Exemptions to the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment and placement requirement include a student who:

• Has an ACT (taken within the last five years) composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on both the English and the Math tests
• Has a SAT score (taken within the last five years) with a combined verbal and mathematics score of 1,070 and a minimum of 500 on both the verbal and the mathematics tests;
• Has a TAAS score (taken within the last three-year period) with a minimum scale score of 1,770 on the writing test, a TLI of 86 on the mathematics test and 89 on the reading test;
• Has achieved an exit-level score (within the last three-year period) on the ASSET or an approved alternative test;
• Has graduated with an associate or baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education;
• Transfers from an institution of higher education, from a private or independent institution of higher education or from an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education and has satisfactorily completed college-level work with at least nine college credit hours and a 2.0 GPA;
• Has previously attended an institution and has been determined to have met college-readiness standards by that institution;
• Enrolls in a level-one certificate program of one year or less;
• Is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces or Texas National Guard;
• Currently serves, and has served for at least the three-year period preceding enrollment, as a member of a reserve component of the United State Armed Forces;
• On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces or the Texas National Guard;
• On or after August 1, 1990 was honorably discharged, retired or released from service as a member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or
• Is non-degree or non-certificate seeking.

Lamar State College-Orange requires assessment and placement for all students intending to enroll in a college-level math and/or English composition course. TSI exemptions do not apply to enrollment in those courses.

Click here to view TSI exemptions at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board website.