DEPARTMENT PLACEMENT EXAMS

Along with Faith and Service, we value Scholarship among the most important qualities of a Notre Dame student. Because of this, we want to determine the best course placements for each individual, so that he is challenged to the best of his abilities to get the most out of his Notre Dame education. The department placement exams are offered to further differentiate the results obtained from the High School Placement Test (HSPT). There are three exams offered:

• The General Honors Exam is used to determine placement into Honors courses in Social Studies,

• English, and Religious Studies.

• The Math Exam is used to determine placement into Honors/higher level Math courses.

• The Language Exam is for the student who has considerable experience (two or more years of significant study) in Spanish or Italian, or considers himself to be a native speaker in one of these languages. It is used to place the student into a higher level course in the respective language.

• Without an RSVP, we cannot guarantee that there will be availability for your son to sit for an exam - see schedule and RSVP form linked below.