Freed-Hardeman Admissions requirements are listed below for First-Year Students, Homeschool Students, High School Equivalency, Special or Non-Credit Status, and Transfer Students. The application process is free and can be complete online. Apply today!
First-Year Students
A student may be accepted for admission before high school graduation on the basis of grades through the junior year, conditioned upon graduating from a secondary school approved by a recognized agency such as a state education department or regional accrediting commission. Applications from students attending a non-accredited high school will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee.
The recommended minimum high school program is four years of English and at least two years each of social sciences, mathematics, and natural sciences. Additional courses in mathematics and science increase student career choices and the probability of success in university studies.
Students with a high school average of 2.25 or above may be accepted conditionally upon taking the ACT and having scores reported to the university. If the ACT Composite score is 19 or above, or the combined reading and math SAT score is 910 or above, applicants may receive regular admission in good standing. For students participating in honors curriculum, weighted grade point averages will be accepted if they appear on the official high school transcript. Freed-Hardeman will not recalculate unweighted GPA’s to reflect weighted scores.
If high school program, grades, and/or test scores indicate specific deficiencies in preparation for college work, freshman advisers may recommend or require courses and services designed to assist in becoming a successful student.
If high school G.P.A. is below 2.25, or if the ACT composite score is below 19, or combined reading and math SAT score is less than 910, the Admissions Committee must specially approve admission. Students may be admitted on academic restriction for full-time, but limited program of courses and activities to be prescribed or approved by the freshman advisers.
Homeschool Students
Homeschool students will be considered for admission on the same basis as those listed above.
High School Equivalency
Students who did not graduate with their high school class may apply for admission on the basis of an equivalency diploma or certificate, or GED and ACT, or comparable test scores indicating the probability of success in college work. The General Education Development (GED) tests are available through the Armed Services and most school systems. An average score of 45 or more on the GED tests in English, literature, social studies, natural sciences, and mathematics is accepted as high school equivalency.
Special or Noncredit Status
Applicants who are not working toward a degree or certificate from Freed-Hardeman University or who wish to take courses on a noncredit (audit) basis may apply for admission as a special student.
Transfer Students and Transfer Credits
Students who have been enrolled in another college or university and plan to enroll at Freed-Hardeman University must request that an official transcript of all previous work be sent to Freed-Hardeman if they are to work toward a degree. Transfer students are expected to bring a copy of the catalog from their prior school to assist in the advising process.
Freed-Hardeman students expecting to earn credit at another institution, and use it to meet a FHU requirement, must have written approval in advance. To arrange approval students should contact the dean of the school in which their major is located.
A transient student who is taking summer or other courses at FHU, to be applied only toward a degree in another institution, need request only an official letter of good standing from the dean or registrar of the other institution.
College graduates who are not working toward another degree at Freed-Hardeman University need only show evidence of high school or college graduation, such as a diploma.
Credit will be accepted for courses transferred from regionally accredited institutions, to FHU, which are reasonably parallel to offerings at Freed-Hardeman. Other credit will be evaluated. All credits are transferred at their original grade. If the quality point average on credits transferred is less that 2.00, the cumulative average must be brought up to 2.00 before a student can qualify for graduation.
For information on academic renewal, see Academics: “Academic Renewal.”
Students with fewer than 30 semester hours of college credit must also submit a high school transcript and ACT (or SAT) scores.
Graduates of community and junior colleges should see the special provisions in the catalog under Academics: “College Graduates Entering FHU with AA or Baccalaureate Degrees.”
Probationary or other special academic status will be based upon current Freed-Hardeman University academic policies and standards.