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Exemption from regents' test
Students may exempt RGTR 0196 (the Regents’ Reading Test requirement) by scoring at or above specified scores on the following examinations:
• Regents' Reading Test exemption score: 61
• SAT-I Verbal exemption score: 510
• ACT Reading exemption score: 23
Students may exempt RGTE 0197 (the Regents’ Writing Test requirement) by scoring at or above specified scores on the following examinations:
* Regents' Essay Test exemption score: 2
* College Board Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition exemption score: 3
* College Board Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition exemption score: 3
* International Baccalaureate (IB) higher-level English exemption score: 4
* SAT II English Writing exemption score: 650
* SAT Reasoning Test, Writing Section exemption score: 560
* SAT Reasoning Test, Writing Section exemption score: 500 (only for students who also have at least a 510 on the SAT Reasoning Test, Critical Reading Section). * A score of at least 24 on the ACT Combined English/Writing exam (effective Summer 2008); * A score of at least 22 on the ACT Combined English/Writing for students who also earned an ACT Reading score of at least 23 (effective Summer 2008).
The following four exemptions for RGTE 0197 are available only for students entering USG institutions before Summer 2008:
* SAT Reasoning Test, Critical Reading Section score of at least 530 and a grade of "A" in English 1101, or
* SAT Reasoning Test, Critical Reading Section of at least 590 and a grade of "B" in English 1101, or
* ACT English score of at least 23 and a grade of "A" in English 1101, or
* ACT English score of at least 26 and a grade of "B" in English 1101
(SAT or ACT scores must be from a national administration. Scores from institutional SAT or residual ACT tests will not be acceptable for this purpose.)