General Admission Procedures

The following steps must be completed to be considered for admission into curriculum program. All requirements must be fulfilled before official acceptance can be granted:

Take The Career Assessment. This assessment is a quick survey of students to see what program may best fit the applicant.
Complete the Residency Determination Services (RDS) process. RDS will determine an individual’s status as “In State” or “Out of State” for tuition purposes. Residency is not determined by HCC.
The application for admission can be completed online on the College for North Carolina website.
Ensure that your social security number is in your file.
Students seeking an Associates degree, entering a medical program, are a veteran student, and certain diploma programs must be a high school graduate and must submit a high school transcript or general high school equivalency credential and may be required to submit all college transcripts.
Students who are 18 years of age or older but have not graduated from high school, may enroll as a special student. Note: Special students are not eligible for financial aid or veterans' benefits.
Submit official transcripts from previously attended colleges if transfer credit is desired.
Meet with an advisor. Students meet with assigned academic advisors each semester to complete class schedules. The college uses a co-requisite model for placement based on high school GPA threshold. Transcripts and transfer credits will be taken into consideration where appropriate.

Note: HCC recognizes valid high schools registered with their state department of education. However, if HCC has determined that a high school is not a valid diploma- granting institution, students will be ineligible for federal and state financial aid. Students not completing such a program must complete the high school equivalency credential or attain an adult high school diploma through a valid diploma- granting institution.

High schools are defined as valid diploma-granting institutions if they have met any of the following requirements:

Is regionally accredited
Is registered with the NC Division of Non-Public Education as a home school
Is an entity registered with the NC Division of Non-Public Education as a private school and it is providing secondary school education in the form of instruction

Secondary institutions outside of North Carolina will be determined as valid based on the above information, given the institution’s state department of education.

You will not be denied admission to Halifax Community College; however, you will not be eligible to receive financial aid.