College-Ready Vs. Remediation: What Does I t Mean for You?

1. College-Ready Vs. Remediation: What Does It Mean for You? College Success Team

2. What Does It Mean to be College-Ready? • College-ready means you are eligible to take courses in Math and/or English that count towards your Bachelor’s Degree or towards transferring from a Community College • We will discuss what this means at the Cal State System and the Community College System today

3. How do I know if I’m considered College Ready? • Students who have ACT, SAT, or CAASPP exam scores can use those to determine placement in English and math Classes. • If a student isn’t considered ‘College Ready’ from one of these tests, he or she will take placement exams for the CSU and CCC systems. • These exams represent your last chance to be considered ‘College Ready.’ • You will take the placement exams in February, March or April of 2016.

4. Worst Case Scenario: I’m considered ‘Not College-Ready’ – What does that mean? • You will have to enroll in “remedial” courses, either over the summer as part of the CSU Early Start Program and/or you will need enroll and pass “remedial courses” during your first year of college. • Let’s take a look at a few of examples

5. You can place up to 3 remedial courses below the first required college level English course El Camino College

6. You can place up to 4 remedial courses below College Level Math Santa Monica College

7. Summer EARLY START $182 per course (Free with Fee Waiver) Some Things to Note: • If you don’t pass the EPT/ELM exam, you’ll spend your summer in school! • If you do not pass remedial classes at CSU’s by the end of your 1st year, you may be DISENROLLED from the university! • This course sequence isn’t the same at every CSU Fall 1st Semester Remediation Course or College Ready California State University Spring 2nd Semester College Ready

8. Bottom line – Remediation has the potential to push back your graduation date • It takes time and money to complete remedial requirements. • Students who complete Math and English requirements prior to arriving at a CSU are 33% more likely to graduate than those who do not. BUT: Remediation isn’t the end of the world. Plenty of students complete their requirements and graduate from college – it takes perseverance and focus to make it happen

9. So How can you avoid remediation? Many of you have your 3rdOpportunity ComingUp!!!

10. 1st Opportunity: EAP English Exam • If you score “Ready” in EAP English: • Placed in CSU/CCC College-Level Courses • Exempt from taking EPT/CCC Placement Exams • If you score “Conditional” in EAP English: • And enrolled in ERWC, AP English Language, AP English Literature you need to pass both semesters with a “C” in order to be exempt from the English placement exam. • If both semesters are passed you will be placed in a College-level English course. • If you score “Not Yet Ready” in EAP English: • You must take EPT/CCC Placement Test • If you do not pass the EPT, you must enroll in “CSU Early Start”(Summer)

11. 1st Opportunity: EAP Math Exam • If you score “Ready” in EAP Math: • Placed in CSU/CCC College-Level courses • Exempt from taking ELM/CCC Placement Exams • If you score “Conditional” in EAP Math: • Need to pass both semesters of an approved Math class with a “C” your Senior year. If so, you are exempt from the ELM/CCC placement exam and you will be placed in college-level math. • Trigonometry & Math Analysis • Statistics • Pre-Calculus • AP Calculus, Calculus BC, AP Physics, or AP Stats • If you score “Not Yet Ready” in EAP Math: • Take ELM/CCC Placement Test • If you fail ELM, you must enroll in CSU Early Start (Summer)

12. 2nd Opportunity: Using SAT/ACT Sub-Scores

13. 3rd Opportunity: CSU/CCC Placement Tests (EPT/ELM/Accuplacer) • CSU Placement Tests: • EPT: CSU English Placement Test • ELM: Entry Level Math Test • If you are not exempt from taking the EPT/ELM exam, you MUSTtake it! It’s a condition of your enrollment. • Register for Test Date in March or February: https://ept-elm.ets.org/CSU/ • $18 each • CCC Placement Test • ACCUPLACER: placement exam at CCC’s • Take at your local CCC for FREE!

14. 4th Opportunity: CSU Early Start • Students who do not demonstrate readiness for College-Level Math and/or English after taking the EPT and/or ELM exam will have to complete CSU Early Start during the summer before starting at a CSU. • REQUIRED: summer before fall entering college. • $182 per course • Does not cover books • Financial aid available

15. What can you do to prepare for the EPT and ELM? • Use FREE resources such as the study guides, sample questions, and practice exams found here: • http://www.csuenglishsuccess.org/exam_prep_esw • http://www.csumathsuccess.org/exam_prep

16. What can you do to prepare for the ACCUPLACER? • Get the ACCUPLACER App for IPhone, Android, and desktop for FREEhttps://accuplacerpractice.collegeboard.org/login • Take a closer look at ACCUPLACER tests here: https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/students/accuplacer-tests

17. Other Announcements • On-campus Housing • Alliance Mentorship Program

18. Securing On-Campus Housing • Housing application fees and deposits are payments made by a student to their college or university in order to secure campus housing • This fee is usually non-refundable • Depending on the institution and the student’s financial situation, these fees may be waived or deferred until financial aid disbursement • Housing is often distributed on a basis first come first served regardless of application due date, so it is important to complete housing applications and submit payment as soon as possible

19. Alliance Mentorship Program (AMP) • One year peer mentor program to guide you through the transition from high school to college • At 12 local colleges (CSUN, CSULA, CSUF, CSULB, CSUDH, UCR, UCLA, UCI, ELAC, PCC, El Camino, Mount St. Mary’s) • AMP College Prep Summit: May 27, 2016