Standardized Test Scores

SAT Reading – 500 or above = ENG 101

ACT – 21 or above = ENG 101

New York State English Regents Exam – 76% or higher = ENG 101

Students with Verifiable GPAs

Those students with GPAs that can be verified on an official high school transcript will be placed as follows:

Students who do not have the academic records needed for English placement will be referred to the Chair of the TRS department to undergo the Directed Self-Placement process.

TRS 099 & ENG 101 Advisement Information

Click here for TRS IRW Course Sequence

ALP (Accelerated Learning Program) is a new option for students who place just below college-level in reading and writing. Instead of taking a prerequisite class (taking a basic English course one semester, and ENG 101 the next semester), students take ENG 101 and TRS 099, which provides extra support for the work they are doing in ENG 101. This saves them a semester of coursework.

All the work done in TRS 099 will help them complete assignments in ENG 101. Thus, it should feel more like one class than two. They will receive a grade for both classes and must remain enrolled in both classes. On class days, students show up for ENG 101, and then go to TRS 099 immediately afterwards. Both classes are taught by the same professor, so they continue to work on ENG 101 assignments in TRS 099. It is more than a workshop/lab, however. The professor will teach skills that ENG 101 expects students to already have, and will help students to better understand their own learning and stay on track with both courses.

Click here for TRS 100 Advisement Form

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