Students who have been out of high school at least five years or whose high school class graduated at least five years ago, and hold a high school diploma from a regionally accredited high school, or satisfactorily completed the GED, and have earned fewer than 30 transferable semester credit hours are not required to take the SAT or ACT; however, these students must take the College Placement Examination and complete any Developmental Studies/Learning Support requirements. A student must meet the following minimum requirements under the new phase-in admission criteria:
All Prospective Freshmen interested in attending Albany State University must meet the following requirements to be considered for admissions to Albany State University.
Minimum Freshman Admission Requirements:
Below is a the list of visitation day for 2009-2010
Registration begins at 8 a.m. in HPER Gymnasium. The program begins promptly at 9 a.m.
This applies to any student who has never been admitted to a degree program at Albany State University or any other post-secondary institution of higher education.
Evaluation of an applicant's qualifications for admission can only begin once Albany State University Admissions Office has received all supporting documents. Academic requirements, as well as, test requirements must be met before admission to the University can be granted.
We consider the applicant's secondary school academic record and standardized college entrance exams (SAT or ACT). For admission consideration, an applicant should have a well-balanced college preparatory program that includes the following course work:
To expedite processing, ask your high school counselor to mail the complete application package to:
Albany State University
Office of Recruitment and Admissions
504 College Drive
Albany, GA 31705
Complete application package includes:
Deadline: November 1
Applicants who submit complete application packages by November 1 will receive notification of their admission decision by late December.
The Early Admissions Program offers the academically superior high school senior an opportunity for admission as a beginning freshman after his/her junior year of high school. The following procedures are required:
Albany State University grants advanced placement with credit for beginning freshmen who have achieved a score of three or higher on Advanced Placement Tests. Three semester hours of credit may be given in one or more areas in which the tests are administered.
The Joint Enrollment Program at Albany State University offers academically superior high school juniors or seniors an opportunity to enroll for college credit prior to the completion of their high school program of study provided they reside in close proximity to permit class attendance at the University and his/her high school during the same period of time. Students entering through the joint enrollment program must have completed the University System of Georgia College Preparatory Curriculum requirements with the following exceptions: Students with SAT verbal scores of at least 530 or ACT English scores of at least 24 who have not completed the final unit of high school English and/or social science may be permitted to fulfill these high school requirements with the appropriate college courses taken through the joint enrollment program. Students who have not completed the College Preparatory Curriculum requirements may be admitted through the joint enrollment program if they are enrolled in the necessary high school courses and scheduled to complete the requirements by the end of their senior year. Students enrolled in public secondary institutions may be eligible for tuition reimbursement under the Post Secondary Option (PSO) program and should contact their high school counselor for information. Procedures for applying for enrollment in the Joint Enrollment Program are:
