HOW TO APPLY
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
The application process is easy, and the possibilities for your future are endless.
HOW TO APPLY
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HOW TO APPLY
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
The application process is easy, and the possibilities for your future are endless.
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
To begin an associate degree program at Perimeter College or transition to a bachelor’s degree at Georgia State’s Atlanta Campus, you’ll apply using the Perimeter College Application.
1. sUBMIT your APPLICATION
Complete all sections of the Perimeter College Application for Admission (don’t forget residency information) and pay the $20 non-refundable fee. Your application is valid for three consecutive semesters.
2. submit your transcripts
Submit your regionally accredited high school transcript with your date of graduation. Certificates of Performance or Special Education diplomas are not accepted. Applicants who have not completed high school are required to submit official GED, HiSet or TASC passing scores and high school transcript.
Submit your official transcript(s) from each college, university or technical college you’ve attended (only if you have fewer than 30 transferable credit hours). Speak to the registrar at your former institution(s) to send transcripts to Perimeter College. You must be eligible to return to that institution.
Send them to us electronically through an approved transcript company* at electronictranscript@gsu.edu or by mail to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4009
Atlanta, GA 30302-4009
*Through GAfutures.org
3. TESTING
Meet placement testing requirements (applies to transfer applicants who don’t have transferable English and/or college algebra credit we can accept).
- Minimum ACCUPLACER placement test scores and/or eligible Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), SAT or ACT test scores. Do NOT pay for expedited delivery of SAT and/or ACT scores. Perimeter College requires 5 – 7 business days to process each admission document after it is received.
- The ACCUPLACER test requires a $20 fee. Perimeter College has a testing center at each campus.
Information for requesting official scores or documentation may be found at the SAT, ACT, CLEP, AP and IB websites.
4. immunization
Submit your immunization records to satisfy these immunization requirements set by the State of Georgia.
5. lawful presence
Verify your lawful presence in the United States to qualify for in-state tuition through these options.
SAVE THE DATES: *
*Deadlines are subject to change
AUGUST 1
Fall semester application deadline
DECEMBER 1
Spring semester application deadline
MAY 1
Summer semester application deadline
SAVE THE DATES: *
*Deadlines are subject to change
AUG. 1
Fall semester application deadline
DEC. 1
Spring semester application deadline
MAY 1
Summer semester application deadline