Placement and Readiness Assessments 2025
Assessments are due Monday, June 2, 2025.
As you prepare to begin your academic journey at Stonehill College, it’s important that you enroll in courses that match your current knowledge and skills. We ask all incoming students to complete a series of readiness assessments to support their success transitioning to college expectations. These assessments are not graded; they are designed to help us understand where you’re starting from and recommend the courses that best support your academic growth.
Details regarding course registration will be sent to your Stonehill email address in early July.
Writing Readiness Assessment (Due Monday, June 2, 2025)
Every new Stonehill student must complete the College Writing Readiness Assessment. The first-year writing (FYW) requirement must be completed in the first year as part of our Skyhawk Core Curriculum. To help you choose the right course instructor and topic, you must complete a short survey about your reading and writing habits and provide a brief (at least 300 words) writing sample.
Transitioning from high school to college reading and writing expectations requires students to hone their writing process, think critically about their assigned reading, and manage writing multiple papers at once. Stonehill’s unique College Writing Readiness Assessment will help us better understand your background as a reader and writer. Your responses will help us recommend the First Year Writing (FYW 100) courses that best align with your needs and goals. Please complete it thoughtfully and independently, without using AI tools that might misrepresent your skills and attributes.
Use this link to enroll in the course “Placement & Readiness Assessments 2025.”
For questions about the Writing Readiness Assessment, contact:
Devon D. Deery
Business Mathematics Readiness Assessment (Due Monday, June 2, 2025)
You are required to take the Business Mathematics Readiness Assessment if you are intending to major in accounting, business analytics, finance, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, sport management, or talent and human resources management. Additionally, if you are entering as “undeclared business,” you must take the Business Mathematics Readiness Assessment. Your assessment score will help us determine your readiness and recommend the appropriate mathematics course as you register for fall classes.
Students planning to major in economics or healthcare management are exempt from the Business Mathematics Readiness Assessment but are encouraged to consider taking it if they are exploring or undecided about their specific area of business focus.
Use this link to enroll in the course “Placement & Readiness Assessments 2025.”
For questions about the Business Mathematics Readiness Assessment, contact:
Michael J. Sale
Calculus Readiness Assessment (Due Monday, June 2, 2025)
You are required to take the Calculus Readiness Assessment if you are intending to major in actuarial mathematics, astronomy, computer science, data science, earth and planetary sciences, economics, engineering, mathematics, photonics or physics. Students in other science disciplines should take this assessment as well if they want to be considered for calculus in their first semester. Your assessment score will help us determine your readiness and recommend the appropriate mathematics course as you register for fall classes.
If you are majoring in one of the other sciences, you are NOT required to take the Calculus Readiness Assessment because our recommendation is for you to take pre-calculus prior to taking calculus. However, you may take the Calculus Readiness Assessment if you have a strong background in calculus and would like to be able to bypass pre-calculus and go directly into calculus.
The only purpose of this assessment is to determine which math course will be the best option for you. Please answer questions to the best of your ability. Otherwise, the recommendation may not be suitable to your level of knowledge.
Use this link to enroll in the course “Placement & Readiness Assessments 2025.”
For questions about the Calculus Readiness Assessment, contact:
