Whitney High School partners with Hill College to provide an opportunity for students to enroll in Dual Credit college-level courses. Dual Credit courses allow WHS students to earn both college and high school credit while still enrolled in high school. Qualified WHS students enrolled in Dual Credit courses will earn college credit and will have a college transcript of the work completed through the college in addition to the credit showing on their high school transcript. In order to successfully complete the Dual Credit courses, students must be prepared to work on a college level where rigor and expectations are high.

~The WHS Counselors are the Dual Credit coordinators at Whitney High School~

• The student has passed all STAAR exams in 8th grade (if a current 9th grader), or in high school (if a current high school student).

• The student must be passing all high school courses.

• The student has achieved college readiness on the SAT or ACT combined reading and language arts or TSIA2 Reading and Essay for all courses except math. Students must achieve college readiness on the SAT, ACT, or TSIA2 Math before spring of their senior year to take dual credit math courses. 

• The student is responsible for completing the registration process/paperwork with the WHS  Counselors.

• The student is responsible for completing the online application @ www.applytexas.com prior to registering for the first semester of enrollment in a Dual Credit course.  There will be an opportunity for students to complete this at school with the Counselors.

• Students and their parents must attend a Dual Credit meeting or meet with one of the high school counselors before the dual credit permission form will be signed by a counselor. 

• Freshmen will only be able to take Speech 1315 in the spring of their freshmen year.