Clayton State University Office of Recruitment and Admissions

Freshman

What We Look For
Academic Performance

In reviewing applications, the Admissions Committee is looking for students who have consistently earned strong grades in challenging high school courses (advanced, honors, AP, college prep) satisfied the 16 CPC requirements with a Freshman Index of 2300** (minimum of a 430 critical reading and 400 math on the SAT or minimums of 17 English and 17 Math on the ACT).

The 16 specified University System College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) courses are:

  • MATHEMATICS -- 4 college preparatory Carnegie units of mathematics, including Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry.
  • ENGLISH -- 4 college preparatory Carnegie units which have as their emphasis grammar and usage, literature (American, English, World), and advanced composition skills.
  • SCIENCE -- 3 college preparatory Carnegie units of science, with at least one laboratory course from the life sciences and one laboratory course from the physical sciences.
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE -- 3 college preparatory Carnegie units of social science, with at least one course focusing on United States studies and one course focusing on world studies.
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE -- 2 college preparatory Carnegie units in the same foreign language emphasizing speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Limited Admissions

Students who meet the minimum standards may be eligible for "limited" admission but not for "regular" admission. The limited admission student will be reviewed by the Admission Appeals Committee, and a limited number of students will be admitted based on the Committee's judgment of the applicants' likelihood for academic success. Students admitted in this status may be required to take additional placement tests and may be required by the institution to take Learning Support courses if indicated by test results.

Calculating the Freshman Index

** FI = SATCR + SATM + (500 x recalculated HSGPA (based on the 16 CPC units). The University recalculates the High School GPA using the courses that fulfill the CPC requirements.

Provisional Admission Category

Clayton State has established a Learning Support Partnership Agreement with Georgia Perimeter College.  Beginning fall 2007, GPC will teach learning support MATH 0097 and READ 0098 on the Clayton State campus.

Traditional freshmen whose highest SAT Math score is less than 450 or less than 18 on the ACT have been identified to participate in the program pending their ACCUPLACER test results.  The results of the test will determine placement into the appropriate mathematics course. The ACCUPLACER must be taken prior to orientation.

If the ACCUPLACER score show placement into MATH 0097, the course will be taken through Georgia Perimeter College (transient student status) on the Clayton State campus.  Students in the provisional category will be limited to 13 semester hours of combined credit hours between both institutions.

If the ACCUPLACER score shows placement into MATH 0099 or higher, the student will be cleared for full-time study at Clayton State and will no longer be in the provisional admission category.

Students admitted provisionally will be required to sign a Provisional Admission Contract during orientation and must participate in academic support activities such as tutoring, workshops and advising during their first semester at Clayton State.