Office of Admissions
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
(800) 641-5678, ext. 2
(304) 367-4892
FAX (304) 367-4789
TDD (304) 367-4200
EMAIL admit@pierpont.edu
PIERPONT COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
1. Application for Admission
2. Official high school transcript (from an accredited high school - partial or complete)
-OR-
GED (for home-schooled students or for students who don't have a high school diploma)
3. ACT or SAT or COMPASS test scores
Click here to visit the ACT web site.
Click here to visit the SAT web site.
Click here to visit the COMPASS web site.
Placement Tests (to be administered by the college to all students without ACT or SAT scores; ACT or SAT scores are required for admission into most selective or competitive programs)
4. Immunization Records (if born after January 1, 1957) (SEE BELOW)
TRANSFERS
1. Application for Admission
2. College Transcript (from an accredited institution(s); if there are fewer than 15 earned credit hours, ACT, SAT, or COMPASS are also required.
ACT/SAT with specific scores may be the required test for specific programs; please refer to the catalog for details)
3. Immunization Records (if born after January 1, 1957) (SEE BELOW)
NON-DEGREE SEEKING (applicants with less than 15 hours and not seeking a degree)
1. Application for Admission
TRANSIENT STUDENT (students enrolled at another school and returning to that institution)
1. Application for Admission
2. Course Approval Form (from your Registrar's Office)
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (current high school student) must meet the following criteria:
1. Application for Admission
2. Completed his/her junior year of high school curriculum
3. Current high school grade point average of 3.0
4. Recommendation letter from the high school principal
IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED
MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)
IMMUNIZATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Meningococcal Vaccine
IMMUNIZATIONS RECOMMENDED
Polio Series
Tetanus-Diptheria-Pertussis (Td and aP, or Tdap within the past 5 years)
Hepatitis A Vaccine
Hepatitis B Series
Varicella Vaccine (or history of chicken pox)
Annual Influenza Vaccines
(Please contact Student Health Services for information on any of the above vaccinations and how they may be obtained by calling (304)367-4155.)