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= Postse#ondar' Readiness S#ores = updated Fall 2013

0he MIFIM$M scores )or admissions to a community or state college, or to -e eligi-le )or high school /ual Enrollment<

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English "H "H %riting 10> 99 If you do not have Postsecondary Ready scores by the start of your senior year the state requires that you be scheduled into remedial courses in Reading, Writing and/or Math to help you become Postsecondary Ready by the time you graduate. There is no aiver for this state requirement. !ou ill lose opportunities for electives. "fter graduation, if you enroll at a community or state college you ill have to ta#e additional remedial courses, P"! for the remedial courses $they may not be covered by financial aid%, and you WI&& '(T receive college credit for the remedial courses.

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