Admission of Special Students

Applicants who do not complete the admissions procedures outlined above may register as a special student. This includes students 18 years of age or older who are not high school graduates. To be admitted as a special student, the applicant needs only to submit a completed application and a signed photocopy of his/her social security card; however, upon a later decision to pursue a degree, diploma, or certificate at the college, special students will be required to submit proof of an official high school transcript and/ or copy of their High School Equivalency scores and meet certain placement criteria.

Special students must meet course prerequisites, and/or co-requisites and/or provide official college transcripts showing that the prerequisites and/or co-requisites have been met or take the college placement test with satisfactory scores.

Special Students and students in certificate programs are NOT ELIGIBLE for financial aid or veterans' benefits. The student must declare a major after taking 15 hours in a major.

Students must have a 530 or higher in each area (Critical Reading/Writing and/or Math to be exempt from that portion of the Placement Test.

Note: Transfer and re-entry students must provide official transcripts from all institutions attended if they desire transfer credit. HCC's registrar will evaluate the official transcript before any placement testing waiver is granted.

Home-schooled applicants must provide official high school transcripts for the course work completed, along with the documentation verifying the school is registered with the NC Division of Non Public Education as a homeschool.