www.colum.edu/placement
623 South Wabash Avenue, Room 300 | 312.344.7635
M-F: 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
New Student Placement (formerly New Student Assessment) provides placement testing in mathematics, reading and writing, and a Fluency In Technology (F.I.T.) computer proficiency assessment. Placement is required for all first-time freshmen and transfer students with no credit accepted by Columbia in college level English composition and college level mathematics, unless you have submitted your ACT scores to Columbia. ACT scores can be used in place of the New Student Placement Exams. You are required to confirm receipt of your ACT scores with Columbia’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions. If you have submitted ACT scores but would still like to take a placement test to try to place in a higher level course, you can. Placement tests and/or ACT scores determine the appropriate course levels in which you must register.