After High School
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission Requirements for Minnesota Colleges and Universities
Listed below are general admission requirements for a variety of Minnesota post-secondary programs. You can use this information when making your registration choices, but it is your responsibility to check specific requirements for any college where you are planning on applying.
Technical and Community Colleges: www. minnstate. edu
Minnesota’ s technical and community colleges have“ open admission,” which means that they accept any student with a high school diploma or GED. ACT or SAT test scores are not required; however, these schools may have their own placement tests. You may be accepted at any of these schools, but if you do not test into college-level courses, you will be required to take“ developmental” courses before earning college credits. Also, many of these schools have popular programs with waiting lists; therefore applying early is always a good decision.
College Admission Information State College Admission Requirements
Minnesota public colleges and universities are aligned with either the University of Minnesota( U of M) systems or the Minnesota State College and University system. While both systems have their own admissions processes, they each have a core set of prerequisites that students are expected to complete before beginning their study.
In addition to G. P. A. and standardized test score considerations, both systems have the following course completion requirements for high school graduates:
• Four years of English
• Three years of math
• Three years of science
• Two years of a single world language
• One year of a visual and / or performing arts Each system has additional classifiers about their core course expectations and schools and colleges within these systems may have additional requirements. In addition, each system will have additional information about community technical college options that are available.
To learn more about the U of M requirements and for campus locations, please visit their website at http:// admissions. tc. umn. edu / freshman / overview. html
To learn more about the Minnesota State requirements and for campus locations, please visit their website at http:// minnstate. edu / admissions / index. html
Private And Out-Of-State College Admission Requirements
Private and out- of-state colleges and universities may have different admission requirements. For more detailed information, please contact the college you are interested in attending for admission requirements. Additional information on the requirements for private schools within the state of Minnesota can be found at: www. mnprivatecolleges. com
NCAA Eligibility Center
To be certified by the Eligibility Center, you must: Access information and application directly from the NCAA Eligibility Center web site: www. eligibilitycenter. org
SCOIR
All District 11 high school students will have access to SCOIR. This web-based program provides individual career assessments, resume building and college search / information. Through the use of this program, high school students will be able to start planning for their postsecondary goals through a series of school-based activities and on their own.
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