Placement Testing

The Academic Preparation and Achievement (APA) program provides placement testing for incoming students who have not yet met statewide minimum test scores or high school GPA requirements for college readiness.

Who needs to take a placement test?

Any incoming student can take a reading, writing, or mathematics placement test at no cost. Students with an APP status and placement test directive on their account need to complete a proctored placement test prior to their Big Blue Nation Orientation.

Students admitted with an APP status received a letter accompanying their admissions letter with steps to take to resolve this status via placement testing. Students can also view their MyUK advising profile to determine what placement test(s) they need to complete.

There are three placement tests: ALEKS Math Placement Test, Accuplacer Next Gen Reading Placement Test and Accuplacer Next Gen Writing Placement Test. In order to know which exam(s) you need to complete you will need to review your ACT/SAT scores, which can be found in your profile in myUK.

Once logged in, click Student Services > myInfo > myProfile. Once in your myProfile, refer to the bottom left-hand box to view your needed placement test areas for reading, writing and/or math.

If your account does not reflect your most current scores, send an updated score report to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, 100 Funkhouser Building, Lexington, KY 40506, or scan a score report and send via email to documents@uky.edu.

If you meet any of the following criteria, you will complete a placement test:

Math Placement Test (ALEKS)

Unweighted High School GPA below 3.0
Math ACT score below 19
Math SAT score below 510
KYOTE test score below 21

To get started with ALEKS, click here!

Writing Placement Test (Accuplacer Next Gen)

Unweighted High School GPA below 2.9
English ACT score below 18
SAT Evidence-Based Reading/Writing score below 490

Reading Placement Test (Accuplacer Next Gen)

Unweighted High School GPA below 2.9
Reading ACT score below 20
SAT Evidence-Based Reading/Writing score below 490

For questions about which test you need to take please contact app@uky.edu or call 859-218-6010.

Online and in-person testing options

*In-person placement testing has concluded for 2024.

All placement tests must be proctored by a trained University of Kentucky proctor in order to be considered complete.

Students have the option to complete their placement test remotely through Zoom proctoring or on-campus with in-person proctors (when available). Below are some considerations when determining the best testing option for you.

Online (zoom) testing requirements:

Access to a quiet space for up to 2 hours
Zoom downloaded and installed on your computer
Laptop (not an iPad or Chromebook)
High-speed internet
Quality web camera
Quality audio
Screen sharing with the proctor
Visibility of your space by the proctor
Set up and ready to test at your appointment time

On-campus testing requirements:

Arrive on time at your designated testing day
Testing held in W.T. Young Library - Click here to see it on the campus map.

floorplan of the basement of William T. Young library — Placement testing will be held in room B110 in the basement of William T. Young library (floorplan pictured above).

Schedule a Placement Test

Click here for instructions on how to schedule a placement test.

Schedule

For more information on college readiness indicators, please visit the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education 2023 indicators:

http://cpe.ky.gov/policies/collegereadiness.html

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