- Attend WCC
- Apply
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Admissions
>>- Identify a Career Pathway and Select a Program of Study
- Apply for Admission
- Apply Online (In order to receive Financial Aid select an eligible program of study while applying.)
- Or Print an application and complete the paper form
Return to the WCC Admissions Office (Bland Hall) and return it to:
Admissions Office
Wytheville Community College
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382 - For assistance applying at WCC contact one of our advisors
- in our Student Services 1 Stop - (276) 223-4825,
- at WCC at The Summit Center for Higher Education in Marion - (276) 783-1777 or
- at WCC at the Crossroads Institute in Galax - (276) 744-4974.
Attention Health Professions Applicants: additional application materials required.
Please note that selective admission health programs such as RN, PTA, MLT, DH, LPN, LPN to RN Bridge have supplemental application materials that must be submitted by specific deadlines.
Attention Students that have previously attended any Virginia Community College:
You may already have a Student ID number that is required on your admissions application. Please contact admissions for help, call (276) 223-4701 or email admissions@wcc.vccs.edu.
Attention Dual Enrollment Students:
If you took dual enrollment classes in high school, you are already considered a WCC student. As long as your application remains active, you will NOT need to complete a new application form. Instead you need to complete a High School Transition Form.
Contact the WCC Admission Office
WCC Admissions Office - 117 Bland Hall
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Phone: (276) 223-4701
Email: kalexander@wcc.vccs.edu
Financial Aid
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Important 2018-2019 FAFSA Information:
WCC's Financial Aid Office will no longer mail out missing information letters starting with 2018-2019 Financial Aid. This information will be received in an email that will direct students to their message center in their Student Information System (SIS). Students will need to look at their To Do List to see what items are needed to complete their financial aid.- Visit MyWCC
- Log in with username/password
- Click on the SIS icon
- Go to the Student Center under Self Service
- 'To Do List" is on the right
Step-by-Step Financial Aid Process (after applying for admission)
- Apply for Admissions in an Financial Aid Eligible Program - Other Eligibility Requirements - See Gainful Employment Information
- Create a FSA ID and Password online at fsaid.ed.gov
- If applicable, your parent should obtain a FSA ID and Password as well.
- The FSA ID serves as an electronic signature when completing the FAFSA on the Web.
- Tutorial on how to create your FSA ID and password.
- Complete a FAFSA on the Web.
- Do not wait to hear an admissions decision.
- The FAFSA should be completed each year.
- WCC's federal school code is 003761.
- Check the accuracy of the Student Aid Report (SAR) when you receive it.
- Make corrections as necessary via the internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov or by mail
- If selected for verification, WCC will mail you a letter requesting the necessary documentation needed for the verification process.
- When reviewing your SAR, verify that WCC is listed as one of your schools. If it is not, we will not receive a copy.
- You will need to correct your SAR online or by calling 1-800-433-3243 to include WCC's school code, 003761.
- Complete a WCC Scholarship Application.
- Have Financial Aid Questions?
- 24/7 Financial Aid and Student Accounts Support Center
- Online Support Center
- Toll Free: 1(855) 877-3948
- 24/7 Financial Aid and Student Accounts Support Center
- After we have collected all necessary documents to complete your file, WCC will review your file for an award. If you are awarded, you will receive an award letter from the WCC Financial Office to notify you of your financial aid award. If you are not eligible, you will also receive a letter to explain why you are not eligible. If your award is not sufficient enough to cover your tuition costs, you will need to pay the remaining balance to avoid being dropped from the classes you registered for.
- Expecting a refund for a financial award, scholarship, or dropped course? Avoid waiting in lines at school offices and take control of the refund process online.
Have you completed everything you need for Financial Aid?
Find out what's missing with our Financial Aid Checklist.
Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
Financial Aid Book Charge dates:
- Summer 2018: May 14 - June 6, 2018
2018-2019 Financial Aid: FAFSA is Available.
- For Summer 2018 please complete the 2017/2018 FAFSA
- For Fall 2018, Spring 2019 and Summer 2019 please complete the 2018/2019 FAFSA
- Complete the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov.
- Do not wait to hear an admissions decision.
- The FAFSA should be completed each year.
- WCC's federal school code is 003761.
