Getting Started

Fall 2011 application deadline for NEW students is Monday -  August 1, 2011. 

Spring 2012 application deadline for NEW students is Monday -  December 5, 2011. 

Please take time to read this information carefully.

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:
   • Take the Accuplacer/CPT which will determine placement in courses
   • Complete the Pseo On-Line Orientation.
   • 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.

Note: For continuing PSEO students, documentation of enrollment must be provided each semester of PSEO enrollment. Prior to registering for college credits each semester, the student must meet with their high school counselor, or parent for Home-School students, and fill out the Student/Counselor Planning Guide, and the state's PSEO Notice of Student Registration. Students bring the two forms, along with a current high school transcript with them when they meet with the college counselor for registration into courses.

Points to Remember:

• Fall 2011 application deadline for NEW students is Monday -  August 1, 2011. 
• Spring 2012 application deadline for NEW students is Monday -  December 5, 2011. 
• Tuition, textbooks, and fees are covered by the PSEO program, including laptops required for programs participating in the Laptop Advantage program. You are financially responsible for supplies, tools, clothing, and any consumable supplies, etc.
• Riverland Community College requires that juniors must rank in the upper one-third of their class or score at or above the 70th percentile on a nationally standardized, norm- referenced test; seniors must rank in the upper one-half of their class or score at or above the 50th percentile on a nationally standardized, norm-referenced test.  If a student’s application is denied for not meeting the above criteria, they may appeal to the college to prove their readiness and ability to perform college-level work.  Denied students will be sent an appeal form by mail.
• All accepted PSEO students will be allowed to register for college course work only with college level Accuplacer scores and with the permission of a College Counselor.  After being accepted, students with below college level Accuplacer scores may not be allowed to register for any college courses.
• Only college-level courses are eligible for the PSEO program.  College courses starting with a “0” are College Prep courses and are not eligible.
• Satisfactory Progress – Students are expected to perform at a satisfactory level if they are to continue to be enrolled in the College. A student is expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and complete at least 67 percent of registered credits. PSEO students will be suspended after any semester in which they did not meet the specific academic progress standard.