Definition:  Students with no prior college work who have earned a high school diploma from an accredited school or who have passed the GED. 

Applicants who have never attended college.

• must request that an official transcript of all high school work completed, stating the graduation date, be sent directly to the Admissions Office. Students who are granted acceptance pending graduation must submit another official transcript upon completion of high school graduation requirements.
• who passed the General Educational Development (GED) exam must submit official GED results .  Effective August 1, 2006, official GED test score reports must be mailed directly from the Technical College System of Georgia to the Office of Admissions at Gainesville State College.   Please take note that processing of official GED transcript requests from the Technical College System of Georgia can take up to four weeks.   Students who have completed some CPC requirements while enrolled in high school may submit official copies of their high school transcripts for evaluation.  A student with a GED must be at least 18 years old, or the GED student's class must have graduated from high school.  A passing score on the GED is sufficient for admission.  
• Freshman must have either a High School Diploma or GED.  No exceptions.  GED students must be either 18 years old, or the GED student's class must have graduated from high school.  Students who have a Certificate of Performance or a Special Education Diploma are not considered to be high school graduates.
• High school students with a college prep diploma must have a minimum 2.0 GPA (Grade Point Average) on academic coursework.
• Students with a tech prep diploma must have a minimum 2.2 GPA on academic coursework.
• Regardless of the diploma earned in high school and accepted for admission, each student will be evaluated to determine satisfactory completion of the 16 units of the USG College Prep Curriculum (see below).

The following high school courses are minimum requirements for College Prep Curriculum (CPC) completion:

• Students who have not completed 16 CPC units must take additional courses to make up for the CPC deficiencies as described below.

All CPC deficiencies must be made up before the student has earned 20 semester hours of college-level credit. College courses taken to satisfy CPC deficiencies cannot be used to fulfill Core Curriculum or degree requirements, but they are calculated in the cumulative grade point average. Transfer students who satisfy CPC requirements at another institution of the University System of Georgia will be acknowledged as having met those requirements.

• All students are required to take the Compass Exams prior to registration in order to determine specific requirements for remediation in English, reading and mathematics.
• Students that have official SAT or official ACT scores may submit those scores and exempt placement testing if they meet Gainesville State College's minimum requirements and meet the 16 CPC unit requirements:  SAT English (now Critical Reading) 480 and Math 460 or ACT English 21 and Math 19.  Only nationally administered SAT/ACT scores will be accepted.  Test scores must come directly from the issuing agency or on an official high school transcript.  Photocopies of score reports will not be accepted.