Prospective students from a non-regionally accredited high school or home schooled students will be considered for Regular admission status when they submit all that apply:

1. Application
   1. Paperwork received without an application on file will not be processed.
2. Present evidence of one of the following with the appropriate official documents:
   1. Passing official scores on the General Education Deveopment (GED) test.
   2. 12 hours of college-level academic work from a regionally accredited college.
      1. Present evidence of high school graduation with a standard diploma (at minimum).
         1. High school students currently in their final year of school are encouraged to apply early; please refer to the Early Acceptance Status for more information.
      2. Official transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges.
      1. Please refer to the Academic Bulletin for the transfer of credit policy.
3. Submit American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. Scores will be used for placement and advising and not to determine admission status.
   1. Applicants with 24 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from taking the ACT or SAT.
4. Submit three recommendations on FHCHS recommendation forms.

A transcript is considered official when stamped with the official school seal, signed by the appropriate school official, and received in a sealed envelope. Recommendation forms, as well as official transcripts and career essays received with a FHCHS application, will be retained for one year while applications received without an official transcript(s), career essays and recommendation forms will be retained for six months.

Admission criteria:

• GPA
  • Minimum unweighted high school GPA of 2.50.
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) on all college-level academic work.
• Applicants with 12 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from the minimum high school GPA requirement, only the cumulative college GPA will be used for admission purposes.
• GED
  • 1998 Series: A minimum score of 50 on each section of the test with an average score of 60 overall (for a minimum total score of 250)
  • 2002 Series: A minimum score of 410 on each section of the test with an average score of 500 overall (for a minimum total score of 2500).