American Council on Education (ACE) External Degree Recipient

  -- Submission of completed Application for Admission (Apply online).
A non-refundable $10 application fee will be assessed at the time of initial registration.

  -- Submission of an official copy of an American Council on Education (ACE) External Diploma awarded by a high school.

  -- Submission of an official ACT score if you are under 21.

  -- For External Degree recipients under the age of 21 who are degree-seeking, course placement will be determined by ACT scores. If ACT scores are older than three years, you will be required to take the ACT. External Degree recipients who are 21 years of age or older and are degree-seeking or seeking an academic certificate will be subject to taking the Computerized Placement Assessment and Support System test (COMPASS). Consult the DSCC Testing Center page on this Web site for a testing schedule.

 -- Unless exempted under Tennessee Code Annotated, proof of immunization with two doses of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines, administered on or after the first birthday, is required for attendance to all universities and colleges with an enrollment of greater than two hundred students. Non-exempt students who do not provide the required proof will be restricted to 11 credit hours. 

 -- The General Assembly of the State of Tennessee mandates that public or private postsecondary institutions provide information concerning Hepatitis B infection to all students matriculating for the first time. Tennessee law requires that such students complete and sign a waiver form that includes detailed information about the disease.

The following forms are available as portable document files (PDF). To view these files, you will need a free PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click  Acrobat Reader to download a free version.

Application for Admission

Transcript/ Test Scores Request Form

Proof of Immunization of Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)

Hepatitis B Form