- Review the Next Steps section on the Admitted Students site to view placement exam deadlines.
- You will receive messages about the placement exams on your UC Merced email usually 5-7 business days after you submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).
First year students admitted to UC Merced may need to take 4 placement exams:
| UC Merced Writing Readiness Review (WRR) | UC Merced Math Placement Exam | UC Merced Chemistry Placement Exam | UC Merced Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Placement Exam |
| One way to potentially satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) | Required to take any introdutory precalculus or calculus I course (MATH 005, 011, 021) | Math placement exam must be taken long Chemistry placement exam to determine chemistry placement. | Helps determine if CSE 5 is needed. |
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Click here for more info on WRR Click here for more info on ELWR |
Click here for more info on math placement exam | Click here for more info on chemistry placement exam |
Click here for more info on CSE placement exam |
| Click here to learn more about which placement exams your major requires |
