To help you succeed, we require that you take your English and/or math assessment(s) in order to be placed in appropriate courses. It is important that you put your best effort into completing your assessment as your course placement – college or foundation level – depends on the assessment results. Should assessment results show that you need extra help succeeding in your courses, you'll be placed in foundation-level courses in your first semester. If testing indicates you meet the minimum requirement to take college-level courses, you will be able to register directly for your college-level English and/or math course.
Placement testing is a requirement for most students entering George Brown College diploma and certificate programs. It is not an "admissions assessment"; you have already been accepted into your program.
Note: Former George Brown College students who have successfully completed the required college-level courses do not need to take the test again.
New Students – English
- For College English – COMM2000:
- If you have previously completed an equivalent college or university-level English course with a grade of 60% or higher, you will automatically be granted an exemption.
- If you have been granted an automatic course exemption, you have also been granted an exemption from placement testing.
- Please note: The admissions office must have a record of the applicable credit.
- If you are not granted an automatic exemption and have completed a comparable post-secondary English course:
- Complete the placement assessment
- Register in the Communications/English course identified through testing and
- Complete an Online Application for Transfer Credit through STU-VIEW.
- For detailed instructions, please refer to the How to Apply for Transfer Credits Online webpage.
- If you have previously completed an equivalent college or university-level English course with a grade of 60% or higher, you will automatically be granted an exemption.
- There are no College English exemptions based on high school English course grades.
New Students – Math
- Students who have previously completed a college or university level-math or an OAC Mathematics course with a grade of at least 80% or higher will not have to take the math assessment and will be able to register directly for the college-level math course.
- The admissions office must have a record of the applicable credit.
- For exemptions for math courses, you'll need to complete an Online Application for Transfer Credit through STU-VIEW.
- For detailed instructions, please refer to the How to Apply for Transfer Credits Online webpage.
Once you register, you will be able to see courses you have been exempted from at the bottom of your time table.
