Admissions Requirements
The City Colleges of Chicago are open admission colleges. Everyone is welcome. All students are required to take the District assessment and placement tests unless a waiver is granted. Waivers may be granted to qualifying transfer students and students with recent and sufficiently high ACT/SAT test scores. Incoming students who have earned a grade of “C” or better in college level English or math courses from a regionally accredited institution (see
www.chea.org) are exempt from being tested, provided official transcripts (printed or electronic) are submitted verifying successful completion of courses. (See Testing & Placement Guidelines for more information regarding testing.) Students who are admitted to college credit programs include:
- Graduates of accredited high schools or foreign equivalents
- GED® completers
- Transfer students from other colleges or universities
- Adult students 18 years of age or older who have not earned a high school diploma or a GED® (the placement exam will be used to determine course placement)
- Students 16-18 years of age, recommended by their principal or accepted for participation in a special area of study, who score at college-level on the placement exam
- Students who successfully completed high school through home-schooling
International Students
City Colleges of Chicago serves international students in the following non-immigrant visa classes who live or work in the City of Chicago:
- A-1, A-2 – foreign government officials and dependents
- B-1, B-2 – visitor for business or pleasure
- E-1, E-2 – treaty traders/investors and dependents
- F-1 – academic student
- G-1, G-2 – representatives to international organizations and dependents
- H-1B, H-1C, H-4 – temporary workers and dependents
- J-1, J-2 – exchange visitors and dependents
- K-1, K-2 – fiancé(e)s and spouses of US citizens and dependents
- L-1, L-2 – intra-company transferees and dependents
- O-1, O-2 – workers with extraordinary abilities and dependents
- P-1, P-2 – artists, athletes and entertainers and dependents
- Q-1, Q-2 – international cultural exchange visitors and dependents
- R-1, R-2 – religious workers and dependents
- S-1, S2 – witnesses/informants and dependents
- T-1, T-2 – alien victims of human trafficking and dependents
- U-1 U-2 – alien victims of certain crimes and dependents
- V-1, V-2 – certain second preference beneficiaries and dependents