[Text Only Version] The Freshman Class

The community and technical colleges accept as beginning freshmen all Kentucky residents who have graduated from high school and have not attended another college, and any non-high school graduate who has secured the GED Certificate or is eligible to take the GED. Submission of the results of the American College Test (ACT) or COMPASS and high school transcript, is required. According to the Council on Higher Education's Guidelines for Undergraduate Admission to the State-Supported Institutions of Higher Education in Kentucky, "The Career Planning Program Level II (CPP-II) the ASSET testing program, or the COMPASS testing program may be substituted for the ACT requirement for adult students [sic]. . ." An adult student is defined as, "a student who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older."

The ACT is given on five dates during the year at test centers located throughout Kentucky and other states. Information on the ACT, testing dates, and locations of test centers is available through high school counselors and principals, and admission personnel and counselors of the community and technical colleges.

An out-of-state resident seeking to enter the community college as a freshman will be admitted only if the applicant's high school record, ACT results, and other measures of scholastic aptitude, as described below, indicate probable academic success.