Complete Placement Testing
Before You Proceed...
- Placement testing is not required for HCC courses offered through our career center partners, success education courses, or most career-technical education courses.
- If you intend to choose HCC courses to take on-campus/online, you can review course descriptions & prerequisites at heartland.edu/schedule.
- If you intend to choose HCC courses pre-selected by your high school, you can view course options and see placement requirements at heartland.edu/collegeNow/highSchools.
- Make sure you followed the instructions from your welcome letter to set up your myHeartland account at heartland.edu/password. (Contact our IT Help Desk directly if you have difficulty accessing your myHeartland account: helpdesk@heartland.edu or 309-268-8380.)
- You may be exempt from placement testing through HCC if you have eligible ACT or College Board test scores. Click the dropdown menu below for more details!
Literacy Placement
Placement ACT SAT PSAT ENGL 101/College-level English 19+ 480+ 480+ Math Placement
Placement ACT SAT PSAT MATH 089
CHEM 110 or 12017+ 470+ 500+ MATH 099, 131, or 141 19+ 500+ 500+ MATH 109 or 135, or TMAT 105 22+ 530+ 530+ MATH 111, 129, or 151
CHEM 16128+ 620+ N/A MATH 161
N/A - ALEKS placement test required Submit Score Reports
Counselors typically submit eligible score reports for students taking HCC courses at high school locations. The official score report should include the student's full name and the date of the test.
High school students taking courses chosen from the standard HCC course schedule should use the appropriate link below to submit eligible official score reports (we cannot accept screenshots):
Upload Portal 1 Normal Campus or students from:
BHS | CCA | CCHS | EPG | HEYHS | LEXHS | NCHS/NWHS | TVHS | UHS
Upload Portal 2 Pontiac Center or students from:
FCHS | PCHS | PTHS | RHSUpload Portal 3 Lincoln Center or students from:
HEHS | LINCHS | OHS
Make An Appointment
If the HCC course(s) you intend to take requires literacy or math placement and you do not have other eligible ACT or College Board test scores, select the location nearest you from the chart below to schedule placement testing through HCC.
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In-person @ our Normal Campus |
In-Person @ our Lincoln Center |
In-person @ our Pontiac Center |
*Confirmation messages for placement testing appointments are sent to your myHeartland email address.
For questions about placement tests or appointments, contact the HCC Testing Center via email at testing@heartland.edu or call 309-268-8077.
ACCUPlacer Literacy Placement
Score Placement 200-239 Placement cannot be determined by scores in this range. Retesting via a
proctored writing sample is required.240-300 ENGL 101/College-level English ALEKS Math Placement
Score Placement 30+ MATH 131/141 if taken concurrently with 089
CHEM 110 or 12037+ MATH 131/141
MATH 109 if taken concurrently with 09946+ MATH 109 or MATH 135 61+ MATH 111, 129, or 151
CHEM 16176+ MATH 161
