Regents’ Testing Program

To establish eligibility for an undergraduate degree, every student in the University System of Georgia must pass the Regents’ Test, an examination designed to measure proficiency in reading and English composition. Students are invited to take this examination when they have earned ten hours of college credit. Any student accumulating forty-five hours of college credit toward a degree without passing the Regents’ Test must schedule remedial English or reading along with other credit coursework. If a student fails in the first attempt, he or she must repeat the test. Alternative tests of competence and remediation are offered to non-native speakers of English. In addition, alternative tests are offered for students with disabilities documented through the Dean of Students’ Office. Listed below are test scores that can be used to satisfy the Regents' Test requirements.

  1. The READING portion of the test can be satisfied with:
    1. SAT Verbal score of 510 or higher
    2. ACT Reading score of 23 or higher
  2. The ESSAY portion of the test can be satisfied with:
    1. SAT II English Writing score of 650 or higher
    2. SAT Reasoning, Writing Section score of 560 (effective Spring 2007)
    3. AP English score of 3 or higher
    4. International Baccalaureate higher-level English score of 4 or higher
    5. * SAT-I Verbal score of at least 530 and a grade of "A" in English 1101
    6. * SAT-I Verbal score of at least 590 and a grade of "B" in English 1101
    7. * ACT English score of at least 23 and a grade of "A" in English 1101
    8. * ACT English score of at least 26 and a grade of "B" in English 1101

* (These exemptions are only available for students enrolled in the University System Fall 2005 through Spring 2008).

Scores must be from a national administration of the SAT or ACT. Scores from institutional SAT or residual ACT tests will not be acceptable for this purpose.