Placement Testing Registration
What You Need Before Testing
You must have submitted an application to FSW prior to testing.
- Once you have applied, check your email for your FSW Student ID and your new bucs email. Your FSW Student ID and bucs email are required in order to test.
- If you have never accessed your bucs email, please follow the steps in the link provided. (The steps for accessing your bucs email are the same as the "How To: Reset Your Password" instructions.)
Placement Testing Options
- Option 1:
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Submit your ACT/SAT scores earned within the last two years—If you did not select FSW as a recipient for your scores when you took the exam, you can follow the instructions in the links below to send the scores electronically (allow at least two weeks processing time):
Request SAT Scores from College Board: FSW SAT Code is 5191
Request ACT Scores through your ACT Web Account: FSW ACT Code is 0727
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Request a Zoom appointment to submit ACT/SAT scores: Email leetesting@fsw.edu - OR
Submit your scores in person at an
FSW Testing Center - you must have a Photo ID and your log in information to ACT/SAT.
- Option 2:
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Submit your College Transcripts—It is possible that your college coursework/degree could satisfy the placement testing (Assessment hold) requirement (if required).
- All college transcript(s) must be received and reviewed/evaluated by the Office of the Registrar in order for the Testing Center to evaluate if your coursework can satisfy required placement testing (Assessment hold).
- Check "View Holds" in the "Student Academics" tab of your FSW Student Portal for a description of the transcript(s) you are missing. Learn more about submitting final official college transcripts here.
- Option 3:
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Request to Take a Placement Test through FSW at no extra charge:
- Review placement test sample questions
- Remediation is required prior to retesting. Please review the Remediation Requirements if you are taking the placement test for the second or third attempt.
- FSW students must receive permission from FSW Testing Services prior to taking the P.E.R.T/ACCUPLACER at non-FSW testing center locations.
- Please note: A valid Photo ID and your FSW Student ID Number are required in order to test.
Placement Testing for Spring B, Summer, and Fall terms opens February 8, 2021.
Helpful Links
- ACCUPLACER Practice Tests for Reading, Writing, Math (QAS), and AAF exams—ACCUPLACER’s free Student Practice Test provides students with practice resembling an actual test. An account will need to be created to complete the ACCUPLACER practice tests.
- ACCUPLACER Sample Questions — Reading, Writing, and Math
- AAF Sample Questions (PDF)
- P.E.R.T. Study Guide (PDF)
- P.E.R.T. Practice Tests
- Placement Testing Information