Transfer Students

Prospective 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 high school graduation with a standard diploma (at minimum) from a regionally accredited high school. Applicants who have not graduated from a regionally accredited high school, including those who have been home schooled, refer to the checklist for “High School Students from a Non-Regionally Accredited School or Home Schooled Students“ or “GED diploma recipeints” for more details.
    1. Applicants with 60 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from submitting high school transcripts.
  3. Official transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges.
    1. Please refer to the Academic Bulletin for the transfer of credit policy.
  4. 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.
  5. Submit three recommendations on FHCHS recommendation forms.PDF

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 requirements:

  • 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).
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