Assessment Center Overview

We will begin In-Person Accuplacer testing with specific COVID-19 guidelines.

Students currently have two options for taking the Accuplacer Test:

     Option 1: In-Person Testing
     Option 2: Remote Testing

Option 1: Accuplacer Testing (In-Person)

We offer In-Person testing in accordance to state social distancing policies.  Students registering for the In-Person testing must complete the two forms listed below.

• Submit the online Assessment Test Candidate Rules Agreement
• Submit the online Waiver Form

Students will not be allowed entrance until both forms listed above have been submitted.

Option 2: Accuplacer Testing (Remote)

In alignment with campus and state COVID-19 policies, the Assessment Center at Southern Union is now offering remote placement testing for our Accuplacer Math and Writing tests via Zoom. Please review the information below to ensure that your device is compatible with the Zoom system. If you do not have the necessary technology to test remotely, please email us at accuplacer@suscc.edu.

If you select option 2 for Remote testing, Please follow these steps below:

• Download and install Zoom Client for Meetings
• Test that Zoom was setup correctly. Please use the option to join with video.
• Check that your computer can run Accuplacer.

After you schedule your appointment you will receive an email with your testing information.

The day of your remote testing session, your proctor will need to see that your computer “passes” all of the Accuplacer system requirements. Please make sure to have tested this in advance. If you fail to pass the system requirements, we will be unable to test you.

• Click here to schedule your Remote Test or Opelika In-Person Accuplacer Test

• Click here to schedule In-Person Accuplacer test for the Wadley Campus

• Click here to schedule In-Person Accuplacer test for the Valley Campus

Placement Testing (ACCUPLACER)

No tests are required for general admission to Southern Union but may be required for placement in college-level courses.

First-time college students may have ACT, SAT or GED (2014 series) scores considered for placement in college-level English and math if those scores have been earned within 5 years.  If test scores are not available or not at the appropriate level, students who have graduated high school within 5 years with a 2.75 grade point average (GPA) may have their grades in English IV (senior English) and Algebra II considered for placement in college-level English and math.  Students must  have the results of their ACT, SAT or GED and high school transcripts** forwarded to the college to be used for placement purposes.

First-time students without proof of appropriate ACT, SAT or GED scores, those with scores below the established guidelines, or those without proof of a 2.75 grade point average or higher on their final high school transcript, make arrangements to take the ACCUPLACER placement examination in writing and mathematics prior to meeting with an advisor to enroll in courses.

Students who transfer from a regionally accredited college without a C or better in a degree-creditable English composition and college-level algebra and without exemptions as listed below, will be required to take one or both parts of the placement test. 

The Assessment Center offers Remote Accuplacer Testing and On Campus Testing.

To schedule your test click on the link below and select the  Remote Accuplacer Tesing or the On Campus Accuplacer option.

ACCUPLACER Exemptions:

For Accuplacer Exemptions and guidelines click here. Students who meet one of the following guidelines are exempt from taking the ACCUPLACER placement test for writing and/or math. 

*Test Scores, GPA and high school grades must be no more than 5 years old.  

^ACCUPLACER Next Generation test implemented in January 2019.

**Students should request an official copy of his or her high school transcript with graduation date be sent to the SUSCC Admissions Office at P.O. Box 1000, Wadley, AL 36276.

*** To document high school GPA and avoid having to take the ACCUPLACER, we recommend that you bring a copy of your high school transcript at the time you come to register in person as a new student.

To schedule your ACCUPLACER Test click on the campus below:

• Wadley Campus:  Ensminger Room, ground floor, Resource Center (building 6 on map)
• Valley Campus: Main Office in John R. Carmichael Building (building 2 on map) 
• Opelika Campus: Assessment Center, Room 120, Business Technology Center (BTC) (building 8 on map)

Because of limited seating in the testing sessions, students are encouraged to take the placement test at their earliest convenience. New students must complete the placement test or document exemptions before registering for classes at Southern Union.

FAQs

Additional information and resources for ACCUPLACER.

• ACCUPLACER Website
• ACCUPLACER Test and Question Information
• WritePlacer Guide (Written portion of the test)
• ACCUPLACER iPhone or web based App
• Placement and Exemptions Guidelines

If you have any additional questions on the services offered by the Assessment Center, please contact a member of our staff: