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Undergraduate Admissions
required to satisfy admission requirements. Enrollment for this program opens two weeks prior to classes beginning. High School Concurrent Enrollment 1. A senior or junior student enrolled in an accredited Oklahoma high school may, if he or she meets the requirements below, be admitted provisionally as a special student. a. Achieve a current cumulative high school grade-point average of 3.50 or higher (on an unweighted 4.00 grading scale; GPA is an unweighted average of all grades “A” equating to 4.00 and “D” equating to 1.00 taken 9th through 12th grades), or b. Attain an ACT composite score of 24 or higher or a total SAT score of 1160 or higher. c. Be eligible to complete requirements for graduation from high school (including curricular requirements for college admission) no later than the spring of the senior year, as attested by the high school principal. Students must also provide a letter of recommendation from their counselor, principal and written permission from their parents or legal guardian. 2. A student receiving high school-level instruction at home or from an unaccredited high school may be admitted provisionally as a special student if he or she has completed enough high school coursework to be equivalent to an individual who is classified as a junior or senior at an accredited high school. SAT total score is the combination of Critical Reading and Math sections only. SAT scores indicated here represent tests taken on or after the National March 2016 test. A high school student admitted as a concurrent student may enroll in a combined number of high school and college courses per semester not to exceed a full-time college workload of 19 semester credit hours. For purposes of calculating workload, one high school credit course is equivalent to three semester credit hours of college work. A student may enroll in a maximum of nine semester credit hours during a summer session or term at a college or university of the State System without the necessity of being concurrently enrolled in high school classes during the summer term. For purposes of calculating workload, one-half high school unit shall be equivalent to three semester credit hours of college work. For calculation of work load for students in "blocked" courses, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. A student who is otherwise eligible under this policy may enroll in a maximum of nine semester credit hours during a summer session, without the necessity of being concurrently enrolled in high school classes during the summer term. The completion of the high school curricular requirements shall not be required of concurrently enrolled high school students for purposes of admission. However, students may only enroll in curricular areas where they have met the assessment requirements for college placement. Concurrently admitted high school students will not be allowed to enroll in any zero-level courses designed to remove high school deficiencies. To help ensure that a student possesses the skills necessary to be successful in college, he or she must obtain a 19 ACT subject score(s) in science reasoning, mathematics, and/or English to enroll in course work in the respective subject area(s). The student must score 19 or higher in reading to enroll in any other collegiate course(s) outside the subjects of science, mathematics and English.
Once a student is concurrently enrolled at OSU he or she may continue enrollment, provided that during the concurrent enrollment period the student achieves a college grade-point average of 2.00 or higher, and upon graduation from high school meets both the performance and curricular requirements for admission. To continue concurrent enrollment, the student must submit an updated Concurrent Application Form to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Credit by Exam CLEP credit: Oklahoma State University Testing and Evaluation Service is a national test site for the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Credits earned through these examinations are normally recognized throughout the nation. Some exceptions apply to examinations that contain an essay component. National CLEP testing centers offer two kinds of examinations: general examinations and subject examinations. OSU only grants college credit for certain subject examinations. AP Credit: OSU grants credit for acceptable scores in the Advanced Placement Program (AP) as administered by the College Entrance Examination Board in Princeton, New Jersey. AP tests are taken by high school students while in high school. OSU will award credits based on a score of a 3 or above. IB Credit: Oklahoma State University recognizes credit earned through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program in a limited number of subject areas. Credit will be awarded to students who have taken Higher Level courses through the International Baccalaureate Program and scored at least a 4 (on a seven point scale) on the Higher Level course examination. This credit will be awarded on a course-by-course basis. A brochure of the CLEP, AP and IB examinations and corresponding scores accepted by OSU can be found on the Undergraduate Admissions website at https://admissions.okstate.edu/information/credit-by- examination.html. Advanced standing credit: Academic departments on campus at OSU may offer advanced standing examinations in subject areas not offered by the CLEP or AP. Any currently enrolled student whose travel, employment, extensive readings or educational experience appear to have given the student proficiency in a subject that is offered at OSU, equivalent to the proficiency ordinarily expected of those students who take the subject in a regular class, may apply for an examination on the subject. Military credit: OSU accepts credit as recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE), as published in “The Guide to the Evaluation of Military Experiences in the Armed Services,” for selected educational experiences provided by the armed forces. OSU also accepts credit earned through DSST exams (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) for active, veteran and dependent military personnel. Students who wish to establish credit for military training should request and submit a JST (Joint Services Transcript) and/or a DSST Transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for evaluation. Additional information pertaining to these examinations may be obtained from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. See also the “University Academic Regulations (http://admissions.okstate.edu)” section of this Catalog.
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