment if you are granted exemption based on the criterion that you completed Accuplacer tests within the past three years in another MnSCU institution. We need to provide the course placement to you based on Metropolitan State's curriculum and remove the registration hold on your record. You may call 651-793-1464 or 651-793-1537, or you may email Baorong.Li@metrostate.edu or Janet.Vanderbosch@metrostate.edu.
We also acknowledge your progress if you have followed the course placement in another MnSCU institution when your scores are over three years old. In this situation, you should contact us directly. This will be handled on an individual basis. You may call 651-793-1464 or 651-793-1537, or you may email Baorong.Li@metrostate.edu or Janet.Vanderbosch@metrostate.edu.
Placement results provide important insights into students' current skill levels in math, reading and writing. Students and their advisors use the information to select or recommend those courses most suited to students' academic needs. Placement results are also used to meet the prerequisites for specific courses and/or the University's general education competency requirements in Writing I and/or college algebra level mathematics. The placement assessment requirement also helps ensure faculty provide high quality teaching to all students.
Language Proficiency Testing A new student whose native language is not English and who is not fluent in English should take the language proficiency tests. A student can take these tests in a MnSCU institution of their choice. Contact information is available on the page of MnSCU and Hubbs Services on the right. After testing, students should contact us for placement advice and registration hold removal. You may call 651-793-1464 or email Baorong.Li@metrostate.edu.
Baorong Li, Ph.D.
Director, Placement Assessment and Academic Research
Baorong.Li@metrostate.edu
Phone: 651-793-1464
Janet VanDerBosch
Placement Assessment and Academic Research Technician
Janet.Vanderbosch@metrostate.edu
Phone: 651-793-1537
Fax: 651-793-1565
To request accommodations for a disability, students call the Disability Services at 651-793-1540 or 651-772-7581 (TTY).
