NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT

Step One – Application

• Submit an application to the Admissions Office (paper version or online).
• Be sure to identify the program you are intending to pursue.

Step Two – Transcripts

• Most programs require high school transcripts and college transcripts (if you have attended college).
• If you are wondering if your program requires high school or college transcripts, please contact the Admissions Office at 828-286-3636 ext. 251.

Step Three – Placement Test

PLEASE NOTE: Students will only be scheduled for a placement test once all the relevant documents above are received at Isothermal Community College

• Most programs require that you take our placement test (called ASSET).
• The placement test (or parts of it) can be waived with the following:

-         Previous ASSET Scores no more than three (3) years old

-         ACT Scores (English = 21, Math = 20) (no more than 5 years old)

-         SAT Scores (Verbal = 500, Math = 500) (no more than 5 years old)

-         Previous English and math college courses (must be evaluated by ICC)

• If you would like to be evaluated for a waiver for any or all parts of the placement test, please have official copies (sent to ICC in a sealed envelope from issuing institutions) of previous testing or courses sent to the Admissions Office at Isothermal Community College. 
• If you have taken English and math classes at Isothermal Community College in the past, contact the Admissions Office at ext. 251 to inquire about whether you qualify for a waiver.

Step Four – Registering for Class(es)

If you are a new student (never taken any curriculum classes at Isothermal Community College), you should have been scheduled to attend one of our testing sessions where you will receive placement testing, orientation, and registration readiness information).  If you have been granted a full waiver, you still must be scheduled for the orientation and registration readiness part of the testing session. If you have not yet been scheduled and your admission file is complete, please contact the Testing Department at 828-286-3636 ext. 244 to get scheduled for an upcoming test date.  Call early as seats are limited.

If you attended a testing, orientation and registration readiness session and registered/paid for classes, then you are ready for fall semester beginning on Friday August 17^th, 2007.

If you attended a testing, orientation and registration readiness session and departed before an advisor could register you, you need to make an appointment with your advisor to get registered for classes as soon as possible. Please contact the secretary of your division to find out when the next fall registration period is for new students.

o        Business Sciences – Lois Scruggs ext. 227

o        Arts & Sciences – Samantha Laney ext. 212 or Libby Cheshire ext. 213

o        Applied Sciences – Angela Marlowe ext. 250

If you do not know in which division your program resides please contact the Admissions Office at 828-286-3636 x. 251 and we will be happy to direct you to the appropriate location.

Financial Aid Information

Financial Aid requires a separate application and supporting documents.  To get more information about financial aid, contact 828-286-3636 ext. 468.  Also, please be aware that if you want your financial aid to be available to cover your tuition when you register, you need to apply early.  Otherwise, you may have to pay tuition out of your own pocket and seek your reimbursement through whatever aid you qualify for at a later date.

Also, if you have been deemed out-of-state for tuition purposes by the Admissions Office, your financial aid award will be based on in-state rates only and you will need to be prepared to make up any tuition difference out of your own pocket at the time you register.  To review the difference between in-state and out-of-state rates please go to this tuition rates link.

Revised April 2007