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Adult Degree Completion Program

Admission

ADMISSIONS POLICIES

First Step

  • Call the Adult Degree Completion Program Office for general information
  • Speak to the Director or one of the program coordinators
  • Have an initial packet of information sent to your home address
  • Applicants must have completed a minimum of 35 transfer credits, earned at institutions of higher education and/or training programs evaluated as equivalent to college credit, to be considered for admission
  • An applicant must be a working adult with five years of full-time work experience and a record of responsible employment

Second Step

  • Applicants must complete an Adult Degree Completion Program application
  • pay a non-refundable $50 admission’s fee
  • furnish the ADCP Office with official transcript(s) of all previous, post-secondary school academic education and training
  • Write a 2-page essay as outlined in the application
  • Applicants must provide evidence of high school graduation
  • Applicants must provide evidence of immunization (see enclosed forms)

Third Step

  • Applicants must interview with either the director or a program coordinator
  • Applicants must attend an Orientation Session prior to the first day of class.
  • Applicants must disclose how tuition will be paid: they need to complete either Student Loan forms in advance of the first day of class or supply us with vouchers for payment or make personalized payment arrangements
  • All students must sign Student Promissory Notes at the Orientation Session.

Final Step

  • A letter of matriculated admission will be sent once an application, a $50 application fee, proof of high school graduation, proof of immunization and official transcript(s) are received by the ADCP office. A letter of non-matriculated admission will be sent if one or more documents required of admission have not been submitted prior to the first day of class.
  • Students must fulfill 2 General Education requirements: 3-credits General Psychology and 3-credits Humanities (History, Philosophy or Advanced English studies) by the time they graduate.