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BDCHS Dual Enrollment (DE) at Hillsborough Community College
Website: hccfl.edu/dualenrollment (refer to the website for applicable forms noted below and relevant due dates)
Eligibility:
 3.0 or higher unweighted GPA and, if a continuing DE student, a minimum 2.0 HCC GPA
 Test scores (not more than two years old) – needed for all courses except SLS1501 and CGS1000
Test
For Reading & Writing
Classes
PERT
Reading 106;
Writing 103
SAT
Critical Reading / Verbal 440
ACT
English 17;
Reading 19; Writing 17
A. For MAT1033
B. For MAC1105,
MGF1106/1107, STA2023
A. Math 114
B. Math 123
A. Math 440
B. Math 510
A. Math 19
B. Math 21
For Science Classes
Reading 106;
Writing 103; Math 114
Critical Reading /
Verbal 440; Math 440
Writing 17;
Reading 19; Math 19
An Application for Admissions must be on file before the student goes to take the PERT at HCC.
New Student Procedures to Apply:
 Complete an HCC online Application for Admission: http://www.hccfl.edu/ssem/admissions/apply-online.aspx
 Complete BDCHS Student and Parent Dual Enrollment Agreement form and return to school counselor
(via http://bdchsstudentservices.weebly.com/dual-enrollment.html)
 Complete BDCHS Textbook Information and Agreement form and return to school counselor
(via http://bdchsstudentservices.weebly.com/dual-enrollment.html)
 Obtain Summary Sheet documenting unweighted GPA and applicable test scores (from school counselor)
 Complete Special Category Student Authorization Form (available on HCC Dual Enrollment website)
 Complete HCC Dual Enrollment Transcript Request Form (available on HCC Dual Enrollment website)
 Obtain BDCHS Authorization Form B from school counselor (must know desired courses first!)
 By the established due date, mail, fax, email, or hand deliver all required documents to:
Mail:
Email:
Hillsborough Community College
Dual Enrollment Office, Room 320
P.O. Box 31127
Tampa, Fl 33631
[email protected]
Hand Deliver:
Fax:
District Administrative Offices
39 Columbia Dr. (Davis Island)
Room 320
Tampa, FL 33606
813-253-7061
Continuing Student Procedures to Apply:
 Complete Special Category Student Authorization Form (available on HCC Dual Enrollment website)
 Complete HCC Dual Enrollment Transcript Request Form (available on HCC Dual Enrollment website)
 Obtain BDCHS Authorization Form B (from school counselor; must know desired courses first!)
 Obtain an updated high school transcript (Summary Sheet obtained from school counselor)
 By the established due date, send all required documents using the above contact information
Procedures to Enroll and Receive Textbooks:
 Student will be notified by HCC when application has been approved via a Registration Authorization form. Upon
receipt of this form the student may proceed:
o Meet with an HCC counselor to schedule courses and receive a fee waiver
o Take fee waiver to Bursar Office; it is the student’s responsibility to submit the fee waiver to the Bursars
office; failure to do so may result in the student being billed for the class.
o Give a copy of your schedule to your school counselor
o Print out a list of required textbooks and give this to your school counselor
After completing a course:
 Return textbooks to BDCHS NO LATER than 5 working days after the last day of class at HCC
 An HCC transcript will automatically be sent to your high school, but check to make sure it is received
HINTS:
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List alternate classes in case your first choice is unavailable (alternate courses must be approved)
The earlier you apply the better
Students are limited to 9 credit hours per semester
If the PERT is taken at HCC; bring your school counselor the score report in an official, sealed envelope
Only one (1) attempt per dual enrollment course (including withdrawals)
The grades you earn in these classes will be a part of your college and high school transcripts. Do your best!