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Admissions Policy
Southwestern Community College
operates under the Open-Door
Policy of the North Carolina
Community College System.
Students are accepted without
regard to race, religion,
sex, color, creed, national
origin, age or disability.
Any person who is at least
18 years of age or a high
school graduate or its equivalent
may be accepted by the college.
High school students and home-schooled
applicants 16 years of age
or older may be admitted into
credit and continuing education
courses in accordance with
the concurrent enrollment
policies adopted by the State
of North Carolina. Admission
to degree, diploma and certificate
programs requires a high school
diploma or the equivalent.
Admission to the college does
not imply immediate admission
to the curriculum desired
by the applicant, and admission
to certain programs may have
additional specific entrance
requirements.
Transfer Students
Students transferring to SCC
from other institutions must
follow the application process
outlined in the section “Application
for Admission – ALL
Students” and the
section “Application
for Admission – Students
Applying to Selective Health
Science Programs”
– if applicable.
Transfer
of Earned Credit
Applicants to degree, diploma
or certificate programs who
want credit for coursework
completed at other post-secondary
institutions are responsible
for having an official transcript
from each institution submitted
directly to the Registrar’s
Office. Courses with a grade
of “C” or higher
may be accepted if the courses
are applicable to the program
selected at this college and
were earned at an accredited
college, university, community
college or technical institute.
Credits transferred to Southwestern
Community College from another
institution will be recognized
as hours toward the appropriate
degree, diploma or certificate
but will not be calculated
toward the cumulative grade
point average (GPA) for that
program.
All official transcripts submitted
to the Registrar’s Office
prior to a student’s
enrollment will be evaluated
for transfer credit before
registration, if possible,
and no later than the end
of the first semester of enrollment.
Transfer of “Credit
by Exam” will not exceed
more than one-half of degree
requirements and must be approved
by the dean or coordinator
of the appropriate program.
Transfer Agreements
Parallel coursework completed
at Southwestern Community College
will transfer into other institutions
in the NC Community College System
and to most senior institutions
in the region. The college has
formal transfer agreements and
specific curriculum transfer agreements
with many senior institutions
in and beyond western North Carolina.
Coursework in the College Transfer
Associate of Arts curriculum will
satisfy general education and
liberal arts requirements at most
four-year colleges and universities.
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Transfer Agreements
Veterans
Recipients of veterans’
benefits must submit official
transcripts of all postsecondary
coursework attempted before
they can receive V.A. benefits.
They are also urged to submit
official transcripts of any
educational work completed
through the armed services.
Veterans will not be eligible
to receive V.A. benefits until
all postsecondary transcripts
are submitted. For more details,
contact the Director of Financial
Aid located in Student Services,
Balsam Center.
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