ESL Assessments

All students taking the ESL Assessment must have a CWID (College Wide Identification) Number. This number is assigned to students by the Admissions and Records Office. To apply to Collin College and receive your CWID, click here.

To schedule an exam at your nearest campus, click the campus link below:

• Celina Campus
• Farmersville Campus
• Frisco Campus - Note: ESL exams will not be available at the Frisco or Plano Campus Testing Centers May 15-June 2. Please choose a different campus testing center if you need to take an ESL exam during this time.
• McKinney Campus
• Plano Campus - Note: ESL exams will not be available at the Frisco or Plano Campus Testing Centers May 15-June 2. Please choose a different campus testing center if you need to take an ESL exam during this time.
• Technical Campus
• Wylie Campus

After you have completed your assessment in the Testing Center, please contact Mary South msouth@collin.edu to schedule the English-Speaking Test.

All new students who want to enroll in ESL credit classes at the Plano Campus must take the ESL Assessment before registering. The ESL Assessment is limited to one attempt every six months.

ESL Assessments can be scheduled at the campus links above during windows of availability set by the ESL Coordinator. The assessment must be started at least four hours before closing each day. There is no fee for the ESL Assessment.

The ESL Assessment has three separate parts:

• A handwritten essay on a given topic.
• A Reading, Listening and Grammar assessment on the computer.
• An Oral Assessment arranged with the ESL Coordinator to be given at a later date.

All assessment results will be reviewed at the time of the Oral Assessment with the ESL advisor.

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Testing Location Information

• Celina
• Farmersville
• Frisco
• McKinney
• Plano
• Technical
• Wylie