Freshman

All applicants must have a high school diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) credential. The high school diploma must be issued from a high school accredited by a regional accrediting association, the Georgia Accrediting Commission, the Georgia Private School Accrediting Commission, the Accrediting Commission for Independent Study or from a public school regulated by a school system and state department of education. Applicants who have a High School Certificate (also called a Certificate of Performance) or a Special Education Diploma are not considered to be high school graduates.

GED applicants must be at least 18 years old or the GED applicant's class must have graduated from high school. There are no exceptions to the requirement that a beginning freshman have either a high school diploma or the GED.

New Admissions Requirements for Traditional Students Starting Fall 2011 Semester

Beginning fall semester 2011 Macon State College will have new admissions requirements for traditional freshman. Traditional freshman are students who have graduated from high school within the past five years and have less than 30 hours of transferable college course credit.

For traditional freshmen, the standards are:

¨ A minimum Freshman Index of 1850.

¨ A maximum of 3 Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) deficiencies.

¨ SAT Critical Reading and Math 350 minimum OR ACT English and Math 14 minimum

¨ A maximum of 2 Learning Support deficiencies.

Applicants scoring less than 430 on the SAT CR (17ACT English) or less than 400 on the SAT M (17 ACT Math) will sit for the Compass placement entrance exam.

 -The following minimum compass scores are required:

            English              32      

            Reading             62

            Algebra             20

If there are any questions concerning concerning the new admissions requirements, please contact the Admissions Office at 478-471-2800, or email us at admissions@maconstate.edu.

Required High School Curriculum Requirements

All applicants for programs leading to the baccalaureate programs (B.S.) who graduated from high school less than five (5) years before the term they plan to enroll should have completed the Curriculum (RHSC) requirements specified by the University System of Georgia.

Completion of the USG’s Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) requirements and graduation from a high school accredited by a regional accrediting association (such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) or the Georgia Accrediting Commission or from a public school regulated by a school system and state department of education.

Students applying to any institution should present credit for sixteen (16) specified units. Students who graduate from high school in 2012 or later must present credits for seventeen (17) specified units. The 16 (17 for students who graduate in 2012 or later) specified USG units are:

1. MATHEMATICS: Four (4) units of Mathematics, including Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. For students who graduate from a Georgia Public School in 2012 or later, the 4 units of Mathematics must include a course at the level of Math 3 or higher.
2. ENGLISH: Four (4) units of English which have as their emphasis grammar and usage, literature (American, English, World), and advanced composition skills.
3. SCIENCE: Three (3) units of science, with at least one laboratory course from the life sciences and one laboratory course from the physical sciences. Students who graduate in 2012 or later must have four (4) units of science. Georgia Public high School graduates must have at least one (1) unit of biology, one (1) unit of physical science or physics, and one (1) unit of chemistry, earth systems, environmental science, or an advanced placement science course.
4. SOCIAL SCIENCE: Three (3) units of social science, with at least one (1) course focusing on United States studies and one (1) course focusing on world studies.
5. FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Two (2) units in the same foreign language emphasizing speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Two (2) units of American Sign Language may be used to satisfy this requirement.

In addition to the RHSC, students are encouraged to take additional academic units in high school to improve their probability for admission and success.

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