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English Placement

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) uses ACT, SAT, high school cumulative GPA, and previously earned college credits to determine students' placement in English courses at the College. Please refer to the English Placement Guide for more information.  If you do not meet one of the English measures, you will complete an English Placement Test.  After Tri-C processes your ACT, SAT, high school transcript, or placement test documentation, you will receive an email within 72 hours with your course placement results.  

The English placement requirement may be satisfied by meeting one of the options below. If none of these apply to you, you will need to complete the English placement essay.

  • Satisfactory cumulative high school GPA for 
    • Current high school students in grades 11 or 12 only
    • High school graduates (within the last five years)
  • Satisfactory SAT or ACT scores (within the last five years)
  • ACCUPLACER WritePlacer score (within the last five years)
  • Earned associate degree, bachelor’s degree or higher
  • Grade of C or better in college-level English from an accredited institution 
  • Grade of C or better in developmental English within the last two years at an Ohio community college or university

Students who meet one or more of the criteria above will be placed as follows:

English Measure GPA or Score Range Placement
Cumulative High School GPA 3.8 or higher ENG-1010 or ENG-1010H
3.0-3.799 ENG-1010
2.6-2.99 ENG-1001 and 1010
2.599 or lower Take English placement test
SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing (EBRW) Score 570-800 ENG-1010H
480-569 ENG-1010
ACT English Score 25-36 ENG-1010H
18-24 ENG-1010
Accuplacer WritePlacer Score

7 or 8

6 (with Accuplacer Next Gen Rdg 261-300 or Accuplacer Classic 90+)

 ENG-1010H
5 or 6 (with Accuplacer Next Gen Rdg 200-260) ENG-1010
4 ENG-1001 and 1010
3 ENG-0990/0995
2 ENG-0980/0985

0-1 (with Accuplacer Next Gen Rdg 220-300)

or

0-1 (with Accuplacer Classic 28+)

 ENG-0980/0985

0-1 (with Accuplacer Next Gen Rdg 200-219)

or

0-1 (with Accuplacer Classic 9-27)

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The English Placement Test is a chance to show your writing skills.  Your essay will be evaluated by a faculty reader who will assign an English course placement.  Students can choose to complete the placement test remotely, via email, or in-person at a Campus Testing Center.  

To place you in the English class that will best meet your needs and ensure your success, please submit a sample of your own original writing. Please do not use AI paraphrasing tools such as QuillBot or AI text-generating software (including but not limited to ChatGPT). If you do, the College's AI detection software will flag the paper, and you may be asked to retake your placement test.

Using the words and ideas of others without proper attribution is called plagiarism. Using outside sources for this essay in any manner would be considered academic dishonesty. Student essays may be checked for plagiarism by a plagiarism-detection program. Should your work be plagiarized, it will not be accepted.

Please click here to complete your English Placement prep.

Please click here to schedule your remote or in-person English Placement test.

English Placement test scores are sent to your Tri-C student email account within 72 hours after completing the essay. 

Please click here to access the English Placement Guide

How to reach us

Brunswick University Center
3605 Center Road
Brunswick, OH 44212
BUC 212
216-987-3877
BrunswickTestingCenter@tri-c.edu 

Eastern Campus
4250 Richmond Road
Highland Hills, OH 44122
Student Services Building (ESS) 1108
216-987-2256
EastTestingCenter@tri-c.edu 

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2900 Community College Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Student Services Building (MSS) 103
216-987-4311
MetroTestingCenter@tri-c.edu

Western Campus
11000 West Pleasant Valley Road
Parma, OH 44130
Technology Learning Center (TLC) GT115
216-987-5257
WestTestingCenter@tri-c.edu  

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31001 Clemens Road
Westlake, OH 44145
Room 137
216-987-3888
WestshoreTestingCenter@tri-c.edu 

Testing Center Hours

Brunswick University Center
Monday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Monday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Monday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Western Campus
Monday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Westshore Campus
Monday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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