High school students have the opportunity to take college classes through Hutchinson Community College for dual credit.  Several are offered at SHS and can be part of your class schedule.  Others are taken on campus or on-line though HCC.

NOTE: Classes taken at HCC for dual credit may not be dropped after the 3rd week of class attendance without effecting the students transcript. Classes dropped AFTER this date will receive a WF (Withdraw/Fail) on their transcripts which also weighs into their HS GPA as a standard F letter grade.??

Enrollment Requirements:

1. Sophomore - GPA of 3.25 or qualifying Accuplacer/ACT score.

2. Junior & Senior - GPA of 3.00 or qualifying Accuplacer/ACT score.

(EXCLUSION: College Algebra requires a GPA: 3.50 or qualifying Accuplacer/ACT scores)

Qualifying Test Requirement Scores:  

ACT -  English: 18+    Reading: 15+    Math: 21+

(EXCLUSION: CNA class Requirements - Writing 15+    Reading 15+)

Accuplacer - Sentence Skills 69+    Reading 69+    College Algebra 87+

(EXCLUSION: CNA class Requirements - Sentence Skills 40+    Reading 60+)

Accuplacer Next Generation - Writing Placement 255+    Reading Placement 255+    College Algebra 263+

(EXCLUSION: CNA class Requirements - Writing 237+    Reading 250+)

Here are some helpful links:

1. High School Student Enrollment Checklist

2. Study for the Accuplacer placement test by accessing the study guides for Sentence Skills (p. 1), Reading Comprehension (p. 3), and Elementary Algebra (p. 9).  The answers can be found at the end of the manual.  Need to know when and where to take the test?  Click here!

3. Will the courses you take at HCC transfer to other colleges and universities in Kansas?  Find out here!