Motlow State Community College provides for admission of select students who are still involved in an educational program in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Three categories, Joint Enrollment, Dual Enrollment, and Academically Talented/Gifted, are defined to provide the opportunity for early admission.

JOINT ENROLLMENT

Joint enrollment is the enrollment of a high school student in one or more college courses for which the student will earn only college credit. The joint enrollment category is for the student who has completed the sophomore year in high school and is still involved in a high school program of study. The following conditions must be met for a student to be eligible for enrollment at Motlow as a joint enrollment student.

Joint Enrollment is the enrollment of a high school student in one or more college courses for which the student will earn only college credit. The joint enrollment category is for the student who has completed the junior year in high school and is still involved in a high school program of study. The following conditions must be met for a student to be eligible for enrollment at Motlow as a joint enrollment student:

• The 9th, 10th, and 11th grades have been completed.
• The cumulative grade average (excluding deportment grades) beginning with the ninth grade and including all high school work completed at the time of enrollment at MSCC is a minimum of 3.2 based on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent.
• When a content area in the high school curriculum corresponds to the coursework to be completed at MSCC, the grade point average in the content area must be a minimum of 3.2 based on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent.
• The high school principal must approve the student for joint enrollment and submit a letter of recommendation to the Director of Admissions and Records at MSCC. An endorsement letter must also be submitted from the student's parents or guardians.
• The student must provide an official Enhanced American College Testing Program (ACT) report with a composite score of 19 or higher. Students enrolling in English courses must have a minimum ACT English subscore of 19; students enrolling in mathematics courses must have a minimum ACT mathematics subscore of 19. ACT scores on the high school transcript are acceptable. Applicants without ACT scores or whose ACT scores are more than three years old should contact the Motlow College Counseling Office to schedule an ACT test. Only one valid set of ACT scores will be used for admission and DSP screening. The set used is the one with the highest composite or, when two sets have the same composite, the more recent score.

When the above conditions have been met, the prospective joint enrollment student must do the following:

1. Submit a completed Application for Admission form and the non-refundable application fee to the Office of Admissions and Records.
2. Request that the high school send an official transcript directly to the Office of Admissions and Records at MSCC. If a letter of approval and recommendation from the principal has not been previously submitted, such a letter should accompany the transcript at this time.
3. Letter of approval and high school transcript must be on file prior to registration.

Courses taken must be chosen by the student in consultation with his/her high school counselor and a Motlow advisor in order to supplement, and not overlap, the total high school program. Such courses will not necessarily count toward the high school diploma, and they will not count as part of entrance requirements for regular admission to MSCC.

DUAL ENROLLMENT

Dual enrollment is the enrollment of a high school student in one or more specified college courses for which the student will be awarded both high school and college credit. Dual enrollment opportunities are available for students whose high schools have consensual agreements with the college to offer college-level courses for which both high school units and college credits are awarded simultaneously. To be eligible for dual enrollment courses, the student must Dual Enrollment is the enrollment of a high school student in one or more specified college courses for which the student will be awarded both high school and college credit. Dual enrollment opportunities are available for students whose high schools have consensual agreements with the college to offer college-level courses for which both high school units and college credits are awarded simultaneously. To be eligible for dual enrollment courses, the student must:

• Meet the same eligibility requirements as students entering under the joint enrollment category;
• Submit a completed Application for Admission and pay the non-refundable application fee to the Office of Admissions & Records;
• Request that an official high school transcript be sent directly to the Office of Admissions & Records. If letters of approval from high school principals and parents or guardians have not been previously submitted, such letters should accompany the transcript. Transcripts and letters must be on file prior to registration.

ACADEMICALLY TALENTED/GIFTED STUDENTS

Chapter 395 of the Public Acts of 1983 specifies as follows:
"Academically talented/gifted students enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 in public or private high school in Tennessee may, with the recommendation and approval of the high school principal and appropriate higher education institution personnel, enroll in and receive regular college degree credit from a Tennessee postsecondary institution if such a student has a grade point average equivalent to 3.2 on a 4.0 maximum basis and if such a placement is a part of the student's planned Individual Education Program (IEP) as established by the multidisciplinary team process."

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