High School Competency
Requirements
Before you can be admitted to the university, you must complete required courses as determined by the Â鶹´«Ă˝ Board of Regents (ABOR).
*See below for additional course details.
All first-year and transfer applicants under age 22 must satisfactorily complete the Â鶹´«Ă˝ Board of Regents (ABOR) core competency requirements. Refer to the table below for the high school coursework requirements, specific scores or college courses needed. Please note some programs or colleges may require additional information and/or admission requirements.
A deficiency is defined in one of two ways, missing a unit of coursework or falling below a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale in a specific subject area. Applicants must have an unweighted overall grade point average of 2.0 (A = 4.0) in each subject area and may not have more than two deficiencies. Students may not have deficiencies in both math and laboratory science or in the same subject area.
You are assured admission to the Â鶹´«Ă˝ if you attended a regionally accredited high school and:
If you don’t meet the requirements for Assured Admission, that’s okay. We utilize a comprehensive review process, which means we consider many factors when reviewing your application.
SAT/ACT scores are not required for admission to the Â鶹´«Ă˝, institutional merit scholarships or admission to the Franke Honors College.
However, test scores are important post-admission for class placement at orientation. Students who took the SAT or ACT should send official test scores directly from the testing agency.
Your GED test scores will fulfill the high school transcript requirement, so you do not need to fill out the high school coursework section of our application. Enter General Education Development (GED) and select “High School” as the level of study under “Add Institution” in the Academic History section of the application.