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• Getting Started
  • Academic Forgiveness
  • Acceptance of Credit in Transfer
  • Admission Requirements
  • Advisement and Plan for Academic Success
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Concurrent Enrollment for HS
  • Determination of Readiness
  • Dual Credit for High Schoolers
  • Evaluation of Foreign Credentials
  • Exemptions/Waivers
  • First Time Students
  • Former Students
  • General Admissions Policy
  • Grade Reports
  • How to Enroll
  • Immunization Requirements
  • International Students
  • Minimum Passing TSI Standards
  • Online Registration and Payment
  • Online Student Application
  • Student Identification
  • Students with Disabilities
  • TSI Assessment Instruments
  • TSI Assistance
  • TSI Course Prerequisites
  • TSI Requirements
  • Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Program
  • Transfer Students
  • Transferring Assessment Scores
  • Transient Students
  • Undocumented Students Residency
  • Verification of Enrollment
• Core Curriculum
• Core Options for AAS Awards
• Transfer Services

2012 - 2013 Catalog
First Time Students

You may apply as a beginning freshman if you meet one of these standards:

• You are a graduate of an accredited high school.
• You are a graduate of an unaccredited high school and are 18 years of age or older.
• You earned an International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD)
• You earned a General Education Diploma (G.E.D.).
• You are at least 18 years of age and do not have a diploma or G.E.D (may be admitted by individual approval).
• If you are under the age of 18, are no longer enrolled in high school of any kind and do not have a diploma or a G.E.D., you may be admitted by one of the following:
• A written recommendation of the principal or superintendent of the last high school you attended, or
• Show results indicating you have the ability to benefit from the college's programs through performance on an assessment test associated with the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) program. These tests are the ACCUPLACER, ASSET, COMPASS, or Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA). ACCUPLACER and ASSET are available at the college.


• If you are 16, did not graduate from an accredited school, but did graduate from a non-accredited high school, or were schooled in a non-traditional setting (i.e., home-schooled), you may be admitted if you meet all of the following conditions:
• Present a written recommendation of the principal or superintendent of the last school you attended, or TSI approved test results indicating you have the ability to benefit from the college's programs; and
• Present a notarized record of the high school equivalent work completed and the date of successful completion; and
• Complete the enrollment agreement noting you understand and accept that academic freedom and the collegiate environment is supported in all courses within the college and
• Agree to limitations on conditions of admission established by the college.

After you are admitted, but prior to registration, you must have test scores on file from a TSI approved test, and an official high school transcript that you have earned within the last five years.

NOTE: Students who are applying for financial aid must select an eligible program of study prior to the first disbursement of financial aid. To select an eligible degree or certificate program, please log on to eConnect and visit FA Program of Study Selection at https://eConnect.dcccd.edu/eConnect/eConnect.