Dual Enrollment Admission

Test optional for dual enrollment applicants for Spring, Summer and Fall 2021 semesters

Based on guidance provided by the University System of Georgia, dual enrollment applicants who attend a regionally accredited high school for the Spring, Summer and Fall 2021 terms may not be required to submit test scores.

Applicants may exempt the test score requirement by successfully completing two units of RHSC English and successfully completing RHSC Algebra II or the equivalent prior to the start of the dual enrollment term.

Applicants who do not meet the test score exemption or do not attend a regionally accredited high school are required to meet one of the following minimum test scores for both English and math:

English
SAT Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 500
ACT English: 21
ACCUPLACER WritePlacer: 4 and Reading Comprehension: 237
Math
SAT Math: 510
ACT Math: 20
ACCUPLACER Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics: 266

Students who do not attend a regionally accredited high school or home school program are required to submit a home school portfolio.

Complete the 4 steps that follow to apply.

1. Check Dates and Deadlines

All application materials must be submitted by the dates below for each semester.

Fall Semester – May 3
Spring Semester – extended to Dec. 18
Summer Semester – April 1

Application and document deadlines may be extended by the vice president of Enrollment Management Services in consultation with others, if conditions warrant. The Admissions office will communicate date changes to prospective students via the GGC website and other communications. Deadlines falling on the weekend will be the next business day.

2. Create Grizzly Profile to Apply Online

Create your Grizzly Profile to apply online, manage your progress and submit the required $30 application fee (Dual Enrollment exempted from application fee). Completing your profile also connects you to your admissions counselor, and offers a personalized application experience, helpful tips and reminders, status updates, and invitations to exclusive events. View Admissions introduction video.

Create Grizzly Profile to Apply Online

3. Review Admission Requirements

Manage submissions and approvals by monitoring email and your online Grizzly Profile account.

Admission Requirements

Satisfy age requirement of 16 or older by the first day of the term of enrollment.
Be classified as a high school junior or senior by the first day of the term of enrollment.
Be on track for completing all high school graduation requirements
Meet the minimum GPA.
- 3.25 GPA
- GPA is calculated based on the grades in the 17 units of Required High School Curriculum (RHSC)
  - 4 units of English | 4 units of Math | 4 units of Science | 3 units of Social Science | 2 units of same Foreign Language, 2 units of American Sign Language, or 2 units of USG approved Computer Science
  - See RHSC requirements Staying on Course: The Required High School Curriculum
Complete the Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) course units on schedule.
Submit one of the accepted standardized testing options that follow: (see Spring 2021, Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 testing exemption above)
- SAT on or after March 2016
  - Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 500 | Math 510 | Combined total score of 1050 (ERW + Math)
- SAT prior to March 2016
  - Critical Reading 480 | Math 470 | Combined total score of 970
- ACT
  - English 21 or Reading 21 | Math 20 | Composite score 20
- ACCUPLACER
  - Reading: 237
  - Writeplacer: 4
  - Quantitative Reasoning Algebra and Statistics: 266

Document Requirements

Submit official transcript from a regionally accredited high school. (see Spring 2021, Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 testing exemption above)
- Non-regionally accredited high school or homeschooled students, please complete homeschool portfolio (Word read-only). (not exempt from testing)
- Special education diplomas or certificates are not accepted.
Submit an official SAT or ACT score report. (see Spring 2021, Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 testing exemption above)
- SAT School Code: 4796
- ACT School Code: 5478

Check your Grizzly Profile under section titled: "Submit Supplemental Items" for any additional mandatory requirements and a detailed description of how to submit your documents.

4. Additional Information

Complete the Dual Enrollment funding application at www.GAfutures.org.
Meet with your high school counselor and GGC Dual Enrollment coordinator to help you choose courses from the Dual Enrollment Program approved courses list. Browse GGC's course schedule.
Dual Enrollment program provides tuition funding for courses found in the Dual Enrollment Program approved course list up to 15 credit hours.
Students pay any course-specific fees, such as lab fees.

If you need additional information or have questions, please contact one of GGC's Dual Enrollment coordinators.

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