RC CATALOG2015

Admissions and Registration

2015-2016 Catalog

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Admission of Students

Any graduate of an accredited high school may be admitted

to Reedley College. Also, any person having successfully

completed the California High School Proficiency Exam

(CHSPE) or the General Education Development test (GED)

with scores of 45 overall and with no subtest lower than 35

may be admitted.

Upon completion of applicable admission requirements,

registration materials are issued by the Admissions and Records

Office. For dates relating to registration, check the calendars in

this catalog or inquire at the college’s Admissions and Records

Office in the Student Services Building.

Students should complete all plans for entrance as early

as possible and be familiar with the following: (1) general

requirements of the college, (2) special requirements in the

major field of study, (3) the general requirements of the college

or university they may wish to attend in the future, and (4)

the most desirable electives.

General Admission

Admission to Reedley College is open to anyone (subject to

residency requirements listed on page 13) who is at least 18

years old, or has a high school diploma, or the equivalent

(such as the California High School Proficiency Examination).

Provisional Admission

A person who is 18 years of age or older and is not a high school

graduate is considered a provisional student. A provisional

student may register for 12 semester units or more for one

semester, with the stipulation that in order to enroll for

subsequent semesters as a full-time student, he/she must earn

a 1.75 GPA in the units attempted. This regulation does not

apply to part-time students.

Readmission

Former students of Reedley College returning after an absence

of two or more semesters must make formal application for

readmission. An official transcript of work taken at any

other institution (including summer session and extension

or correspondence courses) since the date of last enrollment

at Reedley College must be sent from the previous schools to

Reedley College, 995 North Reed Avenue, Reedley, CA 93654.

Transfer Admission

Students who have previously attended another college

and are in good scholastic standing are eligible to enroll

at Reedley College, subject to residence requirements.

Records for transfer students are evaluated with regard to

the scholastic status system in use at Reedley College at the

time of enrollment. It is important to note that transcripts

received with “work in progress” are not considered complete.

International Admission

An application, official documents and detailed transcripts of

record should be submitted to the Admissions and Records

Office no later than two months prior to the beginning of

the semester for which the student is being considered for

admission: June 1 for fall semester and November 1 for spring

semester. A student from another country is not admitted

until notified of admission in writing by the Admissions and

Records Office. It is required that international students

achieve a minimum score of 500 on the Test of English as a

Foreign Language (TOEFL) for regular standing. TOEFL

scores below 500 may be approved by special action. When an

international student arrives at Reedley College, the student

should report first to the Admissions Office.

At the time of registration, each student must have evidence

of health insurance and have complied with the district

policy regarding tuberculosis testing and current measles

immunization. It is also mandatory that each student

successfully complete an English course during each semester

at Reedley College until graduation requirements have been

met for program completion or for transfer purposes and

that the student maintain 12 units or more each semester.

Health insurance claims must be initiated at the Admissions

and Records Office in the Student Services Building.

Community College High School

Enrichment Program

Current high school juniors and seniors may be admitted to

the college through the High School Enrichment Program.

High school students can obtain information from their

high school counselor or from the college’s Counseling

Center. Call 638-0337 for details. Besides applying for the

program through a counselor, the student needs to be present