Non-Traditional Adult Student Admission Requirements and Application Procedures

These requirements and instructions apply to you if you graduated (or would have graduated) from high school five or more years from the start of your intended semester of enrollment, and you have fewer than 30 transferable semester hours of college credit complete. If you have 30 or more transferable semester hours, you should apply for admission as a transfer student.

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Requirements
You must be a graduate of a regionally accredited high school OR earned qualifying scores on the GED, HiSET, or TASC.

Associate and Certificate Applicants: To be considered for admission, applicants should have at least a 2.0 transferable/overall GPA.

Bachelor's Degree Applicants: To be considered for admission, applicants should have at least a 2.0 transferable/overall GPA.

If you completed high school outside of the United States, you must also meet English proficiency requirements. Learn how to apply as an international student.

Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

Selecting a Campus Location
Associate pathways are not offered on the Dahlonega campus.

If your primary campus is Cumming, Gainesville or Oconee, please do not secure off-campus housing until after you have registered for New Student Orientation. Please view our off-campus housing resources.

UNG provides campus shuttle services for the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses.

You may choose to start in an associate degree program on our Cumming, Gainesville, Oconee, or Blue Ridge campus and select associate degrees can be completed online. However, bachelor's degrees can only be completed on the Dahlonega or Gainesville campuses. Select bachelor's degrees can be completed on the Cumming and the UNG Online campus.

Not all degree programs are offered on all campuses. Please refer to the Degrees & Programs Listing to see which degrees are offered on which campus. You may need to take classes on other campuses or internally transfer to another campus to complete your degree.

You are not guaranteed a class schedule at particular times or locations.

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Application Deadlines for All Other Applicants

Deadlines

Visit the Application Deadlines page for current information.

Note: All deadlines are at close of business. All supporting documents are due within two weeks of the application deadline. If we reach capacity before the deadline, we will stop accepting applications.

Programs with Additional Requirements

Some bachelor's degree programs have additional requirements that you must complete before you can enroll in that major. Examples include Elementary & Special Education, Middle Grades, Secondary & Science Education, Exercise Science, and Nursing. Please contact the academic department of your desired major to determine whether there are additional requirements. Admission to UNG doesn't guarantee you admission to a specific major.

Applying to UNG
Application Process

Step 1Application and Application Fee

Step 2Official high school Transcripts

Step 3Official College Transcripts

Step 4Verification of Lawful Presence in the U.S.

Step 5Application Review

Step 6Official Entrance Testing

Step 1Application and Application Fee

Apply for admission online: GAFutures. If you cannot apply online, download a paper application. All applicants (online and paper) will pay a non-refundable application fee.

Step 2Official high school Transcripts

Submit official high school transcript through GAFutures or request an official transcript from your counselor. If you enroll in any college ask the college/s to send us an official transcript. If you earned a GED in Georgia, you should request a copy from the Technical College System of Georgia. If you completed your GED in another state, request a transcript. If you earned qualifying scores on the HiSET test, request a copy of your scores here. If you earned qualifying scores on the TASC exam, request a copy of your scores here. Transcripts must arrive in our office in a sealed envelope from the issuing institution. Opened transcripts cannot be used for admission.

If you were internationally educated, please send an official National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) evaluated document-by-document high school transcript or Certificate of Education. A GPA calculation is not required. The evaluation must be sent directly from the agency to the Admissions Office. Find a full list of NACES or AICE members.

Step 3Official College Transcripts

Submit an official transcript from each institution you attended. We must receive the transcripts through e-script, Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse or another secure transcript delivery service directly from the institutions: choose Admissions Imaging Center or use admissions-gvl@ung.edu as the intended recipient. If your institution is mailing your transcript directly to UNG: UNG Admissions Imaging Center, PO Box 1358, Gainesville, GA 30503. (Transcripts sent by the student or parent are not considered official.)

Complete this step only if you attended college outside of the US and want to transfer the academic credit received at your previous institution.

Your transcripts must have a foreign course-by-course credential evaluation by an independent evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).

The evaluation must be sent directly from the agency to the UNG Admissions Office.

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You must submit official transcripts from each US college attended.

