Georgia Perimeter College offers its students a full range of testing services at each campus. Testing Centers are located on the Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody and Newton Campuses and at the Alpharetta Center.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
This testing program permits students to test and receive college credit by examination in subject areas such as history, math, chemistry biology, foreign language, and others. This testing service is only available at the Dunwoody Testing Center. Students should contact the Dunwoody Testing Center to schedule the tests.
Exit Testing
This testing program serves students exiting from Learning Support classes.
National Testing Programs
Georgia Perimeter College serves as a national testing site for the national SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) and the national ACT (American College Testing program).
Placement Testing
Placement testing allows the college to determine the appropriate level of beginning instruction for newly admitted students. Students will take either the computerized Computer-Adaptive Assessment and Support System (COMPASS) or the computerized Computer-Adaptive Assessment and Support System/ESL (COMPASS/ESL), if the students are non-native English speakers. For all students, placement in mathematics is determined by COMPASS unless the student is exempted by ACT or SAT scores. (See section on Academic Procedures/Academic Placement.)
Proof of English Language Proficiency
Applicants whose first language is not English and/or whose secondary education took place in a predominantly non-English speaking country (See a list of countries considered predominantly English speaking on the International Student Admissions page of the GPC website.) must provide evidence of English language proficiency prior to being considered for admission to the college. An applicant's citizenship or immigration status has no bearing on the language proficiency requirement. Proficiency may be established by submitting one of the following:
- Official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Prospective students must earn a minimum of 460 on the paper TOEFL or 140 on the computerized TOEFL (CBT), or 48 on the TOEFL Internet Based Test (IBT). Applicants may contact the Educational Testing Services at (609) 921-9000 for information or to schedule the TOEFL. Students overseas can consult the American Embassy for TOEFL information. (Georgia Perimeter's TOEFL College Code is 5165). More information can be found on TOEFL's website. Please note:Georgia Perimeter College will not accept institutional TOEFL scores for admissions purposes.
- Official scores from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS*) Academic exam with an average minimum score of 4.5. The IELTS website is http://www.ielts.org. To send IELTS scores, applicants should request at the time the test is taken to have IELTS scores sent to Georgia Perimeter College as follows: International Student Admissions and Advising, Georgia Perimeter College, 555 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021.
- Scores from other tests: Non-native speakers of English who have attained a minimum national SAT Verbal score of 330 or a minimum national ACT English score of 12 will satisfy the English language proficiency.
Additional information may be found on the International Student Admissions page of the GPC website.