High School Special
High school students may also take college courses during fall and spring session as a high school special. It is a great opportunity to earn college credits, however, students and their families are responsible for the costs. High School students in the upper 25% of their class are likely to be admitted.
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Complete the UW System Participation Form and submit to your school counselor for approval.
Classes are not guaranteed.
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Apply online at apply.wisconsin.edu
- Create an account and select UW-Parkside
- Select no for degree seeking
- Select High School Special as reason for applying
- Complete the application and submit
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Submit an Official High School transcript and ACT Score (ACT is optional), as well as, official AP scores if courses you are interested in require pre-requisite or placement tests that you may have already met the requirement for.
You must have a 2.75 cumulative GPA to participate in this program.
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Turn in all paperwork by the deadlines below:
- Participation Form: You must complete this form and a UW-Parkside online application prior to every semester you plan to participate in the program.
- Parkside Application Deadline: Your online application to Parkside is due no later than the start of class.
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Placement testing
If you are approved by your district to take a credit bearing math, English or foreign language, OR are approved to take a course that has a math, English, or foreign language pre-requisite, you must take a placement test. Please visit our Placement Testing webpage.
Questions?
Assistant Director of Admissions: Access Programs