FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

First-year applicants are those who are in high school or have received a high school diploma or equivalent and have less than 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of college credit.

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Admission for First-Year Students into Perimeter College

A $20 non-refundable application fee is due at the time of application submission. Carefully review and complete all sections of the application, especially the residency information. Failure to answer questions correctly or provide information will delay and/or affect admission consideration.

Admissions Process and Requirements

Complete the Perimeter College Application for Admission and pay the $20 non-refundable fee.

A Perimeter College application is valid for three consecutive terms, including the term of application.
Review and complete all sections of the application, especially the residency information. Failure to answer questions correctly or provide information will delay and/or affect admission consideration.

Submit regionally accredited high school transcript with date of graduation.

Official transcript with date of graduation from a regionally accredited high school.
Certificates of Performance or Special Education diplomas are not acceptable.
Applicants who have not completed high school are required to submit official GED, HiSet or TASC passing scores and high school transcript.

Submit official transcript from each college, university or technical college attended.

This applies only to applicants with fewer than 30 transferable credit hours.
Speak to the registrar at your former institution(s) to send transcripts to Perimeter College.
Applicants must be eligible to return to the last institution they attended.

Schools may send them to us electronically through an approved transcript company at [email protected] or mail them to us here:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4009
Atlanta, GA 30302-4009

Georgia State’s approved transcript companies are Parchment, Escrip-safe, National Student Clearinghouse, Credential Solutions or Joint Services Transcript.

3	Submit official SACS or regionally accredited high school transcript with date of graduation and diploma type listed. An official SACS or regionally accredited high school transcript is required for transfer applicants who have fewer than 30 hours of transferable credit. Perimeter College can accept credit from SACS or regionally accredited institution(s). High school transcripts will be evaluated for Required High School Curriculum completions regardless of the type of diploma received (for students age 23 or less). Certificates of Performance or Special Education diplomas are not acceptable. Applicants who have not completed high school are required to submit official GED, HiSet or TASC passing scores and high school transcript.
4	Meet placement testing requirements Applies to transfer applicants who do not have transferable English composition and/or college algebra credit Perimeter College can accept. Minimum ACCUPLACER placement test scores and/or eligible Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), SAT or ACT test scores. Do NOT pay for expedited delivery of SAT and/or ACT scores. Perimeter College requires 5 – 7 business days to process each admission document after it is received. The ACCUPLACER test requires a $20 fee. Perimeter College has a testing center at each campus. Information for requesting official scores or documentation may be found at the SAT, ACT, CLEP, AP and IB websites.
5	Submit immunization records. Applicants must satisfy immunization requirements set by the State of Georgia.
6	Verify lawful presence in the United States. Applicants must provide evidence of lawful presence in the United States to qualify for in-state tuition classification. Georgia State admits all academically qualified undergraduate students, regardless of immigration status.

Testing Information

Our testing and admissions guidelines allow us to place more emphasis on the evaluation of an applicant’s high school grade point average and the courses they complete.

Students with a recalculated GPA of 3.1 or higher are not required to submit test scores.
Students with a recalculated GPA of 2.0 – 2.74 will be placed into a corequisite English course unless they submit test scores that indicate they are college-ready.
Students with a recalculated GPA of 2.0 – 3.09 will be placed into a corequisite Math course unless they submit test scores that indicate they are college-ready.
Minimum test scores are required for non-traditional students, students submitting GED scores and first-year students with recalculated high school GPAs below 2.0.

Minimum scores for collegiate placement are SAT (480 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing/440 Math), ACT (17 English or Reading and 17 Math) or ACCUPLACER (before January 2019: 67 Elementary Algebra/61 Reading/4-8 Writeplacer; after January 2019: 258 Nex-Gen QAS Math/237 Nex-Gen Reading/4-8 Writeplacer).

High School GPA (Recalculated)	Testing Required	Course Placement
≥ 3.1	NO	Collegiate Level Coursework*
2.0 – 2.74 2.0 – 3.09	NO	Corequisite Coursework for English Corequisite Coursework for Math
≤ 2.0	YES	Testing required for course placement determination

^{*Adequate math scores on ACT/SAT/ACCUPLACER required for placement into MATH 1111}
^{**Unless students provide adequate test scores}

Visit the Counseling and Testing Center for information about signing up for the ACCUPLACER exam, if needed.

Georgia State recalculates GPA based on the Required High School Curriculum course units. No other high school courses are included in the recalculated GPA.

Subject	Units	Courses
English	4	Any 4 English/Language Arts
Math	4	Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry & 1 Higher-Level Math*
Natural Science	4	1 Life Science/Lab, 1 Physical Science/Lab, & 2 Science electives
Social Science	3	1 U.S. History, 1 World History & 1 Social Science elective
Foreign Language	2	Both units must be in the same language. American Sign Language is acceptable.

^{*Unless students provide adequate test scores}

First-Year Student Deadlines for Perimeter College

Perimeter College processes admission documents and renders admission decisions on a rolling basis. A student’s application is valid for three terms of entry, including the term marked initially on the application and the following two terms of entry. Students who wish to be considered for a term of entry within this time must complete a reactivation application and required credentials by the document due date for the desired term of entry.

AUGUST 1
Fall Semester – Starts in August
DECEMBER 1
Spring Semester – Starts in January
MAY 1
Summer Semester – Starts in May

General Admissions Information

Perimeter Admissions Processing Information

Perimeter College will review an applicant’s record to make an admission decision after all required documents have been submitted, evaluated and posted to the applicant’s record. Please allow up to 21 days for a final review of your record once your file becomes complete.

An applicant’s Check My Status page is the quickest way to view the applicant’s admission checklist and real-time admission processing updates, including an admission decision.

Documents submitted become and remain the property of Perimeter College and will not be returned to the applicant, duplicated or transferred to another institution. Any applicant withholding or falsifying application data or documentation is subject to dismissal without refund.

Disciplinary and Academic Standing

Academic and disciplinary standing are factors taken into consideration for applicants being reviewed for admission. For the purposes of admission, good disciplinary and academic standing means that the applicant has no pending disciplinary charges, outstanding disciplinary sanctions or disciplinary or academic issues that would prevent the applicant from re-enrolling at a previously attended high school, college or university. For additional information, please see the General Admission Policy in the Georgia State Undergraduate Catalog.

Nursing and Dental Hygiene Admission

For admission into Perimeter College’s nursing or dental hygiene programs, you must first be accepted to Perimeter College and be enrolled in classes. Meet with your adviser to express your interest in the program and register for the correct prerequisites in your first semester.

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