Rutgers First-Year Student Testing
Placement Testing Information
Note: You should make every effort to complete the placement test(s) as early as possible. Delaying testing could adversely affect your schedule, as you cannot attend SEBS Academic Planning & Advising Day or selected fall courses until scores have been processed.
Note: No calculators are permitted in the math placement exam. Be prepared to answer math problems in computational skills, algebra 1 & 2, and precalculus. Placement tests cannot be retaken.
Preparing for your Rutgers Placement Tests
In preparation for the math test, we encourage you to review the math you have studied in high school (basic math, Algebra I, Algebra II, and Precalculus). You can also link to course information and syllabi on the math department website. To be placed into Precalculus in your first term at Rutgers, you must demonstrate competence in basic math and Algebra I and II. To be placed into Calculus, you must demonstrate competence in all four areas, including Precalculus.
Rutgers Placement Testing Exemptions
Attention Associate's Degree Candidates Receiving A.A. or A.S. degree concurrent with High School Graduation: Contact Dean Nester-Watt to determine exemption(s).
**Documentation required for Exemption—Must send Proof of Exemption (copy of score report) to Dean Nester-Watt at first_year@sebs.rutgers.edu to be approved for an exemption.
PLEASE NOTE: Senior year AP/IB exams and college transfer credit does not exempt a SEBS first-year student from Rutgers Placement Testing.
When will I find out my Placement Test results?
Two to three weeks after you take the tests your results will be posted on the Rutgers Admissions Enrollment Pathway.