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Placement

Placement is an important step in your academic journey and should be completed prior to your first advising appointment.

What is Placement and Why Does it Matter?

Placement refers to the process students go through to demonstrate their current understanding of subjects such as Math, English, and Reading, and is used to determine the right starting point for your college courses, ensuring you begin at a level that matches your skills—so you’re challenged without being overwhelmed. Accurate placement saves time, money, and keeps you on track for graduation. Your placement may be based on test scores, high school grades, or other measures.

Who Needs to Complete Placement?

Who Needs to Complete Placement?

  • Most degree and certificate seeking students.
    • To figure out if your program requires placement, check the catalog to see if any math or English courses are included on the list of classes required for that program. If there are, you will need to satisfy placement requirements for that subject.
  • Students for whom English is not their first language.
  • Students that want to enroll in a course that requires placement, such as College Algebra or Composition 1.
  • Students that want to skip to a more advanced course such as an intermediate foreign language course or an advanced math course.

Unsure if Placement is Required for You?

Contact us at 913-469-3803, by emailing registration@jccc.edu, or by visiting the Student Transcript and Registration room on the 2nd Floor of the Student Center.

Ways to Satisfy Placement

There are many ways to satisfy placement requirements, including through ACT or SAT scores, high school grades, prior college courses, or by taking a free placement assessment in the JCCC Testing Center.

Visit the Prerequisites and Placement webpage for specific information on what satisfies these requirements as well as instructions for submitting transcripts or test scores.

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Placement Assessments

Placement Assessments

Completing a free placement assessment in the JCCC Testing Center is a great option for satisfying placement requirements. You cannot fail this assessment. It simply measures your current understanding so we can be sure you are enrolling in classes that match your skills – not too easy and not too hard. The Testing Center is located on the 3rd floor of the Student Center.


Here are some additional details:

  • Assessments must be scheduled in advance.
  • Accommodations are available by request through Access Services.
  • Study resources are available online to help you prepare.

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When Should I Complete Placement?

If you need to complete placement requirements, you should do this before your first advising meeting. This allows us to make class recommendations based on where you placed. Without this information, we will not be able to help you plan your classes.

This means that high school or college transcripts, ACT or SAT test scores, and/or placement tests taken in the JCCC Testing Center (depending on which of these options satisfies your requirements) will need to be submitted and reviewed prior to your meeting.

Need to Take a Placement Assessment?

Take the first step towards preparing for advising and enrollment by scheduling your placement assessment now. Study materials for the Math, Reading, Writing, and ESL placement assessments are available on the testing services webpage.

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