Placement in an appropriate initial math course is crucial to your success at Michigan Tech. Our goal is to place you into the course that will provide the best opportunity to complete your degree in four years.
Placement in Your Initial Math Course
Once you’ve been accepted to Michigan Tech, we will place you in your entry-level math course based on your highest ACT or SAT math score we have on file, or AP, IB, CLEP, or the college credit you've already earned for an equivalent math course. If you feel this placement is correct, you do not need to do anything else. If you feel this placement is incorrect, you may challenge it using ALEKS. If you do not have ACT, SAT, AP, IB, or CLEP scores, or a grade of C or higher in an equivalent math course, you will need to take the ALEKS placement.
Challenging Your Math Placement
We realize that some students will feel they have not been placed into the correct course. If you wish to challenge your placement, you must contact Ann Humes and you may choose to take the online ALEKS placement. If you have SAT or ACT scores and choose to take ALEKS to challenge your placement, you will be placed based on whichever score is the highest and places you in the highest possible math course.
Accessing ALEKS
You can access your math placement information and the ALEKS math placement assessment by clicking on
