Additional Admission Requirements - Testing

The City University of New York (CUNY) requires all students to demonstrate proficiency in English (reading and writing) and math to enroll in credit-bearing courses in the associated subject. Students may establish proficiency in various ways, including, but not limited to, meeting benchmark scores on the SAT, ACT, and New York State Regents exams.

 Starting with the spring 2020 entering class, students who do not meet benchmark scores will no longer be administered a placement test; instead, CUNY will use a proficiency index to determine developmental education assignments. The proficiency index combines overall high school grade point average with SAT and/or Regents exam scores. There are separate proficiency indexes for English and math.