Requirements

Applicants to Potomac College must:

• Complete an interview with an admissions representative.
• Submit a completed application.
• Submit transcripts from all previous colleges/universities attended. The College must receive official transcripts within eight weeks of a student’s start date.
• Submit grade reports or scores from any recognized college equivalency examination (e.g., CLEP, DANTES, and Advanced Placement).
• Submit certificates from any corporate education training programs or professional development. A student may be required to register with ACE, if official transcripts are not available from his/her company, to determine appropriate credit for corporate training programs.
• Submit military training documents. (Note: An ACE military evaluation form may be required to determine appropriate credit for military training.)
• Submit transcript request forms for all colleges attended.
• Submit a $100 registration fee (semester based only).

Accuplacer Placement All new students entering Potomac College without prior college transfer credit are required to take online Accuplacer placement assessment tests. The College’s role in the administration of the Accuplacer test is exclusively and strictly limited to facilitating access to the online examination for applicants to the College and subsequently using examination results to determine students’ readiness for college-level coursework in certain critical skills areas.

Accuplacer assessments provide students and their advisors with useful information about an individual’s academic skills in mathematics, English and reading. The results of the assessment, in conjunction with a student’s academic background, goals and interests, are used by academic advisors to determine a student’s initial course selection during the first few sessions of study. Placement tests are "pass" or "fail". However, it is very important that students do their best on these tests so Potomac College has an accurate measure of a student’s academic skills.

Students who score below 80 on the English placement examination or below 57 on the mathematics placement examination are required to take transitional coursework to increase their level of preparation for college-level courses.