- Priority Deadlines:
- Fall Semester – May 1
- Spring Semester – November 1
- Summer Semester – April 1
- Students must complete the FAFSA every year
- Amount of awarded financial aid may vary from year to year depending on financial need
- Awards Terms and Conditions
- How and When to Apply
- Apply for a Student Loan
- Return of Funds Policy
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Satisfactory Academic Progress Guidelines
- Refund Policy
Contact the WCC Financial Aid Office
WCC Financial Aid Office
Bland Hall - Suite 113
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Phone: (276) 223-4703
Toll free #: 1-800-468-1195, extension 4703
Email: askfinaid@wcc.vccs.edu
Fax: (276) 223-4807
Placement Procedures
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Placement Testing
Wytheville Community College requires students to take English and Math placement tests.
The purpose of placement testing is to measure how prepared a student is for college-level work, regardless of prior grades, work experience, or academic history.
Students who do not meet the college's standards in English and Math will be required to enroll in Developmental Studies course(s) to improve their skills in these areas.
Students may be exempt if they meet satisfactory...
- High School GPA and appropriate Math and English courses
- ACT or SAT Scores
- GED Scores
Official transcripts are required, contact Student Services for complete details, call (276) 223-4758.
How to prepare for the Virginia Placement Tests (VPT)
The following links are provided for information, review, and sample questions for each test:
VPT Math Placement Practice Test.
VPT Practice Test Directions (includes Math and English).
VPT MathSite – resources to help you prepare for the math placement test
VPT English – resources to help you prepare for the English placement test
When to Schedule Testing
- Students should take the placement tests prior to the enrollment period.
- For example, if a student plans to enroll during fall semester, testing should occur during the Summer prior to Fall registration.
- All students must complete the WCC Application for Admission before taking placement tests.
Where to take a Placement Test
- WCC Testing Center (located inside of the Student Services 1 Stop, lower level of Bland Hall)
- Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. latest time to start a test)
- Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. latest time to start a test)
- WCC at the Crossroads Institute – Galax
- Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. latest time to start a test)
- WCC at the Summit Center for Higher Education – Marion
- Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Additional information can be found here
- Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. latest time to start a test)
- Additional information can be found here
Placement Scores from Other Institutions
Students may submit placement scores from other institutions provided the placement test is the same as that used at WCC and testing was completed within the last three years. WCC will use the placement scores submitted, but will apply the WCC cutoff scores. Placement scores submitted from other institutions must be on file at WCC before a student may register for an English, Mathematics, or Biology class(es). If a student has two placement scores on record in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and both tests were taken within the past three years, WCC will accept and use the higher score. Developmental coursework completed outside the VCCS is not transfer eligible.
Retest Policy
The academic divisions will adhere to a strict retest policy requiring students to appeal to the counselors and/or faculty in the respective disciplines for retest.
The professional faculty will consider a retest only if a student meets one of the following criteria:
- Previous academic history indicates the student's academic competence and/or promise;
- Mitigating circumstances prevented the student from appropriately completing a test; or
- The student did not enroll in math, English, and/or biology within three years of taking the placement test.
Selective Health Professions Programs Testing
Test Dates
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- March 2018
- Tuesday, March 6
- April 2018
- Friday, April 6
- Thursday, April 19
- Friday, April 27
- May 2018
- Tuesday, May 8
- Friday, May 18
- Tuesday, May 29
- Thursday, May 31
- March 2018
ATI TEAS
- Required for applicants to the Nursing (RN) program and LPN-RN Bridge Program
- Cost: $58 (prices are subject to change without notice)
- Time allotted: 3.5 hours
- Students must wait 30 days between each test attempts
- Test scores are valid for three years*
- Students must score at or above the 45th National Percentile
ATI TEAS - AH
- Required for applicants to the Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Technology, and Physical Therapist Assistant programs
- Cost: $58 (prices are subject to change without notice)
- Time allotted: 3.5 hours
- Students must wait 30 days between each test attempts
- Test scores are valid for three years*
- There is no minimum or cutoff score for the ATI TEAS-AH test
*Test scores are valid for three years mean: once a student take an ATI TEAS, TEAS-AH, or an LPN-STEP test from any institution, that test attempt counts as a first attempt for the student. There are no limit amounts to which the student can take the ATI TEAS/LPN-STEP test. Students only have to wait 30 days between each attempt. Normally, all ATI TEAS, ATI TEAS-AH, and LPN-STEP scores are accepted by WCC Health Professions Programs, however, students will need to provide copies of their scores if taken previously.
