Lamar State College

TSI Exemptions

Exemptions to the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment and placement requirement include a student who:

Has an ACT (taken within the last five years) composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on both the English and the Math tests
Has a SAT score (taken within the last five years) with a combined verbal and mathematics score of 1,070 and a minimum of 500 on both the verbal and the mathematics tests;
Has a TAAS score (taken within the last three-year period) with a minimum scale score of 1,770 on the writing test, a TLI of 86 on the mathematics test and 89 on the reading test;
Has achieved an exit-level score (within the last three-year period) on the ASSET or an approved alternative test;
Has graduated with an associate or baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education;
Transfers from an institution of higher education, from a private or independent institution of higher education or from an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education and has satisfactorily completed college-level work with at least nine college credit hours and a 2.0 GPA;
Has previously attended an institution and has been determined to have met college-readiness standards by that institution;
Enrolls in a level-one certificate program of one year or less;
Is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces or Texas National Guard;
Currently serves, and has served for at least the three-year period preceding enrollment, as a member of a reserve component of the United State Armed Forces;
On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces or the Texas National Guard;
On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from service as a member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or
Is non-degree or non-certificate seeking.

Lamar State College-Orange requires assessment and placement for all students intending to enroll in a college-level math and/or English composition course. TSI exemptions do not apply to enrollment in those courses.

Click here to view TSI exemptions at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board website.


	TSI Exemptions Exemptions to the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment and placement requirement include a student who: Has an ACT (taken within the last five years) composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on both the English and the Math tests Has a SAT score (taken within the last five years) with a combined verbal and mathematics score of 1,070 and a minimum of 500 on both the verbal and the mathematics tests; Has a TAAS score (taken within the last three-year period) with a minimum scale score of 1,770 on the writing test, a TLI of 86 on the mathematics test and 89 on the reading test; Has achieved an exit-level score (within the last three-year period) on the ASSET or an approved alternative test; Has graduated with an associate or baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; Transfers from an institution of higher education, from a private or independent institution of higher education or from an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education and has satisfactorily completed college-level work with at least nine college credit hours and a 2.0 GPA; Has previously attended an institution and has been determined to have met college-readiness standards by that institution; Enrolls in a level-one certificate program of one year or less; Is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces or Texas National Guard; Currently serves, and has served for at least the three-year period preceding enrollment, as a member of a reserve component of the United State Armed Forces; On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces or the Texas National Guard; On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from service as a member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or Is non-degree or non-certificate seeking. Lamar State College-Orange requires assessment and placement for all students intending to enroll in a college-level math and/or English composition course. TSI exemptions do not apply to enrollment in those courses. Click here to view TSI exemptions at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board website.