Test Scores

	Middle 50% of First-Year Students	Percent Who Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal:	530 - 630	74%
SAT Reasoning Math:	520 - 610	74%
ACT Composite:	23 - 27	67%

SAT & ACT Policies

For admission decisions:

• SAT Reasoning or ACT with writing Required

For placement:

• SAT Subject Tests

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: 15-JUN

Other test policies:

Students must submit at least one writing component; ACT with Writing required if applicant is not also taking SAT (with mandatory Writing); ACT with Writing recommended even if applicant is also taking SAT.

Advanced Placement Program® (AP) Information

AP Credit and Placement Policy

• Offers credit for AP Exams:Not reported
• Offers placement into higher-level courses for AP Exams: Not reported
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• From the college:
• Saint Mary's College may award credit or exemption from college requirements for successful results of College Board Advanced Placement Exams, SAT Subject Tests, and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). The scores must be submitted in advance of preregistration, and must meet or exceed the minimum score as established by the appropriate academic department.
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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:
• Students presenting a curriculum of honors and/or AP classes are considered more seriously in the decision-making process.

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	55	3
American Literature	--	--
Analysis and Interpretation of Literature	--	--
Biology	49	8
Calculus	51	6
Chemistry	48	8
College Algebra	55	3
College Algebra-Trigonometry	--	--
College French-Level 1	--	--
College French-Level 2	58	3
College German- Level 1	--	--
College German-Level 2	58	3
College Mathematics	--	--
College Spanish-Level 1	--	--
College Spanish-Level 2	58	3
English Composition	--	--
English Composition with Essay	--	--
English Literature	--	--
Freshman College Composition	--	--
History of the United States I	58	3
History of the United States II	58	3
Human Growth and Development	--	--
Humanities	--	--
Information Systems and Computer Application	--	--
Introductory Business Law	--	--
Introductory Educational Psychology	--	--
Introductory Psychology	60	3
Introductory Sociology	52	3
Natural Sciences	--	--
Precalculus	--	--
Principles of Accounting	--	--
Principles of Macroeconomics	57	3
Principles of Management	--	--
Principles of Marketing	56	3
Principles of Microeconomics	57	3
Social Sciences and History	--	--
Trigonometry	--	--
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	58	3
Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present	58	3