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English Placement Test (EPT) Requirement

  • EPT Score: 151 or above - Passed!  EPT Cleared - English proficiency requirement met

    • You still must take GEW 101 for graduation requirement

  • Exempt from EPT requirement if:

    • Verbal SAT score is 550 or above

    • English ACT score is 24 or above

    • AP Language and Composition/Composition and Literature score is 3, 4, or 5

  • EPT Score: below 151 – You must take 1 class – preferably in your 1st semester

    • 1st semester (Fall) take General Education Writing (GEW) 101

     

***If you do not clear your EPT requirement by the end of your first year, you will be disenrolled from CSUSM and not allowed to return until you have done so.

Click here for more information on the CSU Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) examination and the CSU English Placement Test (EPT) requirements.

If you experience extenuating circumstances preventing you from clearing your EPT requirement within your first year of enrollment at CSUSM, you can submit a Petition for Exception for an extension.