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Understanding Your EAP Results

Make It Count

If you took your EAP test in the 11th grade, your EAP results will be included in the second page of the STAR report mailed to your home in August. If you marked the option to release your EAP test results, you can also check your results online at www.CalState.edu/eap/results.

Learn Your EAP Status Now

The earlier you know your EAP status during your senior year of high school, the sooner you can start preparing and building the skills you'll need for CSU English and mathematic courses. So find out about your EAP status as soon as you can.

What Do Your Results Mean?

English Test Results

Results

Results	What It Means
Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses	You are ready to enroll in for-credit courses at the CSU and participating California Community Colleges. Please note, you are still required to apply for college and meet admission requirements.
Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses - Conditional	You must take the appropriate English course in your senior year to clear your conditional status. CSUDH will assume you are clearing your conditional status by completing an approved senior year experience. If you are not clearing your status, it is your responsibility to adhere to the CSU Placement Test requirement by the recommended deadline. Please note, in order to clear the conditional status, you must complete one of the approved senior year experiences during your high school senior year: Successfully complete, with a grade of "C" or better, a sequential year-long class: CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) - full year course in the 12th grade being taught by a certified instructor. International Baccalaureate (IB) English Advanced Placement—Language and Composition or Literature and Composition English Course Approved for honors credit by the University of California (as indicated on the UC Doorway "a-g" course list)
Not Yet Demonstrating Readiness for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses	Your English skills are not yet sufficiently strong to succeed in required college English courses. If you are accepted for admission to the CSU or a participating California Community College, you will be required to take a placement test.

What It Means

Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses

You are ready to enroll in for-credit courses at the CSU and participating California Community Colleges. Please note, you are still required to apply for college and meet admission requirements.

Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses - Conditional

You must take the appropriate English course in your senior year to clear your conditional status. CSUDH will assume you are clearing your conditional status by completing an approved senior year experience. If you are not clearing your status, it is your responsibility to adhere to the CSU Placement Test requirement by the recommended deadline. Please note, in order to clear the conditional status, you must complete one of the approved senior year experiences during your high school senior year: Successfully complete, with a grade of "C" or better, a sequential year-long class:

CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) - full year course in the 12th grade being taught by a certified instructor.
International Baccalaureate (IB) English
Advanced Placement—Language and Composition or Literature and Composition
English Course Approved for honors credit by the University of California (as indicated on the UC Doorway "a-g" course list)

Not Yet Demonstrating Readiness for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level English Courses

Your English skills are not yet sufficiently strong to succeed in required college English courses. If you are accepted for admission to the CSU or a participating California Community College, you will be required to take a placement test.

Math Test Results

Results	What It Means
Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level Mathematics Courses	You are ready to enroll in for-credit courses at the CSU and participating California Community Colleges. Please note, you are still required to apply for college and meet admission requirements.
Not Yet Demonstrating Readiness for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level Mathematics Courses	Your math skills are not yet sufficiently strong to succeed in required college math courses. If you are accepted for admission to the CSU or a participating Community College, you will be required to take a placement test.
Ready for CSU or Participating CCC College-Level Mathematics Courses - Conditional	You must take the appropriate math or science course in your senior year to clear your conditional status. CSUDH will assume you are clearing your conditional status by completing an approved senior year experience. If you are not clearing your status, it is your responsibility to adhere to the CSU Placement Test requirement by the recommended deadline. Please note, in order to clear the conditional status, you must complete one of the approved senior year experiences during your high school senior year: Successfully complete, with a grade of "C" or better, a year-long math course that has a prerequisite of Algebra II (CSU Dominguez Hills will accept Trigonometry, Math Analysis, Pre-Calculus, Calculus AB, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP Physics) With the approval of the high school, repeat one year of Algebra II and earn a grade of "C" or better. Supervised e-Learning Course: Completion of the online instructional program monitored by CSU math faculty prior to high school graduation. Registration available October 2012 - January 2013. Pass a one semester community college math course that satisfies the CSU general education requirement in Quantitative Reasoning.

Registering for the CSU Placement Test

EPT and ELM test scores determine which math and English courses students are eligible to take at a CSUDH. The CSUDH recommends the following EPT/ELM test dates:

Test Date	Registration Deadline
November 17, 2012 January 12, 2013 February 9, 2013 March 16, 2013	November 2, 2012 December 28, 2012 January 25, 2013 March 1, 2013

To register for the EPT and ELM test, go to CSUDH.EDU/Testing.

Exemption from CSU Placement Tests

If you're planning on attending CSUDH or any CSU campus, you may earn an exemption from taking the required CSU English and/or Entry Level Mathematics Placement Test by completing one of the following with the indicated results or scores, in addition to EAP results:

English Placement Tests (EPT)	Entry Level Mathematics (ELM)
500 or above critical reasoning SAT 22 or above ACT English 3 or above AP Language Composition or Literature Composition	550 or above critical reasoning SAT 23 or above ACT Mathematics 3 or above AP Calculus AB, BC or Statistics