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Summer 2010 Testing Schedule
Fall 2010 Testing Schedule
Free
ACT/SAT Practice Tests
Practice tests and study tips for THEA, ASSET, ACT, GED and CLEP
also available at College Entrance Exams
TOPCAT is a
Free, on-line test preparation for the SAT, ACT, and GRE.
Students can access TOPCAT through
www.CollegeForTexans.com,
www.tgslc.org, or
www.tea.state.tx.us.
GEDpractice.com
The college testing center staff
administers a variety of tests and assessments to help
students achieve their academic, personal and vocational
goals. Testing services include:
- General Educational
Development (GED)
- Texas Higher Education
Assessment (THEA)
- THEA Alternative (during
registration periods only)
- College Level Examination
Program (CLEP)
- National ACT
- Nelson-Denny Test
- Correspondence Tests
- Local ACT Testing
- Telecourse Tests
- WCJC Local Placement Tests
- Pre-TASP Reading Test
THEA
The
Texas Education Code requires that all students who enter
public institutions of higher education take a state
basic-skills test referred to as the THEA (Texas Higher
Education Assessment) test.
(See THEA Test in the chapter on Admission and
Registration Information.)
The results of the THEA test are used for course
placement.
Unless
a student is in a THEA-waived certificate program or is THEA-exempt,
the student must take a THEA test, or the
alternative test administered by the college before
registering. Test
scores are used to place students in appropriate classes
and have no bearing upon admission to Wharton County Junior
College.
THEA
Exemptions
Any one of the following conditions will make you exempt
from THEA or ASSET testing (unless you are planning to go
into teacher education at a university).
1. SAT combined Math and Critical Reading scores of 1070
with at least 500 on each of the two parts. (Test taken no
more than 5 years ago)
2. ACT composite score of 23 with at least 19 on the Math
and 19 on the English scores. (Test taken no more than 5
years ago)
3. TAKS exit-level Math score of 2200 and English/Language
Arts score of 2200 and Writing essay score of 3. (Test taken
no more than 3 years ago)
4. Honorable discharge, since August 1, 1990, from a branch
of the US military.
5. An earned degree, associates or higher, from a Texas
public college or university.
6. A student who transfers to an institution from a private
or independent institution of higher education or an
accredited out-of-state institution of higher education and
who has satisfactorily completed college-level coursework as
determined by the receiving institution.
Vocational-Interest
Testing
Career
interest tests and personality tests are available in the
Career Center to students who wish to utilize them in their
exploration of their vocational interests, special
aptitudes, and career decisions.
Test
of General Education Development (GED)
GED
tests are available at the WCJC Testing Center at the
Wharton campus, the Richmond campus, at the Sugar Land
campus, and at various other locations.
To be eligible, a person must be a Texas resident and
at least 18 years of age (17 with parental consent) plus a
withdrawal form from the last high school attended, or 16
with a court order.
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