Placement Assessment
Information For New Incoming Students
The purpose of placement assessment is to ensure that you enroll in coursework for which you are prepared. Pace uses several factors, including Advanced Placement (AP) credit, transfer credit, final high school transcripts, and placement assessments administered prior to Orientation, to make sure you take the appropriate classes.
Writing
New First-Year Students
Incoming first-year students must take the Writing Self-Assessment. This requires students to write an essay.
Online Writing Self-Assessment for New York City Students
If you are attending the New York campus, take the NYC Writing Self-Assessment. Use your Pace Portal Username and Password which you can activate on the Apps, Downloads & Account Management webpage.
Online Writing Self-Assessment for Westchester First-Year Students
If you are attending the Westchester campus, take the Westchester Writing Self-Assessment. Use your Pace Portal Username and Password which you can activate on the Apps, Downloads & Account Management webpage.
New Transfer Students
New York City Transfer Students
If you are required to take a Writing Self-Assessment, you will be notified by the Office of Undergraduate Admission. Access the NYC Writing Self-Assessment.
Westchester Transfer Students
If you are required to take a Writing Self-Assessment, you will be notified by the Office of Undergraduate Admission. Access the Westchester Writing Self-Assessment.
Mathematics
New First-Year Students
Incoming first-year students will take the mathematics placement assessment to determine the appropriate mathematics course to take in their first semester. Questions range from word problems to trigonometry and pre-calculus. Students may use calculators.
Even if you have pending AP credit or college transfer credits, please take the test. Mathematics placement will be reevaluated upon receipt of official AP scores or appropriate college transcripts.
Online Mathematics Placement Assessment
The test will take, at most, an hour. It can take less time if your level is determined quickly by the test. Note that you can't go backward to previous questions on this test. You will be allowed to use a calculator, paper, pencil or pen. Make sure to take the test in a distraction-free environment. No other aids are allowed.
Login for the Mathematics placement assessment
New Transfer Students
New York City Transfer Students
If you are required to take a placement assessment, you will be notified by the Office of Undergraduate Admission. Login for the Mathematics placement assessment.
Westchester Transfer Students
If you are required to take a placement assessment, you will be notified by the Office of Undergraduate Admission. Login for the Mathematics placement assessment.
Modern Languages
All students with two or more years of high school study in Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, or Spanish who plan to continue their study of the same language in their first semester must take the online placement assessment to determine the appropriate level of college study. The test may only be taken once. Test scores remain valid for one year.
Take the Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, or Spanish placement assessment
Accommodated Placement Assessment
If you have a disability that requires accommodations, please contact Student Accessibility Services (SAS) on the campus you will be attending prior to your Orientation. SAS recommends contacting the office as soon as you register for Orientation.
- New York City Campus Student Accessibility Services: (212) 346-1526
- Westchester Campus Student Accessibility Services: (914) 773-3710
College Credit and Advanced Placement (AP) Course Equivalency
If you have taken college courses for credit or have participated in a dual enrollment or Bridge program, please be sure to have all official college transcripts forwarded to the Office of Undergraduate Admission for evaluation. Prior credit will only be evaluated once your official transcript has been received. A minimum score of 4 is required on all AP exams with the exception of the Computer Science A and Computer Science AB exams. A score of 3 or above is acceptable for the Computer Science A and Computer Science AB exams.