You should not assume that you will receive credit for all courses you took at your previous institutions. Transfer credit is determined by us on a course-by-case basis. If you want to major in education, we do not recognize transcript evaluations from World Education Services (WES). For more details on agencies you may use, visit the Georgia Professional Standards Commission website.

Step 4Verification of Lawful Presence in the U.S.

Submit your verification of lawful presence documentation if you wish to pay in-state tuition. This is not required if you pay out-of-state tuition. Out-of-state tuition is much higher than in-state tuition. Admission to UNG is not contingent upon proof of lawful presence. If you no longer wish to be considered for tuition at the in-state rate, please contact us so that we can remove the requirement from your record.

Step 5Application Review

Check your application status to ensure we have received all required documents to evaluate your application.

Step 6Official Entrance Testing

Those accepted who are required to complete ACCUPLACER testing must do so prior to registering for New Student Orientation or course registration.

Transfer Course Credit Notes

Transfer credit is usually awarded for courses that are designed to be part of an associate or bachelor's degree program and are completed with satisfactory grades in regionally accredited colleges. Such courses must generally correspond to the length, time and content of those offered in the curricula at the University of North Georgia.

For questions regarding whether transfer credit will be accepted, please refer to our course transfer equivalencies web page. Please note that this is not a complete list because it only includes courses that have transferred to the University of North Georgia in the past. If you still have questions after reviewing this page, please contact one of the admissions offices in the section below.

Note that you are required to earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1101 and 1102 (or equivalents) in order for these courses to transfer. Other courses earned at accredited institutions may transfer with grades of "D", to the extent that the grades on all credits accepted for transfer average at least 2.0. All "D" grades in core curriculum courses taken within the University System of Georgia are transferable, with the exception of English 1101 and 1102.

Academic Renewal Policy
Academic Renewal Policy for Undergraduate Applicants

If you want to transfer to UNG from another college or university, you may be eligible for academic renewal. You must have been absent for at least three years from the college or university for which you seek academic renewal.

Rules and Eligibility:

You can be granted academic renewal only once.

All of your previously-attempted coursework continues to be recorded on your official UNG transcript.

To earn a degree from UNG after being granted academic renewal, you must meet UNG's residency requirements. For an associate degree, you must complete a minimum of 15 hours in residence at UNG. For a bachelor's degree, you must complete a minimum of 30 hours in residence at UNG, including at least 21 hours of upper division (3000 level or above) in your major field. You must also meet any additional residence requirements of your degree program. Applicability of retained credit to degree requirements will be determined by the degree requirements in effect at the time your academic renewal is approved.

Coursework you completed more than three years prior to the date you intend to enroll or re-enroll (first day of classes) is eligible for academic renewal.

Academic renewal granted by UNG will be honored at all other USG institutions and vice versa.

Transfer and transient credit can be granted for coursework you took during the three year period of absence if that coursework is accepted by UNG.

Academic renewal GPA:

Your academic renewal GPA will be used for determining your academic standing and eligibility for graduation.

Retained grades of A, B or C are not calculated in your renewal GPA, but you will receive academic credit for these courses. Since you will not receive grades for your retained courses, there may be financial aid implications, and it could affect your admission to special academic programs like nursing, athletic training or education.

Courses in which you received grades of D or F must be repeated at UNG if they are required for your degree program.

Courses you took more recently than the three year period of absence are ineligible for consideration for academic renewal and will be factored into your GPA.

Your renewal GPA starts when you resume taking coursework after your academic renewal is approved.

Applying for Academic Renewal:

If you're not academically eligible for admission to a bachelor's degree program, you will automatically be considered for admission to an associate degree program on our Blue Ridge, Cumming, Gainesville, or Oconee Campus (there are no associate degree programs offered on our Dahlonega Campus).

You may apply for academic renewal during the admissions process. If you don't apply within one calendar year after the date you enroll or re-enroll, you will be ineligible for academic renewal. If you decide to do academic renewal after you enroll, contact the UNG registrar.

To apply, please fill out the Application for Academic Renewal.

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Non-Traditional Adult Student Admission Requirements and Application Procedures

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Application Process

Step 1Application and Application Fee

Step 2Official high school Transcripts

Step 3Official College Transcripts

Step 4Verification of Lawful Presence in the U.S.

Step 5Application Review

Step 6Official Entrance Testing

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