Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program

The purpose of the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program is to provide high school students who are intellectually and socially capable the opportunity to earn college and high school graduation credit through successful completion of college courses.

Some academic programs at Southern State require the documentation of high school graduation or the GED for admission to the academic program and may exclude entrance under the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program.

Admission criteria are based on the high school grade of the applicant.

Criteria for Admission 

1. Complete the SSCC PSEO application and submit it to the Records Office no later than 30 business days prior to the start of fall, winter, or spring quarter. (See below for specific dates.) 

2. Provide official high school transcripts that reflect the required cumulative grade point average for the following grade levels:

3.75            Freshman                                                              

3.50      Sophomores

3.0        Juniors and Seniors

3. Junior and senior students must provide documentation that all parts of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) have been successfully passed.  Freshman and sophomore students will have their OGT scores reviewed at the end of their sophomore year.  Students must have successfully completed all parts of the OGT to continue in the PSEO Program. (If required for graduation by school district.)

4. All PSEO applicants must meet one of the following criteria:

·         Must take SSCC placement assessment test and score into ENGL 101 or MATH 117. (Students may take the assessment only once per academic year.)

·         Must have an ACT composite score of at least 22 or an English or Math score of 20.

5. Student must reflect a level of personal and social maturity which would make it possible for the student to adapt to a college level environment.

PSEO Application Process

• Application deadlines:

-          Fall 2008           -  August 8, 2008

-     Winter 2009       -  November 21, 2008

-     Spring 2009       -  February 13, 2009

·         Students will be contacted to schedule a time to take the Southern State English and Math assessment after we receive their Post-Secondary Application.  A student must qualify for ENGL 101 or MATH 117.  Students may take the assessment only one time per academic year to be considered for this program.

·         All Post-Secondary applicants will receive notification of acceptance or denial in writing.  If approval to participate in the program is granted, the applicant must contact Wendy Johnson, Director of Admissions, for advising and registration. 

PSEO Guidelines:

1. Students enrolling in the program will be expected and required to perform at the same level as all regular students. Post Secondary students are subject to the same policies and procedures, academic practices, and grading standards as all other Southern State Community College students.

2. Students enrolled at SSCC under the PSEO program are not permitted to repeat courses and have those courses subsidized through the PSEO program without written consent from the student's local school district designee. It is the responsibility of the student not to attempt this repetition as payment for such repetition will not be presented to the state for reimbursement and could ultimately become the student's financial responsibility depending on the student's local school district policy. Consent letters from the district should be directed to the SSCC Business Office at 100 Hobart Dr., Hillsboro, OH, 45133.

3. Students may not roll in any specific college course through the PSEO program if the student has taken high school courses in the same subject area as the college course and has failed to attain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent in such completed high school courses. It is the student's responsibility not to register for courses in which this guideline has not been met.

4. Parents of students under 18 years of age need to be aware that all SSCC computers have free, unfettered access to the internet. Southern State Community College computers do not use any type of filtering software.

5. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) applies to education records at all levels of education. At the point of becoming a Southern State student, FERPA rights become those of the student. Without written consent from the student, a dependent student's information cannot be disclosed even to the parent. However, under the rules of Post-Secondary Enrollment Option, the College reserves the right to communicate student record information with appropriate official(s) of the home high school. Information will not be released to parents without signed authorization from the student. 

6. Students should see the Director of Admissions or a campus advisor prior to registration each quarter.

7. Post Secondary Enrollment Options will not fund remedial courses (ENGL 100 or MATH 101).

8. Students are permitted to participate in the PSEO program during the fall, winter, and spring quarters.