Before being admitted to a program, a student must satisfy the requirements listed in the ACT/SAT Placement Information section of this catalog. Before enrolling in JMC 102 - Creating Media Messages or in JMC 223 - Convergence Reporting I, a student must make a score of 70 or higher on the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Exam or have an ACT English score of 24, an SAT Critical Reading (prior to March 1, 2016) score of 550, or an SAT Reading + Writing (after March 1, 2016) score of 590