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Adult and Returning

If you are an adult who has never attended college, you need only to take the placement tests and meet with an advisor before you register for classes.

If you do not have a high school diploma or a GED certificate and are at least 19 years of age, you will be granted conditional admission to the College until you have successfully completed any required developmental courses and earned at least a 2.0 GPA in your first 24 hours of college-level course work. To be eligible for federal financial aid, you must achieve a minimum score on the placement tests.

Prior Learning Portfolio
If your experiences as an employee, skilled volunteer or hobbyist correspond to credit courses offered at Clark State, then the Prior Learning Portfolio Program may help you receive college credit. Learn how to put together a portfolio that details your experiences and matches them to specific courses from the College curriculum.

Returning

Finding time for school can be a challenge with life's other priorities such as family and work. Many of our students need to stop taking classes for a short time and return when it's more convenient. You are not alone. Let us help you get back on track with your education. If you've been away for just a quarter or two, you may want to check with your faculty advisor and simply continue where you left off. If you were gone for three years or more, you will need to reactivate your application for admission and speak with an advisor about changes in program requirements since you left.

Reactivate Application for Admission/Readmission
If you are returning to Clark State after three years or more, you will need to update your student information in the Admissions Office and re-take the placement tests before registering for classes in the Records and Registration Office.

Students who interrupt their attendance and later return must meet the curricular requirements in place at the time of their return. Technical and basic courses taken prior to any interruption may have to be re-evaluated. Those that were taken in the last five years generally will still meet graduation requirements. However, some technologies may have more stringent requirements. You should contact your academic division to determine the acceptability of previous courses. Courses that were taken more than five years ago will be evaluated on an individual course basis. Courses taken more than seven years ago will be evaluated for acceptability by the academic division dean.

Fresh Start
If you re-enroll after an absence of three consecutive years or more, you may petition the Records and Registration Office at any time prior to graduation to eliminate the cumulative GPA of your previous enrollment. Any courses in which you received a C or better will be counted in the "hours earned" but not in the GPA. Learn more about Fresh Start through our Records and Registration Office.

Reinstatement for Health and Human Services Programs
If you were previously enrolled in a space-limited program and wish to re-enter, you will need to contact your faculty advisor in that program and request a copy of the Reinstatement Policy. Transcripts are reviewed on an individual basis prior to accepting students for reinstatement.

Students who wish to re-enter are required to have at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in courses required for the program before the reinstatement request will be considered. Certain courses may need to be repeated if the time limit for accepting prior credits has passed. Eligible students are then reinstated on a space-available basis to the quarter for which they are requesting reinstatement.

Financial Aid
Part of returning to college is the need to reapply for financial aid. The easiest way to do this is to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online. Learn more about grants, loans and scholarships on our Financial Aid page.

If you have questions about returning to Clark State, please contact our Admissions Office at 937/328-6028.

WebAdvisor
If you have completed at least one quarter at Clark State, you will be able to use WebAdvisor to register, make payments and access your grades online. You will also be able to print your class schedule, unofficial transcripts and program evaluation using WebAdvisor. If you have been absent from the College three years or more, your account will need to be reactivated. This will be done automatically after you have registered for classes upon returning.

Student E-Mail
If you are returning to Clark Stat after being absent for five quarters or more, your student e-mail account will need to be reactivated. If you have not been a Clark State student prior to the summer of 2006, your account will be considered new and automatically be generated when you register for classes. Your student e-mail account has a 5MB storage capacity and will automatically delete anything in your account older than 180 days.

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