Any individual who (a) is a graduate of an accredited high school, (b) has participated in theAmerican College Testing Program (ACT) or a similar acceptable battery of tests, (c) hascompleted the mandated high school curricular requirements, and (d) meets at least one of thefollowing requirements is eligible for admission to Langston University.
- Maintained an average grade of “C” or above in the four years of high school study (2.7or higher on a 4.0 scale) and ranked scholastically in the top 50% of the high schoolgraduating class.
- Attained a composite standard score of 20 on the American College Testing Program or940 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) which would place the applicant among thetop 50% of Oklahoma high school seniors.
Effective for first-time entering freshmen since the fall of 1997, fifteen units will be required asfollows:
- 4 English (Grammar, Composition, Literature)
- 3 Lab Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics or any lab science certified by the schooldistrict; General Science with or without a lab may not be used to meet thisrequirement.)
- 3 Mathematics (from Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Math Analysis,Calculus)
- 3 History (including one (1) unit of American History) and citizenship skills from thesubjects of Economics, Geography, Government, Non-Western Culture.
- 2 Additional units of subjects previously listed or selected from the following: ComputerScience, Foreign Language.
Any individual who (a) is a graduate of a high school accredited by the appropriate regionalassociation or by anappropriate accrediting agency oftheirhome state, (b) has met thecurricular requirements as set forth in the section “First-Time Entering Freshmen,” and (c) hasparticipated in the American College Testing program or a similar acceptable battery of tests iseligible for admission to the Associate of Science degree program. Students utilizing a test otherthan ACT will have their scores converted to ACT equivalents.
Students lacking curricular and/or performance requirements may be admitted into theAssociate of Science degree program, but they must remove the deficiencies at the earliesttime and within the first 24 collegiate hours attempted. Students must remove curriculardeficiencies in a discipline area before taking collegiate-level work in that discipline.
Students incur high school deficiencies two ways:
- Not meeting curricular requirements given in the section “HighSchool CurricularRequirement”;
- ACT sub-scores below 19* OR scores below the cutoff on the University’s entry-levelassessment battery.
Students may remove curricular deficiencies in one of three ways:
- Scoring at the 70th percentile or higher on the ACT in the deficiency area;
- Achieving a score at or above the cutoff on the University’s entry-level assessmentbattery; or
- Successfully completing a zero-level course in the area of deficiency with a gradeequivalent of “C” or better.
Students with a deficiency in history who present an ACT reading sub-score at or above thespecified level OR who score at least a 12.0 on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test will be requiredto take an additional three-hour collegiate history course to make up the high school deficiency.If the student does not score at the designated level given above,theymust enroll in adevelopmental reading course until acquiring the reading proficiency. Once the student hasacquired the designated reading proficiencythey arerequired to enroll in the zero-level historycourse to make up the high school deficiency.
Curricular deficiencies must be removed at the earliest time but within the first 24 collegiatehours attempted or have all subsequent enrollments restricted to deficiency removal coursesuntil all deficiencies are removed. Students must remove deficiencies in a discipline area beforetaking collegiate-level work in that discipline.
The VicePresident for Academic Affairs may allow a deserving student who failed to remediateabasic skills deficiency in a single course to continue to enroll in collegiate level courses inaddition to remedial coursework beyond the24-hourlimit providing the student hasdemonstrated success in collegiate courses to date.?
*The ACT score may change as it is based on the average of the preceding three years’ ACTscores of Oklahoma graduating seniors.