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Test Waiver for Departmental Diagnostic Test

You may receive a waiver for CATE Center department testing if you have any of the following:

12-plus college credit hours of non-developmental studies with a grade of C or higher. (bring unofficial transcript)
GT score of 110 or higher in the last five years
Satisfactory scores (C or higher) in developmental reading, writing or math can get you out of those sections of the test

Old state test acceptable scores apply only if the student enrolled in the semester immediately following testing.
	Reading	Writing	Math
TAKS	2200+ w/ 3+	2200+ w/3+	2300+
THEA	230+	220+/5+	230+
ASSET	41+	40+/ 5+ or 6+	38+
ACCUPLACER	78+	80+/5+ or 6+	63+
TSI	351+	5+ or 363+ w/4+	350+
COMPASS	81+	59/5 or 6	39+
SAT	1070+ with 500+ in verbal and math
ACT	23+ with 19+ in Math and English

Please contact a CATE Center Advisor at 254-526-1549 if you have any questions.

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