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Freshman Admissions Criteria

* Effective Fall 2011, College of Coastal Georgia will require all traditional student applicants to submit SAT/ACT scores. Applicants must score a minimum of 430 SAT Verbal/Critical Reading or 17 ACT English and 400 SAT Math or 17 ACT Math to be exempt from institutional placement testing.*

Applicants graduating from high school within the last five years must have:

Graduated from an accredited high school or qualified GED program.
Earned a minimum grade point average of 2.00 on academic core for College Preparatory Graduates or 2.20 grade point average for Career/Technical Graduates.
Taken the COMPASS Placement Exam or earned appropriate exemption through SAT/ACT testing.

Applicants graduating from high school within the last five years are expected to meet the University System of Georgia's College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) guidelines. Students failing to meet the 16 unit requirements will be required to complete additional college courses in the deficient content area, earning a "C" or better, before meeting graduation requirements. Students receive credit for courses used to satisfy College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) deficiencies, but classes may not be used to satisfy CCGA core curriculum or degree requirements. All CPC deficiencies must be completed before a student earns 30 semester hours. Students enrolled in Career Associate programs are exempt from fulfilling CPC deficiencies.

The College Preparatory Curriculum consists of:

English - 4 college preparatory Carnegie units which have as their emphasis grammar and usage, literature and advanced composition.
Mathematics - 4 college preparatory Carnegie units of mathematics.
Science - 3 college preparatory Carnegie units of science, with at least one laboratory course from the life sciences and one laboratory course from the physical sciences. An additional unit will be expected for Fall 2012 applicants. Students who complete fewer than three required units of science will be required to take additional course work in a laboratory science and earn a "C" or higher.
Social Science - 3 college preparatory Carnegie units of social science, with at least one course focusing on United States studies and one course focusing on world studies. Students who complete fewer than three acceptable units of social science will be required to complete additional course work chosen from approved social science courses and earn a "C" or higher.
Foreign Language - 2 college preparatory Carnegie units in the same language. Students who complete fewer than two units of the same foreign language will be required to complete one additional three-semester hour introductory foreign language course and earn a "C" or higher. Applicants also may take an institutional exam to prove competency in this area.