Academic Readiness
Board of Trustees Policy: 3.4
Date: November 2024
Supersedes: February 2022, June 2011, June 2004
Purpose
In an effort to support student success and to safeguard academic standards, Montgomery County Community College requires that students demonstrate academic readiness upon admission. If academic readiness cannot be demonstrated, then students will need to complete courses and/or services which are intended to prepare them for success.
Policy
Students must demonstrate academic readiness in the areas of mathematics, reading, and English, which can be demonstrated through multiple measures of assessment. These may include, but are not limited to high school transcripts, standardized tests, placement assessments, and/or prior college-level coursework. If the high school transcripts or score reports are older than five years, academic readiness will be determined in consultation with an advisor.
Students are highly encouraged begin their pre-college (developmental) coursework within the first 15 college-level credits. Students must satisfy course prerequisites or show proof of prerequisite competency for any course in which they intend to enroll.