Placement Testing Registration

What You Need Before Registering for Testing

• YOU MUST HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO FSW PRIOR TO REGISTERING FOR PLACEMENT TESTING.
• Please visit How to Check The Status of Your Application if you have questions concerning accessing your FSW ID.

Placement Testing Options

Option 1:

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

OR

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:

• Coursework taken at another college or university Or credits earned via accelerated credit programs may satisfy the testing requirement. These documents are also required in order to register for classes.

• Submit the following to the Office of the Registrar for evaluation for college credits:

  • Official transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities AND/OR
  • Official score reports reflecting credit earned via accelerated credit programs such as the Advanced Placement (AP program, the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, and/or the Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) program, etc.

Option 3:

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.

Option 4:

Students whose native language is not English or who have not graduated from a US high school and are interested in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program, are required to take the ACCUPLACER ESL tests to determine placement. For more information regarding placement testing for the EAP Program, please contact Testing Services at fswtesting@fsw.edu or 239-432-5207. To schedule an appointment, please select one of the options below.

Placement Testing Deadlines! Click here



Helpful Links

• 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 Practice Tests for Reading, Writing, Math (QAS), and AAF exams
    
  • English as a Second Language Tests—English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program only
    
• 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