Test Scores

	Middle 50% of First-Year Students	Percent Who Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal:	640 - 720	84%
SAT Reasoning Math:	640 - 710	84%
ACT Composite:	27 - 31	26%

SAT & ACT Policies

For admission decisions:

• SAT Reasoning or ACT Required (ACT writing optional)
• SAT Subject Tests Considered if Submitted

For placement:

• SAT Subject Tests
• AP

SAT or ACT writing component will be used as follows:

• For Admission

• SAT Reasoning/ACT score report due by: 01-MAR
• SAT Subject score report due by: 01-MAR

Advanced Placement Program® (AP) Information

AP Credit and Placement Policy

• Offers credit for AP Exams:Yes
• Offers placement into higher-level courses for AP Exams: Yes
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• From the college:
• Colby participates in the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board, providing academic credit for students qualified for advanced standing. Those interested take the College Board AP tests and have the official results submitted to Colby for evaluation. Students scoring 4 or 5 receive credit from the College. Scores of 3 and below are evaluated by the appropriate academic department. Students who earn between 15 and 29 hours of AP credit may, upon application, use that credit to count toward one semester of the 8-semester residency requirement. Students who earn 30 hours or more may, upon application, count those credits toward two semesters of the 8-semester residency requirement.
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• Want detailed information about this college's AP policy?
• Go to the college's Web site to learn more.

AP and Admission

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• From the college:
• Strength of secondary school academic program is among the many factors considered by the Colby admissions committee in selecting students for admission to the College. Members of the committee view Advanced Placement courses as exceptional preparation for study in college, and our most competitive applicants will have pursued AP courses, when available in their high schools.

College-Level Examinations Program® (CLEP) Information

All CLEP exam scores range from 20 to 80. A score of 99 indicates that credit is awarded on an individually-determined basis

Exam	Minimum Grade for Credit	Credit Hours Awarded
American Government	--	--
American Literature	--	--
Analysis and Interpretation of Literature	--	--
Biology	--	--
Calculus	--	--
Chemistry	--	--
College Algebra	--	--
College Algebra-Trigonometry	--	--
College French-Level 1	--	--
College French-Level 2	--	--
College German- Level 1	--	--
College German-Level 2	--	--
College Mathematics	--	--
College Spanish-Level 1	--	--
College Spanish-Level 2	--	--
English Composition	--	--
English Composition with Essay	--	--
English Literature	--	--
Freshman College Composition	--	--
History of the United States I	--	--
History of the United States II	--	--
Human Growth and Development	--	--
Humanities	--	--
Information Systems and Computer Application	--	--
Introductory Business Law	--	--
Introductory Educational Psychology	--	--
Introductory Psychology	--	--
Introductory Sociology	--	--
Natural Sciences	--	--
Precalculus	--	--
Principles of Accounting	--	--
Principles of Macroeconomics	--	--
Principles of Management	--	--
Principles of Marketing	--	--
Principles of Microeconomics	--	--
Social Sciences and History	--	--
Trigonometry	--	--
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	--	--
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present	--	--