How do you get started as a PSEO Student?

1. Talk it over with your parents.
2. Obtain a PSEO Packet or download the forms from this website.
3. Make an appointment with your high school counselor, (or parent for Home-Schooled students) to discuss your career plan and review your high school graduation requirements.
4. With your counselor and parent (or just parent for Home-School students) complete the forms:
   • Student/Counselor Planning Guide OR
   • Home Based Education Student Planning Guide
   • Agreement of Understanding
   • You and a parent must complete Section 1, and your counselor must complete Section 2 of the MN Dept of Education Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program Notice of Student Registration
   • Complete the Riverland Application for Admission
5. Submit all completed forms with signatures from student, parents and High School counselor, along with your high school transcript to the Riverland Community College Admissions Office. (Home-School students do not need a counselor signature.)
6. Allow 2 to 3 weeks for processing your application. Riverland Admissions will mail additional instructions detailing the process of enrollment once these essential forms are received and you have been accepted to the college.
7. Follow the instructions in the letter!
8. In this order, the next steps will be:
   • Register for and take the Accuplacer/CPT which will determine placement in courses
   • Complete the On-Line Orientation and register for and attend an ACE (Advising and Counseling for Enrollment) Session.
   • Call and make an appointment to meet with a Riverland college counselor to register - after all of the other steps have been completed. 1-800-247-5039.

Where can application materials be found?

PSEO Application packets can be found in most high school guidance offices, college counseling and admissions offices, student services, and here on this website . There is a separate packet for Home-School Students (PSEO Home-School Forms). The packet includes the application to Riverland, the State PSEO Notice of Student Registration, the Riverland PSEO Agreement of Understanding and a Student/Counselor Planning Guide. Working with the high school counselor, and parents, all of these completed forms, plus a current high school transcript must be submitted to the Riverland Community College Admissions Office.

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