Dual Enrollment

Dual enrollment is designed to prepare students for college and career opportunities leading students to postsecondary institutions for an industry-recognized certification or licensure, an associate and/or higher college degree, and successful employment. Georgia has created a dual enrollment program for students in grades 10-12 who qualify to participate. Students may enroll on a part-time or full-time basis as a dual enrollment student and take college courses at their high school, online, or on a postsecondary campus. Students will receive high school and college credit simultaneously when attending and passing approved college classes. 

11th and 12th grade students are eligible to participate in dual enrollment after completing WCHS prerequisite courses. 10th grade students may also be eligible if they achieve a score of 1200 or higher on the SAT, a 26 or higher on the ACT, or choose to pursue a career/technical area at a technical college. Ninth grade students are not eligible for dual enrollment. 

White County High School students have the option to take dual enrollment classes taught on campus at WCHS by North Georgia Technical College. Alternatively, students can choose to dual enroll through other participating colleges and attend classes on their campuses or online. 

For an informational presentation on Dual Enrollment from our counseling department, please click here. This page also has a presentation on the Advanced Placement (AP) program. 

WCHS Dual Enrollment Deadlines

Fall and Summer Terms: April 1

Spring Term: November 1

Colleges will also have their own deadlines to apply, which may be after the WCHS deadlines. 

However, the WCHS deadlines will be firm deadlines for participation in the Dual Enrollment Program.

How to Apply for Dual Enrollment

All students who wish to apply for Dual Enrollment should follow steps 1-3 on this page.

Step 1: Complete the White County High School Dual Enrollment Contract found here.  A DE Contract should be completed each school year.

Step 2: Complete the Funding Application on GAFutures.org using the account students created in 9th grade. Do not make a new account; email your counselor if you need help.  Students and parents must complete a Funding Application each year to get classes paid for.  This is a critical step and is in addition to the college application.  Click here for instructions on how to complete the funding application. 

• If you are applying to more than one college for Dual Enrollment, you should include all colleges on the funding application. You do not have to complete a separate funding application for each college.

• The Summer 2026-Spring 2027 application should be available by February 27th, 2026.

Step 3: Apply to the appropriate College or University based on the courses you want to take. If you want to take classes with multiple colleges, you must complete an application for each college. 

• North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) offers Dual Enrollment College Classes at WCHS.  Click here for a list of DE Courses (along with pre-requisites and descriptions) available at WCHS. 

• Students who are applying to NGTC and/or TMU should use the online applications below to submit their application. 

**If students need help completing the required steps, a help session will be available on March 31st. Please sign up here.

Other local post-secondary institutions that offer Dual Enrollment are listed below. Please note: these courses are not taught on the WCHS campus. These DE courses would be online or on the college campus.

• Truett McConnell University

• University of North Georgia

• Piedmont University

• Young Harris College

• Toccoa Falls College

• Lanier Technical College

A list of all participating institutions can be found on the GA Futures Website.

Students who wish to take classes at NGTC or TMU can follow the instructions on this page.  If a student wants to enroll at a different college, they should visit that college's website for instructions on how to apply. Our school counselors will be glad to help with applications as needed.

Dual Enrollment Events for the 2025-2026 school year:

• February 10th @ 5pm: Dual Enrollment Information Session

• March 31st, during school day: Student DE Help Session

• April 1st: DE sign up deadline for 2026-2027 classes

• April 27th @ 3:30 or 4:45: DE Registration Night (will receive an invitation if you completed sign up by April 1st)

• April 29th @ 4:00: Make-up DE Registration Night Session 

*Please add these dates to your calendar so that you don't miss important information and deadlines.