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2007-2008- Volume 82, No. 1
Students, Admission, Programs & Activities - General
(College Rule 6Hx23-4.01)
- In order to maintain the College ideals of scholarship and deportment, the right is reserved to deny
admission to applicants for any reason, which is deemed to be in the best interest of the College.
- It is the policy of the College to provide equal access to and equal opportunity within all College programs and activities including admissions, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, sex, age or disability. It is also the responsibility of the College to establish policies which identify and examine qualitative measures of College climate, support services and extra-curricular services in an effort to clearly identify students with reasonable potential for success.
- The College recognizes that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule and the College shall not tolerate such conduct. Also see Rule 6Hx23-2.011.
- The College will not discriminate in any services program or activity against any qualified individual with a disability. The term “qualified individual with disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or with-out reasonable modifications to Rules, policies or practices, the removal of architectural, communication and transportation barriers or the provision for auxiliary aids and services meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of services or the participation in programs or activities provided by the College.
- Each student, by the act of registering, pledges to accept and obey the rules and regulations of the College.
- Any person whose past actions have been found to have disrupted or interfered with the orderly conduct, processes, functions or programs of any other school, university, college or community college may be denied admission by the President.
- To be considered for general admission to St. Petersburg
College, a student must have the following items
in the Admissions/Registration Office on the student’s home campus or center before the registration dead-line
for the session the student is planning to attend.
- A completed and signed Application for Admission that includes the student’s certification that the student will not unlawfully possess, use, sell, purchase, manufacture, deliver or possess with the intent to sell, purchase, manufacture, or deliver any controlled substance while enrolled at St. Petersburg College and a nonrefundable application fee for the amount established by the Board of Trustees must accompany the application form.
- An official high school transcript or General Education Development (GED) equivalency transcript with date of graduation. When transcripts reflecting the date of graduation are unavailable because of reasons beyond the applicant’s control, an affidavit in a form established by the college registrar certifying graduation will serve as adequate documentation for meeting this requirement. Official transcripts from the secondary institution must be received by the Central Records Office (to be sent directly from the institution) by the end of the 1st academic session in which the student is enrolled.
- Official transcripts from all fully accredited postsecondary institution(s) the student has attended.
- Matriculation into Programs by Transfer Students
Transfer students who desire to matriculate into programs at the College may be admitted in accordance with BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
NOTE: Official transcripts must have the seal of the institution and the signature of a person authorized by the institution to authenticate the transcript affixed. Transcripts must be sent directly from each school or college to the Central Records Office.
- Students will be eligible for admission to Associate
in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science, College Credit
Certificate and Applied Technology Diploma Programs at St. Petersburg College as follows:
- High school graduates with a standard high school or college ready diploma.
- College Placement Test-eligible certificate of completion. Students with the new certificate of completion may be eligible to receive Federal Student Aid through meeting the “ability to benefit” (ATB) requirement. If the ability to benefit is not demonstrated through the appropriate demonstration of skills on an approved ATB test, per federal regulations, the students will NOT be eligible to receive federal aid until they either earn a standard high school diploma, GED or meet the ATB testing requirement.
- Non-graduates of high school who have satisfactorily completed tests of General Education Development (GED).
- Transfer students who are currently eligible to return to the last college attended.
- Early Admission, Credit Bank and Dual Credit students.
- Non-degree students who desire to earn credit in a limited number of courses or for personal objectives but do not intend to pursue a formal degree program.
- Transient students.
- Audit students are enrolled in credit courses for informational instruction only. Audit courses carry no credit.
- For specific requirements for admission to Bachelors degree in Education Programs at St. Petersburg College, see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.72.
- For specific requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Program at St. Petersburg College see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
- For specific requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Technology Management at St. Petersburg College see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
- For specific requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene Program at St. Petersburg College see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
- For specific requirements for admission to the Bachelor
of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology Program at St. Petersburg College see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
- For specific requirements for admission to the Bachelor
of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration Program at St. Petersburg College see
BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
- For specific requirements for admission to other bachelor degree programs at St. Petersburg College, see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.
For specific admission requirements on items A-G above see BOT Rule 6Hx23-4.02.