Test Scores

	Middle 50% of First-Year Students	Percent Who Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal:	460 - 580	70%
SAT Reasoning Math:	470 - 570	70%
ACT Composite:	19 - 24	66%

SAT & ACT Policies

For admission decisions:

• SAT Reasoning or ACT with writing Required

For placement:

• SAT
• ACT
• AP
• CLEP

SAT or ACT writing component will be used as follows:

• For Admission
• For Placement
• For Advising
• In place of an application essay

• SAT Reasoning/ACT score report due by: 15-AUG
• SAT Subject score report due by: Not reported

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:
• Students who have completed college-level courses may earn college credit at Hardin-Simmons University by submitting scores of 3 or above on the AP Examinations (some courses require a higher score.)
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• Want detailed information about this college's AP policy?
• Go to the college's Web site to learn more.
• (For more information, click the above link and go to page 5 of the PDF file.)

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	50	3
American Literature	50	3
Analysis and Interpretation of Literature	50	3
Biology	50	8
Calculus	50	3
Chemistry	50	8
College Algebra	50	3
College Algebra-Trigonometry	50	3
College French-Level 1	50	8
College French-Level 2	65	6
College German- Level 1	50	8
College German-Level 2	55	6
College Mathematics	--	--
College Spanish-Level 1	50	8
College Spanish-Level 2	67	6
English Composition	--	--
English Composition with Essay	50	3
English Literature	50	3
Freshman College Composition	--	--
History of the United States I	50	3
History of the United States II	50	3
Human Growth and Development	50	3
Humanities	--	--
Information Systems and Computer Application	60	3
Introductory Business Law	60	3
Introductory Educational Psychology	50	3
Introductory Psychology	50	3
Introductory Sociology	50	3
Natural Sciences	--	--
Precalculus	--	--
Principles of Accounting	53	6
Principles of Macroeconomics	54	3
Principles of Management	56	3
Principles of Marketing	62	3
Principles of Microeconomics	54	3
Social Sciences and History	--	--
Trigonometry	50	3
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	50	3
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present	50	3