Joint Enrollment/Early Admission (Postsecondary Option)
Admission Standards: Joint Enrollment and Early Admission
  1. Minimum total SAT Reasoning Test (SAT) score of 970 or ACT Assessment composite score of 20

  2. Minimum score of 480 on the verbal SAT and 440 on the mathematics SAT; or on ACT English score of 20 and ACT math score of 18

  3. Minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 in college preparatory courses

  4. Written approval (joint enrollment) or written recommendation (early admission) of high school principal

  5. Written consent of parent or guardian (if the student is a minor)

  6. Completion of the University System of Georgia College Preparatory Curriculum requirements with the following exceptions:
    1. Students with SAT verbal scores of at least 530 or ACT English score of 23 who have not completed the final unit of high school English, math, and/or social studies may be permitted to fulfill these high school requirements with the appropriate university courses taken through the joint enrollment or early admissions program.
    2. Students who have not completed the College Preparatory Curriculum requirements may be admitted through the joint enrollment program if they are enrolled in the necessary high school courses and scheduled to complete the requirements by the end of their senior year.
In addition, students who elect to be jointly enrolled at their high schools and at Georgia Southwestern must satisfy the following conditions:
  1. Continue to be carried on the official roll of their high school

  2. Minimum university enrollment of three hours per semester

  3. May enroll for 12 semester hours during the summer term preceding their senior year provided they are enrolled for no high school credit during that term
Credit is validated for the student after receipt of the high school diploma.

A high school student who meets all the requirements above except the test scores and/or the grade average may enroll as a personal development student (see section entitled Auditors/Personal Development). A student in this category may enroll for the same number of courses as a joint enrollee but, as a personal development student, will receive no academic credit. Study on this basis is designed primarily as an enrichment experience for the student.


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