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Admissions Cossatot Community College-UA seeks to meet the needs of the
public by providing an “open door” entrance policy. “Open
door” means potential students or participants in an instructional
activity will be welcomed into any program for which they meet
the entrance requirements. Those who do not meet the entrance
requirements will be counseled into a program that helps them
do so. Students may, in some instances, be required to remove
deficiencies before enrolling in certain courses of study. Students
who have disabilities may request assistance from the Coordinator
of Disability Support Services to access appropriate accommodations
Students seeking admission for the first time
should use the following procedure:
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Complete an application form, which may
be obtained at the Admissions Office or on-line at: http://cccua.edu/forms/admissionsapp.pdf Alternative application formats are made available upon
request..
If the request is by mail, the address is:
Office of Admissions
Cossatot Community College-UA
P.O. Box 960
De Queen, Arkansas 71832
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Provide proof of graduation from high school, or equivalency
certificate (GED).
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Have a transcript of all previous high school and college
work mailed or faxed from the school where credit was earned
to Cossatot Community College-UA; hand-carried transcripts
cannot be accepted. Students who have earned a 4-year degree
or higher are not required to provide high school transcripts
or GED information, but must provide college/university transcripts.
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Provide proof of immunization against measles and rubella.
This requirement is mandatory for those students born after
January 1, 1957.
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Take placement tests as required. Submit ACT or SAT scores
or take the ASSET or COMPASS test administered at Cossatot
Community College-UA. Students will not be allowed to enroll
in some classes without test scores.
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For Financial Aid purposes, your Admissions Packet is not
complete without placement scores.
Students wishing to return to Cossatot Community College-UA
after an absence of one semester or longer (not including summer
terms) must submit an application for re-admission, and provide
college transcripts from colleges they have attended during their
absence from CCCUA.
Conditional Enrollment
All students graduating after May 1, 2002, from Arkansas high
schools, out-of-state schools, home-schooling, private high
schools and GED recipients shall be evaluated for the purpose
of determining Conditional or Unconditional Admissions status.
Act 1290 of 1997 (A.C.A. §6-60-208) requires students
to have completed the core curriculum for unconditional admission
to a college. Students who have not completed the core curriculum
will be advised into specific courses to remove deficiencies
as specified by Arkansas Act 1290 of 1997.
Foreign Students / International Applications
Cossatot Community College-UA is certified by the Bureau of
Citizenship and the U.S. Office of Immigration Services
of the Department of Homeland Security
to enroll F-1 students.
International students are welcome at CCCUA, but there are specific admission
policy requirements that must be met. All international applicants must contact
the Director of International Admissions. Since all classes are taught in
English, it is necessary that students be able to speak, read, and write
English proficiently. A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is
required of all international applicants. A score of 500 on the paper-based
test (173 on the computer-based test) is required for unconditional admission.
Students scoring 475-499 on the TOEFL may be admitted conditionally, contingent
upon taking a placement test and being enrolled in the appropriate level
of Developmental ESL class.
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