To schedule an appointment:
If you need to register to take either the ATI TEAS, ATI TEAS-AH, or LPN STEP test, please complete the Selective Health Professions Programs Testing Appointment Form so that we can successfully administer your test at one of our approved testing centers. Once completed, please send via mail, fax, or email to Wytheville Community College, 1000 East Main Street, Wytheville, VA 24382; Fax: (276) 223-4861 Email: testing@wcc.vccs.eduIf you have any questions or concerns regarding ATI Testing, please contact:
- The Testing Center
- testing@wcc.vccs.edu
- Phone (276) 223-4825
College Credit through Advanced Standing
Wytheville Community College recognizes that learning takes place in a variety of ways including work experiences, extensive reading, hobbies or vocational endeavors and other similar activities. The basic premise of the advanced standing process is that program-placed students shall be given the opportunity to earn appropriate college credit when their previous studies, training or life and work experiences have already provided the knowledge, competencies or skills associated with a course. The College’s commitment to this philosophy of advanced standing is coupled with its mandate to ensure standards of academic quality comparable to traditional instruction. Procedures to apply for credit through advanced standing can be obtained from the WCC Admissions and Records Office.
The WCC Admissions and Records Office (Room 214 Bland Hall) will provide a student with a copy of the “Wytheville Community College Credit Through Advanced Standing” booklet upon request, or you may find the information here.
Definition of Advanced Standing
Advanced standing is the award of academic credit for subject matter competency that has been gained by previous academic study or occupational experience. This may include, but is not limited to, college credit and advancement based upon individual participation in the Advanced Placement (AP) program of the College Entrance Examination Board; other placement examinations; articulation agreements with other institutions; transfer credit from other accredited institutions of higher learning; training provided by non-collegiate institutions, such as armed forces and service schools; professional certification or experiential learning.
Criteria Governing Advanced Standing
The following criteria apply to all forms of advanced standing:
- To be eligible for advanced standing, students must be currently enrolled in a program at the College.
- Advanced standing must be applied toward a specific program at the College. Non-curricular students are not eligible for advanced standing.
- In order to graduate from WCC, a student must complete a minimum of 25% of the total credits required for the degree, diploma, or certificate at WCC.
- Transfer credit may be awarded for up to 75% of the degree, diploma, or certificate requirements. Credit-by-portfolio may be awarded for up to 25% of the academic degree requirements. In all cases, at least 25% of the academic degree requirements must be completed at WCC.
- Award of credit through advanced standing shall be given, to the extent possible, to courses listed in the current WCC Catalog. In certain instances, advanced standing credit may be awarded for courses listed in the Virginia Community College System Master Course Guide.
- No credit shall be awarded that duplicates earned course credit at the College, at other institutions, or other credit awarded through advanced standing.
- Students may not petition for Credit by Examination for a particular course if they have enrolled (either for credit or audit) in that course, either at WCC or at another institution.
The College reserves the right to place a time limit on prior learning experiences. The College reserves the right to place a time limit for accepting credit for technical courses taken previously at other institutions. The Vice President of Instruction and Student Development, in consultation with the appropriate program faculty, will determine if courses taken more than five years ago can be used in the student’s current program of study.
Students are responsible for providing the College with appropriate official documentation of prior learning. In the case of foreign transcripts, the student must assume the responsibility of having transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluation agency. Students are encouraged to have their foreign transcripts evaluated course-by-course rather than by degree. A listing of agencies that are approved to evaluate foreign transcripts is available in the Wytheville Community College Credit Through Advanced Standing booklet online .
The official transcript shall specify the type of advanced standing, equivalent courses, and the number of credits awarded. Advanced standing credit shall be distinct from earned course credit.
No grades, grade point average, or other indication of academic standing shall be associated with advanced standing entries on the official transcript.
Credit awarded through advanced standing is applicable only to WCC’s curricular requirements. Students are cautioned that credits awarded through AP examinations, CLEP examinations, credit-by-examination, credit-by- portfolio, or other means of advanced standing may not be accepted in transfer by other post-secondary institutions.
Wytheville Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, political affiliation, genetics, veteran status, or disability when the person is otherwise qualified in its educational programs and activities or employment. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Crystal Cregger, Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services, 215 Bland Hall, 1000 East Main Street, Wytheville VA 24382, 276-223-4762. For further information, see the list of OCR enforcement offices for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.