Placement Test Exemption
If a student meets one or more of the following criteria, they may be exempt from all or a section of the NC DAP Placement Test. Official documentation showing one or more of the following criteria must be submitted to the college in order to validate exemption status:
- An official NC high school transcript showing graduation within the past 5 years of enrollment with an un-weighted cumulative GPA of 2.6 or higher and completion of four math classes including Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry and a 4th math as determined by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
- BEFORE MARCH 2016:
SAT scores of 500 or more in Critical Reading or 500 in Writing (waives DRE placement test).
SAT scores of 500 or more in Math (waives DMA placement test).
- AFTER MARCH 2016:
SAT scores of 480 or more in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (waives DRE placement test).
SAT scores of 530 or more in Math (waives DMA placement test).
- ACT scores of 22 or more in Reading or 18 or more in English (waives DRE placement test).
ACT scores of 22 or more in Math (waives DMA placement test).
- Placement test results from a NC community college.
- College transcripts indicating enrollment in a college-level English and/or college-level math course.
