English and ESL Placement Qualifiers
ENGLISH | Placement in English 100 | Placement in one level below English 100/English 22 ALP (taken concurrently) |
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EdReady English |
Score 64 - 100 | Score 36 - 63 |
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) |
510 or higher in Writing (before March 2016) |
310 – 509 in Writing (before March 2016) |
American College Testing (ACT) |
18 or higher |
11-17 |
Smarter Balanced |
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Cumulative High School GPA |
2.6 or higher |
2.0 – 2.5 |
12th grade ELA course or AP Language and Composition class |
B or higher |
Grade of C |
High School Equivalency Test (HiSet) |
15 or higher on Language Arts – Writing |
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General Education Development (GED) |
170 in Reasoning through Language Arts |
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Accuplacer Placement Test |
Score 5 - 8 in Accuplacer Essay |
Score 4 in Accuplacer Essay |
Placement in two levels below - English 24 or ENG 16
Appropriate placement if none of the qualifiers above are met.
English as a Second Language and English 100E Placement Qualifiers
**The higher of the two scores (Essay or Reading) determines placement in ENG 100E or ESL courses.**
Support Courses for English Learners
The following courses have no prerequisites or placement requirements. They are open to all English Learners and are offered once per year on the Pu‘uloa (Pearl City) campus.
Fall Semester
- ESL 10B: Essentials of English Grammar (3 credits)
- LSK 110: College Success Strategies (3 credits)*
*This course is also open to native English speakers.
Spring Semester
- ESL 7B: Essentials of Speaking and Listening (6 credits)
Summer Session II
- ESL 1A: Foundations of English as a Second Language (6 credits) *regular tuition rate