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   About UCC - First Time, First Year Admission   

 1. Open admission policy under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students  
     with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or 
     other qualifications:   Yes

 2. Policy regarding admission decisions that are reached for certain groups of students or for
     certain programs:  Selective admissions to physical therapist assistant, respiratory care,
      nursing programs, dental hygiene, and dental assisting.

Admission Requirements

 3. High School Diploma or GED required and accepted:   Yes

 4. Institution's requirement or recommendation regarding a general college preparatory  
     program:   Recommended

 5. Distribution of high school units recommended:
 

 Total academic units

19

 English

  4

 Mathematics

  3

 Laboratory Science

  2

 Foreign Language

  2

 History

  3

 Electives

  5

 6. High school course requirements or recommendations not covered above:

               a)  For Engineering & Physical Science programs must include:  elementary
                    & intermediate algebra, plane  geometry & trigonometry.  Business majors
                    are encouraged to have:  algebra I, geometry & algebra II.

               b) Engineering & Physical Science students should  include:  physics & chemistry. 
                    Health Technologies students include:  biology & chemistry.

SAT and ACT Policies

 7. Test policies:   SAT required of some Health Tech program applicants, score report
                                 required by April for Fall acceptance.

Freshman Application Procedures for Fall

 8. Institution's Application fee requirement:  Yes

 9. Amount of application fee:  $35

10. Policy for an application fee waiver for applicants with financial need:  Case by Case

11. Admission policies on interviews, auditions, portfolios, and essays:   By departmental  
       recommendation

12.  Early Admission of high school students:  Yes - Bridge Programs

13. Institution's policy regarding an application closing date:  May apply to some programs

14.  Dates vary for applications:  Program driven

15.  Policy on placing students on Waiting list:  No

16. Notification to applicants regarding admission decision sent:  On a rolling basis

17. Reply policy for admitted applicants:  On a rolling basis

18. Institution subscribes to the Candidates Reply Date Agreement (CRDA):  No

19. Deferred admission policy:  No

Academic Profile

20. Percentage of all first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank
       within each of the following ranges: 

          4%    in top tenth of high school graduating class
        12%    in top quarter of high school graduating class
        31%    in top half of high school graduating class
        69%    in bottom half of high school graduating class

21.  First time Freshman student Enrollment:

            Total applied:      7536   
            Total admitted:   6381
            Total enrolled:    3559

Director of Admissions
      Name:   JoAnn Davis-Wayne
      Title:      Registrar
      Phone:  (908) 709-7127
      E-mail:   Davis@ucc.edu


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