WHAT ARE CUNY’S SKILLS REQUIREMENTS?
You can demonstrate that you meet the University’s skills proficiency requirements based on your SAT, ACT, or NY State Regents test scores. Otherwise, you may take the appropriate CUNY Assessment Test offered at the testing center at CUNY colleges.
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
SAT Reading Test (exam date March 2016 and thereafter), score of 26 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 and writing.
Mathematics
Students are considered proficient in mathematics if they can document any one of the following:
SAT Math score of 500 or higher
SAT Math Section (exam date March 2016 and thereafter), score of 530 or higher
ACT Math score of 21 or higher
N.Y. State Regents:
Common Core Regents: Score of 70 or higher in Algebra I or Geometry** AND successful completion of the Algebra 2/Trigonometry or higher-level course.**
Score of 80 or higher in Integrated Algebra or Geometry or Algebra 2/Trigonometry AND successful completion of the Algebra 2/Trigonometry or higher-level course.
Score of 75 or higher in one of the following:
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