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EPT/ELM Exam Information

Entry Level Mathematics-English Placement (ELM / EPT)

The CSU system requires non-exempt, admitted undergraduate students entering fall 1998 and after to take the ELM/EPT examinations prior to registering for classes. If the results of these test indicate that the student needs to register for a remedial course(s) in either mathematics or English, the student must take and pass the course(s) within their first year. After two semesters no student will be allowed to register or continue attending classes at Sacramento State, if remedial courses are not successfully completed.

Applicants are encouraged to take the appropriate tests on the earliest date possible. To register, contact the Testing Office.

EPT and ELM Exemptions

EPT - Any one of the following exempts you from the EPT:

  1. Completion (grade of "C-" or better) of ENGL 1A, College Composition, or its equivalent at another college
  2. A score of 470 or higher on the Verbal section of the SAT (taken before April 1995)
  3. A score of 550 or higher on the Verbal section of the SATI (taken April 1995 or later)
  4. A score of 22 or higher on the ACT English Usage Test (taken before October 1989)
  5. A score of 24 or higher on the ACTE English Usage Test (taken October 1989 or later)
  6. A score of 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement Language and Composition or Composition and Literature Exam of the College Board Advanced Placement Program
  7. A score of 600 or above on the College Board Achievement Test in English with essay (taken before January 1994)
  8. A score of 600 or above on the College Board SAT II Writing Test (taken between January 1994 and March 1995)
  9. A score of 660 or above on the College Board SAT II Writing Test (taken between April 1995 and April 1998)
  10. A score of 680 or above on the College Board SAT II Writing Test (taken May 1998 or later)

ELM - Any one of the following exempts you from the ELM:

  1. Completion (grade of "C-" or better) of a course at another college which satisfies the Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning requirement in General Education
  2. A score of 550 or higher on the Mathematics section of either the SAT or SAT I
  3. A score of 24 or higher on the ACT Mathematics Test (taken before October 1989)
  4. A score of 23 or higher on the ACTE Mathematics Test (taken October 1989 or later)
  5. A score of 560 or above on Level I, IC, II, or IIC on either the College Board Achievement Test or SAT II
  6. A score of 3 or above on the College Board Advanced Placement mathematics exam (AB or BC) or the Advanced Placement Statistics exam