Freshman Admissions
Freshman Admissions
As a university with a blended function, Middle Georgia State University fulfills its primary mission of a state university by offering bachelors and graduate programs to newly admitted and continuing students. MGA fulfills its secondary state college mission by providing students, from a variety of academic backgrounds, a point of access to enter the higher education system.
If a student has earned more than 30 transferrable semester hours at an institution of higher education, they will be evaluated for admissions on the transfer work noted on their transcript. Requirements for transfer admissions are noted elsewhere in the catalog.
Students who have not completed 30 credit hours are admissible to the institution based on an evaluation of their high school academic work and/or ACT/SAT test scores where applicable. Middle Georgia State University admits new freshman undergraduate students in one of two categories: Access and Regular.
Freshman Admissions Requirements
Access Admissions Requirements: for admission to the institution under the Access category, a student must hold a high school diploma* with an earned 2.0 Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) grade point average, or hold a GED. For admissions in the Access category, an ACT or SAT Test score is not required. Students admitted under Access Admissions participate in the Learning Support program during their first year at MGA unless a student has successfully completed Area A Math and English from a regionally accredited institution.
Regular Admissions Requirements: For admissions to the institution in the Regular category, a student must hold a high school diploma* with an earned 2.0 Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) grade point average. Additionally, a student must have completed all the **17 RHSC units and meet one of the following criteria for English and one for Math. Students admitted under the Regular Admissions Category are exempted from learning support courses, although they may choose to enroll in them if they desire.
For English (reading/writing): Students must meet or exceed one or more of the criteria listed below. Students must
- have transferable credit from a regionally accredited institution for an Area A English course with a grade of “C” or higher; OR
- have a High School Grade Point Average (HSGPA) of 2.7 or higher; OR
- score 430 or higher on the SAT (old) Critical Reading; OR
- Score 480 or higher on SAT (new) Evidence Based Reading and Writing section (EBRW); OR
- score 17 or higher on the ACT English or ACT Reading; OR
- score 61 or higher on the Classic Accuplacer Reading Comprehension Test AND score 4 or higher on the Accuplacer WritePlacer Test; OR
- Score 237 or higher on the Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading Comprehension Test AND score 4 or higher on the Accuplacer WritePlacer Test
For Mathematics: Students must meet or exceed one or more of the criteria listed below. Students must:
- Have a High School Grade Point Average (HSGPA) of 3.1 or higher; OR
- score 400 or higher on the SAT (old) Mathematics; OR
- Score 440 or higher on SAT (new) Math section; OR
- score 17 or higher on the ACT Mathematics; OR
- score 67 or higher on the Classic Accuplacer Elementary Algebra Test; OR
- Score 258 or higher on the Next Generation Accuplacer Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test.
* All high school diplomas as submitted for admission decisions must be issued from a high school accredited by a regional accrediting association, the Georgia Accrediting Commission, the Georgia Private School Accrediting Commission, the Accrediting Commission for Independent Study, or from a public school regulated by a school system and state department of education. Applicants who have a High School Certificate (also called a Certificate of Performance) or a Special Education Diploma are not considered to be high school graduates for admission purposes.
** Required High School Curriculum: Students who graduate from high school in 2012 or later must present credits for (17) specified units. The 17 specified units are:
- MATHEMATICS: Four (4) units of Mathematics, including Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry and a fourth year of advanced Math or Mathematics I, II, III and a fourth unit of Mathematics from the approved list.
- ENGLISH: Four (4) units of English which have as their emphasis grammar and usage, literature (American, English, World), and advanced composition skills.
- SCIENCE: Four (4) units of science, with at least one laboratory course from the life sciences and one laboratory course from the physical sciences. Georgia Public high school graduates must have at least one (1) unit of biology, one (1) unit of physical science or physics, and one (1) unit of chemistry, earth systems, environmental science and one (1) unit of a fourth science.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE: Three (3) units of social science, with at least one (1) course focusing on United States studies and one (1) course focusing on world studies.
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Two (2) units in the same foreign language emphasizing speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Two (2) units of American Sign Language may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Note: In addition to these minimum requirements, students are encouraged to take additional academic units in high school to improve their probability for admission and success.
Students who do not meet published admission standards but who show exceptional potential may be granted admission on a limited basis. Students should seek advice from the Office of Admissions regarding limited admissions opportunities. Furthermore, meeting minimum Board of Regents requirements does not guarantee admission to MGA as each institution may set additional and/or higher requirements.