These are the requirements for Fall 2012 and beyond.

An applicant who has enrolled previously in any accredited college or university and has 30 semester hours or more of transferable college credit and graduated or would have graduated from high school within the last five years is considered a transfer student. Because applicants with less that 30 semester hours of transferable credit will need to meet freshmen requirements, the high school transcript requirement will not be waived until a full evaluation of all previous college coursework is completed.

Transfer applicants need to submit the following documents:

GPC Application for Admission and $20.00 non-refundable application fee.

Official High School Transcript - If the applicant has less than 30 hours of transferrable credit from an accredited college or university, the high school transcript will be required.

The transcript needs to indicate type of diploma received (college preparatory or technical/career) and date of graduation . Certificates of performance or special education diplomas are not acceptable. All transcripts will be evaluated for College Preparatory Curriculum/Required High School Curriculum completions regardless of the type of diploma received.

Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA):

Applicants with a college Preparatory Diploma must have a 2.0 GPA in academic coursework.

High school seniors who submit a transcript and SAT or ACT scores that would exempt COMPASS placement testing may be pre-admitted to the college pending a final transcript.

Applicants who received a General Education Development (GED) diploma need to submit official passing GED scores as well as official high school transcripts of coursework completed.

Official College Transcript(s)

Transcripts from each college, university, or technical school attended must be submitted.

Applicants must be eligible to return to the institution they last attended.

Applicants who previously attended a college or university and have less than 30 semester hours of transferable college credit must meet freshman requirements.

Placement testing requirements - the below apply only if the applicant does not have transferrable credit for English composition and/or college algebra.

GPC does not require SAT or ACT scores prior to admission. However, in this case, we encourage students to submit them if they will provide COMPASS placement test exemptions. The minimum SAT Verbal/Critical Reading score is 480  and the ACT English Score is 20 . The SAT Mathematics score is 440, and the ACT mathematics score is 18. .

Students whose COMPASS scores fall below the USG minimums (32 – English (writing), 62 – Reading, and 20 – Math (algebra)) in any one of the three areas will not be eligible for admission.

Students who test above the USG COMPASS score minimums but place into all three areas of Learning Support (English, reading, and math) will not be eligible for admission. COMPASS scores taken at a Technical College will not satisfy test score requirements unless the student enrolled in that institution prior to applying to Georgia Perimeter College.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum scores on COMPASS are eligible for one retest following a waiting period of two weeks.

Other Requirements

Applicants must satisfy immunization requirements set by the state of Georgia

Applicants must provide evidence of lawful presence in the United States in order to qualify for in-state tuition classification.

Applicants born or educated outside of the United States should see International Student Admissions and Advising for additional requirements.