Cape Fear Community College

College Transfer Pathways

This program is designed for accelerated high school juniors and seniors who are ready to get a head start on core college classes that transfer to a four-year college or university. 

College Transfer applicants will select one of the four pathways:

Business and Economics

Engineering and Mathematics

Humanities and Social Science

Life and Health Sciences

Admission Requirements*

To be accepted to this program, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be a high school junior or senior;
• Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses;
• Demonstrate college readiness in English, Reading, and Math on a college placement test. See chart below.

College Readiness Assessment Tests

To qualify for acceptance to a College Transfer Pathway, you must meet required cutoff scores for all subjects.

Subjects	Cutoff Scores for Approved Tests
	PLAN	PSAT	ACT	SAT	Accuplacer
English	15	49	18	500	86 Sentence Skills
Reading	17	50	21	500	80 Reading
Mathematics	19	50	22	500	55 Arithmetic and 75 Elem. Algebra
Cutoff scores for PLAN, PSAT, ACT, and SAT tests are recommended by ACT and College Board as indicators of college readiness.

New Students: Complete the Career and College Promise Application and submit current high school transcripts. Your transcripts should show your cumulative high school GPA, grade level, and (if possible) applicable test scores.