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Dual Enrollment & Early Admissions

Dual Enrollment & Early Admissions

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Dual Enrollment gives eligible students the chance to earn college credits, while still earning their high school diploma! Many of the public colleges/universities in Florida offer Dual Enrollment and the college application, registration, tuition, textbook, and lab fees would be waived while completing Dual Enrollment. The college courses would be offered on the selected schools campuses/centers, online, and at several high school locations.

Important Information

To be eligible for Dual Enrollment in college credit courses, students must:

  • Have a 3.0 cumulative, unweighted high school grade point average.
  • Minimum college-level test scores or college readiness using Alternative Methods of Placement in all areas - Writing/English, Reading, and Math.
  • Obtain permission from the high school counselor before enrolling. 
  • Follow the required procedures of the college.

Courses can be taken:

  • During regular school hours.
  • After regular school hours.
  • During the college/university/technical college summer terms.

Ineligible Dual Enrollment courses:

  • Vocational-preparatory instruction
  • College-preparatory instruction
  • Remedial instruction
  • Precollegiate instruction
  • Physical education that focuses on skill rather than intellectual attributes

Eligible Dual Enrollment courses:

  • The courses listed in the approved agreement with the college

To continue in Dual Enrollment, students must:

  • Maintain 3.0 unweighted high school grade point average, inclusive of college courses taken.
  • Maintain 2.0 college grade point average.
  • Complete a Dual Enrollment Recommendation Form each term, ensuring it is signed by the parent or legal guardian, student, school counselor, and principal.

Dual Enrollment Career Certificates

Dual enrollment career certificate programs will allow students to earn elective credits toward the high school diploma, while working towards a career certificate. These shall not be used to enroll students in isolated career courses.

Career Certificate Important Information

To be eligible for Dual Enrollment in a Career Certificate program offered through the Broward Technical Colleges, students must:

  • Have a 2.0 cumulative, unweighted high school grade point average, inclusive of any college courses the student has taken.
  • Pass the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) at the required exit level for the targeted career certificate program.

To continue in the Career Certificate program through Broward Technical Colleges, students must:

  • Maintain at least a 2.0 unweighted grade point average, inclusive of dual enrollment courses.

Early Admissions

Early admission is a form of dual enrollment through which eligible students enroll in a postsecondary institution on a full-time basis.

Early Admissions Important Information

To be eligible for Early Admission, students must:

  • Be in grade 12
  • Have a 3.0 cumulative, unweighted high school grade point average, inclusive of Dual Enrollment courses taken.
  • Minimum College-level test scores or College Readiness using Alternative Methods of Placement in all areas - Writing/English, Reading, and Math.

Early Admissions eligibility:

  • Continues through the end of the current school year.
  • May take place at accredited postsecondary institutions with or without the existence of an articulation agreement.

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