High School Math Transfer Agreement

High school students: here is how you can move into the highest possible level of Math at LCC.

Lower Columbia College maintains agreements with high schools in Cowlitz, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties regarding Math placement for current high school students and recent high school graduates.

These agreements ensure that students who meet established course and grading criteria can move into the highest possible level of math at LCC.

High School Transfer Grids:

Grids outline minimum Math placement at LCC based on the grade earned in the most recent Math course completed in high school.
*General Transfer and Kalama High School Grid

Please see instructions below on 'How to read the High School Transfer Grid'.

*Applies to:

• Castle Rock High School
• Kelso High School
• Mark Morris High School
• Pacific Crest Innovation Academy
• R.A. Long High School
• Rainier High School
• Three Rivers Christian
• Toutle Lake High School
• Woodland High School

How to read the High School Transfer Grid

1. Did you successfully complete a Math course at one of the following high schools in the last two years?
   • Castle Rock High School
   • Kalama
   • Kelso High School
   • Mark Morris High School
   • Pacific Crest Innovation Academy
   • R.A. Long High School
   • Rainier High School
   • Three Rivers Christian
   • Toutle Lake High School
   • Woodland High School
   • Wahkiakum High School
2. Using the above links, find the Transfer Grid that represents your high school.
3. Locate the top row of the Transfer Grid and match it to the last math course that you completed at your high school. Note: The math course must have been completed in the last two years.
4. Next, locate the left-most column on the Transfer Grid and match it to the grade that you received in the final term of your high school math course.
   Note: 2nd term grades determine actual placement. First term grades may be used for provisional placement.
5. Match up the high school course at the top of the Transfer Grid with the grade on the left of the Transfer Grid to determine the Lower Columbia College Math course that you are eligible for. Note: Non-STEM math course options include:
   • MATH& 107 – Math in Society
   • MATH& 131 – Math for Elementary Teachers I
   • MATH& 146 – Intro to Statistics
   • MATH 98/99 for students who plan to move on to the STEM-track.
6. If you qualify, please provide the Testing Center with a copy of your high school transcript.
7. Students may use either the transfer agreement or placement test results to determine their initial placement at LCC.