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Traditional Freshman
A traditional freshman is an applicant who has no previous
college course work, other than courses completed through joint enrollment in a college while still in high school, and who completed high school less than five years before applying to Shorter.
A traditional freshman must provide:
1. A completed Shorter College application with $25 application fee, which includes a written personal statement which reflects compatibility between the student's goals and the mission and goals of the College.
2. An official high school transcript or official GED scores,
embossed or stamped and signed as official by the high schools
guidance office.
3. An official SAT or ACT score report, either sent from the College Board or ACT at the prospective student's request or included on the official high school transcript.
Additional information may be required at the discretion of the admissions staff or committee.
High School Transcript Requirements
A minimum of 16 academic units, distributed as follows:
- English 4
- Units Mathematics 4 Units: Algebra I & II, Geometry, an advanced math beyond Algebra II History/Social Science 3 Units
- Science 3 Units
- Foreign Language 2 Units
An academic grade-point average is computed as follows:
A's receive 4 points, B's receive 3 points, C's receive 2 points, and D's receive 1 point with 0 points given for F's. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses only will
be given one extra quality point per unit when evaluating academic GPA. If quality points have already been factored
into the student's grade, the additional point will not be added.
Non-Traditional Freshman
An applicant with no previous college courses, but who is older than the traditional freshman, typically 23 years old or more, and who completed high school five or more years before application to Shorter.
The non-traditional freshman must provide the following:
1. A completed Shorter College application with $25 application fee, which includes a written personal statement which reflects compatibility between the student's goals and the mission and goals of the College.
2. An official high school transcript or official GED scores, embossed or stamped and signed as official by the high school guidance office.
The SAT/ACT requirement is waived for non-traditional freshman, but students not submitting acceptable scores will be required to participate in a personal interview and/or placement testing with admissions personnel. The computation of academic GPA and the procedure for evaluating applications is the same as described above under Traditional Freshman, except for the SAT/ACT scores.
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