Medgar Evers College Testing Center
CUNY Assessment Test (CAT)
CUNY Assessment Test (CAT)
- Exemptions from the Assessment Testing.
Reading and Writing
Students are considered proficient in reading and writing if they can document any one of the following:
- SAT I verbal score of 480 or higher or critical reading score of 480 or higher
- ACT English score of 20 or higher
- N.Y. State English Regents score of 75 or higher
- CUNY Assessment Tests:
- Reading Test score of 70 or higher and Writing Test score of 56 or higher.
To be eligible to register for the first college-level composition course, students must be proficient in both reading andwriting.
Mathematics
Proficiency requirements in mathematics differ from college to college. Students may fulfill these requirements based on their SAT Math score (SATM), ACT Math score (ACTM), NYS Regents score on the Math A, B, Sequential II or III exam (NYS Regents), or the CUNY Assessment Test score in Mathematics (Math 1 and Math 2) @ MEC the requirement is:
College |
SATM |
ACTM |
NYS REGENTS |
MATH 1 |
MATH 2 |
Medgar Evers |
500 |
21 |
75 |
35 |
40 |
Note:
- New Math Regents Proficiency Criteria effective for fall 2011 and spring 2012 only: Applicants for freshmen admission for fall 2011 and spring 2012 only may demonstrate proficiency in mathematics for all CUNY colleges by scoring a 75 or higher on the New York State Regents examinations in Integrated Algebra, or Geometry, or Algebra 2 & Trigonometry, and successfully completing each course in the three-course Regents sequence: Integrated Algebra; Geometry; and Algebra 2 & Trigonometry.
- New Math Regents Proficiency criteria effective for fall 2012 and thereafter: Applicants for freshmen and transfer admission for fall 2012 and thereafter may demonstrate proficiency in mathematics for all CUNY colleges by scoring 80 or higher on any one of the new Regents examinations (Integrated Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 & Trigonometry) and successfully completing Algebra 2 & Trigonometry or a higher-level course.
