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

• • Visit www.nr.edu/acce

  • Application opens October 1 and due February 1 for ACCE eligibility

  • Students need their NRCC student number and NRCC email in order to complete the ACCE application

    • Email is "username@email.vccs.edu"

    • See Mrs. Sproule if you need this information

  • Students will immediately receive an email after the ACCE application is submitted

    • Check NRCC email immediately after ACCE application submission

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

Graduate from Radford High School!

• • Go to classes

  • Stay focused

  • Continue to work hard