NRCC Application Process

Meet with your Career Coach

- If you plan to apply to NRCC
- If you’re unsure about what you might study in college or do after college

Complete the on-line application

- Visit www.nr.edu and click the "Apply" button at the top of the page
  - - NOTE: You need to keep moving through the application until you "submit" it and receive a username and temporary password
- If you have taken dual-enrolled classes, you already have an application on file with NRCC (email Mrs. Sproule if you need your NRCC ID and/or username)

~~Take the Virginia Placement Tests (VPT) if needed~~ Changed due to COVID-19 response

- English & Math
- Offered at RHS several dates in the spring
- Offered at NRCC throughout the year on the Dublin campus and at Mall Site
- May be exempt based on high school GPA, course-work, and SAT/ACT scores (see Mrs. Sproule for this information)
- Click here for more information about NRCC placement tests

Complete the FAFSA

- Visit www.fafsa.ed.gov
- Application opens October 1 and due Jan. 15 for ACCE eligibility

Complete the ACCE application

Seek additional scholarships & complete applications

- See Financial Aid website for reputable scholarship search sites and application tips
- NRCC Education Foundation Scholarship - www.nr.edu/sa (usually opens in January)
  - $1,500 scholarship
  - Student cannot receive both ACCE and an Educational Foundatin Scholarship; however
  - If your student will receive the full Pell Grant (based on the FAFSA), the student will not need ACCE money; therefore, should apply for the Educational Foundation Scholarship

Register for NRCC classes in April

- This will happen at RHS in mid April
- You will have your fall schedule of classes in-hand

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