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Prescott College admissions
counselors are available to assist you in any way during the
application and admissions process. When you're ready to turn your
passions into a rewarding profession, we will be ready to help you!
Our applicants tend to
have the following characteristics in common:
- A preference for experiential learning rather than conventional
classroom work
- Personal and/or job commitments that make it difficult to attend
a traditional college
- The need or desire for further learning
Admissions
Since we are a small, private college, the Admissions Office
is able to employ a highly personalized admissions process. The
Admissions Office staff thoughtfully and carefully considers all
applications to the College. Admission criteria include, but are
not limited to:
- Ability to express and/or demonstrate motivation, self-direction,
and an interest in learning
- Prior success and perseverance in college and/or employment
- Appropriateness of a non-traditional program for attaining your
goals
- Preliminary advising
The purpose of the admission
advising process is to assist applicants in determining if the Adult
Degree Program meets their educational objectives. Prospective students
may schedule an appointment with an Admissions Counselor to review
prior college transcripts and work experience, discuss and clarify
academic goals, and plan a course of study. The Admissions staff
also estimates how long it will take prospective students to complete
their programs.
Prospective students are
actively involved in the advising process so that individual goals
and interests are addressed. Through this process, degree-seeking
individuals choose a competence (major) and two breadths (minors).
A student's prior college courses are considered as well as the
proposed Prescott College classes that will combine to fulfill the
graduation requirements.
Courses completed at other
accredited colleges with a C grade or better will be applied to
the student's proposed program at Prescott College. Relevant courses
are applied to the student's competence and breadth areas during
the initial advising session. (In some cases, courses from unaccredited
colleges may be documented through a conversion portfolio for which
Prescott College credit may be awarded. This option is available
after the student has been accepted to the Adult Degree Program.)
Application Requirements
Applicants must send the following information to the Adult
Degree Program office:
- A completed application
form
- $25 application fee
- Two essays - a two to three page autobiographical essay and
a two to three page essay reflecting on your past academic experiences
and your educational goals
- Two letters of recommendation from academic and/or professional
sources (letters from relatives do not satisfy the requirement)
- Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
since high school, even if it has been many years since the applicant
attended the school(s)
In addition, prospective
students are required to complete an admissions interview that will
include preliminary academic advising, either by telephone or in
person.
Prescott College does
not require any specific prior coursework for acceptance; however,
applicants to the program are encouraged to show the following in
order to increase their chances of acceptance:
- A minimum of 30 semester hours of prior college coursework or
CLEP (College Level Examination Program) equivalent from regionally-accredited
colleges earned at a C grade or higher; coursework should be in
general liberal arts areas such as social science, humanities,
math/science, and writing/communication. (Some applicants with
fewer credits may be admitted provisionally.)
- Demonstrate college level writing skills.
- Show consistent academic potential.
Please contact the admissions
office with any questions.
Apply
now!
Admissions Calendar
Prescott College enrolls new students four times a year
in October, January, April, and July. Application Priority Due Dates
are August 15 for October enrollment, November 15 for January enrollment,
February 15 for April enrollment, and May 15 for July enrollment.
All applications materials must be postmarked by the priority due
date. Applications received after the priority due date are accepted
and reviewed on a first-come first-served basis. Students who send
in deposits after an incoming term has filled are placed on a waiting
list. All application materials are reviewed, which takes a minimum
of 4 weeks. Applicants are informed of acceptance status by mail.
Upon acceptance, students are sent a packet of materials to help
them to prepare for Orientation. Students cannot attend Orientation
until they have been officially accepted and have received their
student materials.
July Enrollment
2007 (July 23-2007 - January 7, 2008)
| Application Due Date |
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May 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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July 20-22, 2007 |
Tucson and southern
AZ students have Orientation July 14 in Tucson and July 21-22 in Prescott
October Enrollment
2007 (October 22, 2007 - April 7, 2008)
| Application Priority Due Date |
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August 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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October 19-21, 2007 |
Tucson and southern
AZ students have Orientation October 13 in Tucson and October 20-21 in Prescott
January Enrollment
2008 (January 21, 2008 - July 7, 2008)
| Application Priority Due Date |
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November 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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January 18-20, 2008 |
Tucson and southern
AZ students have Orientation January 12 in Tucson and January 18-19 in Prescott
April Enrollment
2008 (April 21, 2008 - October 6, 2008)
| Application Priority Due Date |
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February 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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April 18-20, 2008 |
Tucson and southern
AZ students have Orientation April 12 in Tucson and April 18-19
in Prescott
July Enrollment 2008 (July 21, 2008 - January 5, 2009)
| Application Due Date |
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May 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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July 18-20, 2008 |
Tucson and southern AZ students have Orientation July 12 in Tucson and July 18-19 in Prescott
October Enrollment 2008 (October 20, 2008 - April 6, 2009)
| Application Priority Due Date |
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August 15 |
| New Student Orientation |
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October 17-19, 2008 |
Tucson and southern AZ students have Orientation October 11 in Tucson and October 17-18 in Prescott
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