University System of Georgia

PROBE Counselor WorkshopsFall 2011

Topics

High School Curriculum Requirements

High School GPA

Test Score Requirements

Freshman Index Requirements

Lawful Presence Requirements

USG Admission Standards

Board of Regents sets admission standards.

USG colleges and may set higher admission standards than the System minimum requirements.

Required High School Curriculum (RHSC)

4 mathematics4 English4 science (effective 2012

grads)3 social science2 units of the same foreign

language or 2 units of American Sign Language

BOR Policy 4.2.1.1 and ASAH 3.2.3

www.usg.edu/student_affairs

Click on “Students or “High School Counselors”

Click on “Admissions

and Enrollment”

Click on “Staying

on Course”

Mathematics Requirements

Approval Process

•GADOE requests review

•Detailed course info provided to USG

•USG Faculty Committee reviews the course:•Cours

e approved

•Not approved

•Not approved but with recommendations

•Approved courses added to Staying on Course document

•Not approved courses added to USG RHSC Course Review document

Courses Not Approved

Accessed from the Staying on Course document

Math FAQs

If a student completes an accelerated integrated mathematics course one year and an on-level integrated mathematics course the following year, will this count towards satisfying the USG’s RHSC?

Example: Accelerated Mathematics IMathematics IIMathematics IIIMathematics IV

Question:

Math FAQs

Students may remain on-track provided they complete four total units of mathematics which includes Mathematics III and one additional unit of mathematics from the approved list.

Answer:

Does the following satisfy the USG’s Required High School Curriculum?

Mathematics IMathematics IIMathematics Support IIIMathematics III

Math FAQs

Question:

Math FAQs

Mathematics Support III can count as an acceptable course for 2012 and 2013 graduates ONLY. For 2012 and 2013 graduates, institutions may consider the following as an acceptable math sequence:Mathematics IMathematics IIMathematics Support IIIMathematics III

Answer:

Does Mathematics of Finance count as a 4th math?

Math FAQs

Question:

Math FAQs

No, Mathematics of Finance was reviewed by the USG faculty review committee and was not approved to count as a RHSC math unit.

Answer:

Accessed from the

Math FAQs in

the Staying on

Course document

Science Requirements

FAQs

If a Georgia private high school or non-Georgia public school only offers physical science in the 8th grade, can a student use that credit to satisfy the RHSC?

Question:

FAQs

Yes. Students enrolled in Georgia private high schools and high schools in other states often complete physical science while in the 8th grade. As a result, students from private high schools and public high schools in other states can count physical science courses taken in the 8th grade as one of the 4 required science units.

Answer:

High School GPA

Students graduating from high school 2012 or later must have 2.00 HSGPA calculated on the grades in the required 17 units of the RHSC.

SAT/ACT Scores

Research, Regional and State Universities

Students must have minimum SAT or ACT scores for admission to research, regional and state universities:

SAT430 CR

And400 Math

ACT17 English

And17 Math

State and Two-Year Colleges

Require minimum test scores and Freshman Index

Require placement testing

OR

State and Two-Year

Test Score Requirement

s

Click on “State and Two-Year

Test Score Requiremen

ts”

Students who test below the System minimum scores on the COMPASS exam in one or more areas of learning support are not eligible for admission:Reading – 62 English – 32 Math - 20

Placement Testing and Admissions

Students who test into all three areas of learning support are not eligible for admission.Reading – 74 English – 60 Math - 37

HSGT-ELA results can be used to exempt learning support placement testing (minimum score of 235) – be sure you send a student’s test results on the transcript to avoid unnecessary LS testing and placement!

Students who submit SAT/ACT test scores sufficient to exempt learning support are exempt from placement testing.

SAT – 430 Critical Reading/400 MathACT – 17 English/17 Math

Exempting Placement Testing

Calculating the Freshman Index

SATFI = (500 x HSGPA) + SAT Verbal + SAT

Math

ACTFI = (500 x HSGPA) + (ACT Composite x

42) + 88

Freshman Index Requirements

SECTOR FI

Research Institutions 2500

Regional Universities 2040

State Universities 1940

State and Two-Year Colleges

1830*

* If test scores are required for admission.

Lawful Presence

October 2010, the Board of Regents approved two new policies which went into effect Fall 2011:

Policy 4.1.6

A person who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for admission to any University System institution which, for the two most recent academic years, did not admit all academically qualified applicants (except for cases in which applicants were rejected for non-academic reasons).

The following institutions currently fall under 4.1.6:

Georgia College and State UniversityGeorgia Health Sciences UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia State University University of Georgia

Policy 4.3.4

Each University System institution shall verify the lawful presence in the United States of every successfully admitted person applying for resident tuition status, as defined in Section 7.3 of this Policy Manual, and of every person admitted to an institution referenced in Section 4.1.6 of this Policy Manual.

Policy 4.3.4 only impacts those students applying for in-state tuition.

Verifying Lawful Presence

Institutions may verify lawful presence in a number of ways such as:Eligibility for Federal Student AidSEVISUS birth certificateGeorgia driver’s License issued after January

1, 2008US passportPermanent Resident Card

Click on “Tuition and

Financial Aid”

Click on “Verification

of Lawful Presence”

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