Kennesaw State recently held a Dual Enrollment Information Night for high school students to learn more about the program at KSU and new changes that were made.
KSU’s dual enrollment program provides an opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to take college courses in lieu of their high school courses to earn both high school and college credit in one semester. The dual enrollment program at KSU currently provides over 300 courses that students can take while still in high school.
Jordan Stevenson, interim director of student recruitment in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, said that there have been two main changes to the program starting this semester because of increased interest in KSU’s program.
Stevenson said that students can now apply to be in the dual enrollment program for the spring semester and they changed the GPA requirement to a 3.0 GPA for high school juniors and seniors.
Historically, students could only apply to be in classes during the fall semester. By making classes available in the spring, Stevenson said that KSU is hoping to attract more high school students who will stick with the program and eventually apply and get accepted into the university.
The dual enrollment program requires applying high school students to have a 3.0 GPA along with a score of 1050 on the SAT or 20 on the ACT. These scores are still higher than the KSU incoming freshman requirements — a 2.5 GPA and a score of 1030 on the SAT or 20 on the ACT.
Stevenson said he wants to make the program more accessible in the community “we live, work, learn and play in.” Stevenson said the changes should increase the number of high school students taking college courses in the community.
“Families in the Cobb, Cherokee, Fulton and other areas want their academically gifted children to earn college credit while still in high school and Kennesaw State University offers these families a fantastic opportunity to earn quality college credit from a respected institution,” Stevenson said. “In return, the KSU community gets to show these gifted students why they should choose to continue their education with us and work towards earning a KSU undergraduate degree.”
