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Academic Criteria
For High School Graduates and Home-Schooled Students

In order to qualify for freshman standing, the following standards must be met:

  1. Graduation from an approved academy/high school with at least a 2.20 overall Grade Point Average or GED score of 2,500.
  2. ACT composite score of 17 or higher with an English score of 17 or higher or SAT composite score of 830 or higher with a Verbal score of 430 or higher.
  3. Agreement to respect and abide by the academic policies upheld by the College.

For admission of students who meet only one of the above academic criteria, see Admission Classification.

For admission of international applicants for whom English is not the first language, see English Language Proficiency Requirement.

Those enrolling in Certificate or Associate in Science degree programs must have a minimum of ten units of college preparatory subjects in the fields of English,mathematics, science, history, and foreign languages.

 

Admission By High School Equivalency Diploma

Mature persons who have not completed high school may be admitted to freshman standing on the basis of a High School Equivalency Diploma. The General Educational Development (GED) test must have been taken in accordance with the current policies for admission into colleges and universities of the state where the applicant took the GED examination. Such applicants will have obtained a minimum total score of 2,500 on the GED test, with no score of less than 500 in any of the five areas. The high school class to which the applicant belonged must have graduated before (s)he will be admitted on the basis of the GED test.

AUC recommends the following as minimum standard score of 500 on each of the five sections of the test with no section lower than 480 for an average standard score equal to or exceeding 2,500.

 

Refusal Or Annulment Of Admission

Applicants may be refused admission when:

  • They do not meet the standards prescribed for any admission category.
  • They submit transcripts or records found to be fraudulent.

Admission status may be canceled or annulled when:

  • Students do not meet the conditions for continuing enrollment as specified in the Student Handbook and the current AUC Bulletin.
  • The admission status was based on documents later found to be fraudulent.

 

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