Office Information
College Transfer
In order to be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria:
- Current High School Junior or Senior
- Unweighted High School GPA of 2.8 or higher
- Qualifying Test Scores if Unweighted GPA is below 2.8 (see testing chart below)
Career and Technical Education
In order to be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria:
- Current High School Junior or Senior
- Unweighted High School GPA of 2.8 or higher
- Qualifying Test Scores if Unweighted GPA is below 2.8 (see testing chart below)
- Waiver Letter from your High School
- If Unweighted GPA is below a 2.8 and there are no qualifying test scores
- Would only be eligible for CTE programs without UGETC courses
*Program Eligibility Benchmarks on Approved Diagnostic Assessment Tests
Test | PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT (2015 and Future) |
SAT (March 2016 and Future) |
Pre-ACT and ACT |
NC DAP (NCCCS Cut Score) |
RISE Placement Test |
English | 26 or a composite score of 460 for Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing |
480 composite score for Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing |
18 | Composite score of 151 or higher |
75 or higher on (see RISE placement guide) |
Reading | 26 or a composite score of 460 for Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing | 22 | |||
Mathematics | 24.5 or 510 | 530 | 22 | 7 on each assessment for DMA 010 thru 060 | 75 or higher on Tier 1 and Tier 2 and Tier 3 (see RISE placement guide) |
Advanced Placement (AP) |
International Baccalaureate (IB) |
Cambridge International Examinations |
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English, Language and Composition | 3 or higher | IB English A (Standard or Higher Level) | 4 or higher | AS Level English Language | C or higher |
English, Literature and Composition | 3 or higher | IB Mathematics (Higher Level) | 4 or higher | AS Level English Language | C or higher |
Calculus AB | 3 or higher | IB Advanced Mathematics (Higher Level) | 4 or higher | AS Level Language and Literature in English | C of higher |
Calculus BC | 3 or higher | IB Mathematics Studies (Standard Level) | 4 or higher | AS Level Math | C or higher |
*To be eligible for enrollment in a College Transfer Pathway, students must demonstrate college readiness in English, reading, and mathematics on an approved test or tests. Eligibility may be demonstrated by achieving the required scores on a single test or by combining test scores from any of the approved assessments. For example, a student may combing a 22 on ACT math and a 480 on SAT composite score for evidenced based reading and writing to demonstrate college readiness | A Level Math | C or higher | |||
A Level Mathematics – Further | C or higher |
Continued Enrollment
All students must meet the following criteria in order to maintain eligibility for continued enrollment in a College Transfer Pathway:
- Continue to make progress toward high school graduation
- Maintain a 2.0 GPA in college coursework after completing two courses
Note: A student’s academic GPA does not include any penalization for course withdrawal. However, a student’s financial aid GPA registers a course withdrawal as a grade of ‘F’. Students are encouraged to think carefully before withdrawing from any courses as it may negatively affect their future financial aid availability.
Additional Information
A student must enroll in one College Transfer Pathway program and may not substitute courses in one program for courses in another. Your program of study may be changed with approval of the high school principal or designee and the College’s chief student development administrator. A student may enroll in both a College Transfer Pathway and a Career and Technical Education Pathway with approval of the high school principal or designee and the College’s chief student development administrator.