BEST administers placement exams in mathematics and foreign languages to thousands of incoming first-year and other undergraduates each year. These include placement exams in Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.
As of August 21, 2023, BEST will no longer serve as a test administration site for the SAT, GRE, PRAXIS, LSAT, or other national exams. For information on where to register and take these exams, please see the resources below.
Fees for undergraduate placement and exemption exams are updated each year on July 1. If you have questions about these fees, contact best@iu.edu.
| Exam | Cost |
|---|---|
| IU Bloomington Online Placement Exam1 | $54.00 |
| IU Bloomington Biology Exemption Exam2 | No Cost |
| IU Bloomington Calculus Placement Exam2 | No Cost |
1The non-refundable IU Bloomington Online Placement Exam Fee covers mathematics and foreign language online placement exams that are overseen by BEST and that are taken unproctored by students. The fee will be assessed and appear on a student's bursar bill the first time a student takes an online placement exam in a testing year (March–February), and it will cover any additional such exams taken during that year.
2These exams previously required a non-refundable IU Bloomington Biology and Calculus Advanced Placement and Exemption Exam Fee, but beginning in March 2024, there is no longer a fee to take Biology Exemption or Calculus Placement Exams.
