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The goal of Big Bend Community College is to encourage success in English. Realistic placement is critical for a student’s success. In addition to our assessment test, students who graduated high school within the past two years may be placed according to the following chart. In order to place by transcript:

  1. Students must have earned a C or higher in their last English class.
  2. Students must have a cumulative high school GPA of 2.5 or higher.
COURSE PLACEMENT
COURSE YEAR TAKEN GRADE PLACEMENT
English 10 Sophomore B or better  English 98
A- or better English 99
English Honors Sophomore B or better English 99
English 11 Junior B or better English 98
A- or better English 99
English 12 Senior C or better English 99
A- or better English 101
EWU English 101 Junior C or better Credit for English 101*
Placement into Engl 102
EWU English 170 Senior C or better Credit for Intro to Lit*(?)
Placement into Engl 101

 

AP & Smarter Balanced TEST PLACEMENT
TEST SCORE PLACEMENT
AP English Language & Composition 4 Credit for Engl& 101;
placement in Engl& 102
AP English Literature &
Composition
4 Credit for Engl& 101;
placement in Engl& 102
Smarter Balanced Assessment 3 or 4 Engl& 101 or English 109

 

The sooner the student takes his or her English class at BBCC, the better success the student is likely to have. If, after the quarter starts, students feel they have been placed incorrectly, they should talk with their instructor.

*Student must submit official EWU transcript to receive transfer credit.