Columbia College

High School Petition for Advanced Admission

Name:                                                                                                                      Student SSN:                                                                     

                    Last                                     First                        MI


Phone:                                                                                  Birth Date:                                            Grade Level:                   

 


Please indicate the TERM & YEAR in which you are petitioning to enroll (a new petition is required each term):

  Summer     Spring     Fall                              YEAR             High School Name:                                                

                                                                    

Upon graduation, students must complete a NEW Columbia College Admissions Application.

 

The student requesting Advanced Admission must meet the criteria set forth by the California Education Code, Section 4, 48800, 48800.5, and 76001 allowing a limited number of eligible pupils to attend advanced courses at a community college.

 

Eligibility Requirements

 

1.    Advanced admission may be granted for students who are academically superior 9th-12th grade students who are at least 14 years old by the start of the semester for which they are applying.

2.    The high school principal/reported designee has certified by written consent that the student is prepared to undertake associate degree applicable credit courses.

3.    Students who are home schooled must submit a copy of an affidavit from the California State Department of Education.

4.    Upon college approval may only register in a maximum of 11.5 units per semester (State Ed Code 76001-d).

5.    Title V 48800 section (a) Student must get written authorization from the public school District Board of Trustees they attend to be allowed to register as a full time student (more than 11.5 units).

6. High school students can enroll in Columbia College credit courses that are associate degree applicable (with some exceptions) if they have met all established special conditions set forth in the Yosemite Community College District Board Policy and Procedures.

7. Students may only enroll for a second or subsequent semester if they have maintained a 2.0 grade point average with no grade lower than a “C”.

a.    In the event a student registers prior to finalizing term grades and is found to have earned less than the required GPA and/or grades as soon as final term grades are posted, the student will be dropped from all classes for the entire semester.

8.Special Admit students may only register during the open registration period.

9. For students who do not qualify for a Board of Governors Fee Waiver, the college will waive the enrollment fee for up to 11.5 units.  Students are responsible to pay all other related fees.

 

 


 

Documentation Requirements

 

High school students must submit the following: a Columbia College Admissions Application, the completed petition for advanced admission, a health consent form, and a Board of Governors Fee Waiver Grant form. (Each semester, a new Advanced Admission Petition is required.)

 

Students who are home schooled must submit a certification letter (Private School Affidavit) from the State of California with their admissions packet.

 

SECTION 1: CERTIFICATION BY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR REPORTED DESIGNEE:

 

I certify that this student                                                                is prepared to undertake Associate Degree applicable credit courses.

I recommend that he/she enroll in the following course/s, not to exceed 11.5 units. (Enrollment in more than 11.5 units requires high school Board of Trustees’ approval and approval of the Columbia College President):

 

Recommended College Course(s)

 

1.                                                                               2.                                                                            3.                                                            

                Course Title                                                        Course Title                                                        Course Title

 

I certify that the petitioner is prepared to undertake Associate Degree applicable credit coursework and that the petitioner is approved to enroll in                                units.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Signature of high school principal or reported designee                                                                   Date

 

 

SECTION 2: CERTIFICATION BY HIGH SCHOOL PARENT AND STUDENT:

High school parent AND student must sign the petition.

 

I certify that I have read the conditions of enrollment and that I will adhere to all college policies and procedures

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Signature of parent/legal guardian                                                                                                           Date

 

SPECIAL NOTE: It is expected that all special admit students enrolling in CC courses have the maturity to function effectively on a college campus. No special arrangements for additional supervision of underage students are available. College courses are designed for adult students. In a very small number of disciplines, course content may be unusually frank in order to deal with scholarly discussion of behavioral, artistic, human, or other issues. Unlike public schools, colleges do not contact parents in advance to inform them of these matters. Parents are hereby notified that it is their responsibility to ensure that their child is able to handle the college environment, as well as the content of the course in which he/she enrolls. Although special admit students may be minors, they are entitled to all of the privacy rights of a college student. Therefore, any information regarding attendance, grades, behavior, etc., cannot be shared with the parent or legal guardian unless the student submits an Information Authorization Release Form available from Admissions and Records.

 

Additionally, I understand that my son/daughter has been assigned a Columbia College e-mail account.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Signature of parent/legal guardian                                                                                                           Date

 

 

 

 

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