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College Placement Examination

Students entering Macon State College will be advised by an Admissions office representative if they need to take an entrance examination. 

If an entrance exam is needed, students must sign up for the COMPASS Placement Entrance Exam.

The Georgia College Placement Examination (CPE) is the forerunner of the COMPASS Placement entrance examination.  The CPE is given to assess what level of college courses a student is ready to attempt. 

The CPE is used when the COMPASS Placement entrance examination is not available or impractical to administer.  Situations when the CPE might be used include a computer outage in the testing lab or when testing a large number of students at a single session. 

The CPE is a paper-based test and covers mathematics, writing and reading subject areas. 

• Each test section has a 45-minute time limit.
• Students record their answers on scanner sheets. 
• The scanner sheets are scored locally by the Academic Testing staff.
• Results are provided to the Admissions office within 24-hours of test completion.