DUAL ENROLLMENT GUIDELINES
1. Guidelines
Students must be enrolled with Gateway for the school year in which they plan to do dual enrollment. Please note that at least one full-credit, academic course (per school year) must be taught at home by the parent/guardian during each semester of dual enrollment. Students taking all of their courses at another institution will not be considered Gateway students.
When applying for dual enrollment, remember that you are dealing with two schools – the high school (Gateway) and the college. You must meet the requirements of both institutions in order to be approved for dual enrollment. All students who plan to take college classes for high-school credit must be enrolled at Gateway and approved for dual enrollment in order to receive credit.
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2. Application
Complete your application at least two weeks before you want Gateway to send information to the college. Be sure your Education Plan includes the specific high-school course titles, curriculum (or dual-enrollment information), as well as planned credits for all subjects.
Please also send Gateway an email with the appropriate course descriptions and attach any college dual-enrollment forms that require a signature or authorization from us. Be sure to include your request for the student's current high-school transcript and specify the college's address (postal or email) where the transcript should be sent.
Check with the college admissions counselor, website, or college catalog for more information regarding the paperwork and process required by the college. Some colleges require a signed consent/recommendation form from the high school (Gateway).
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3. Grades
Current grades must be submitted to Gateway early enough to allow the high-school counselor to review and post them on the transcript. Be sure that Grade/Attendance Reports include the date each semester ended, days of attendance, appropriate course titles, grades and credits.​
4. ACT/SAT Scores
Please mention recent ACT/SAT scores in your correspondence when applying for dual enrollment so that we can ensure their inclusion. Some colleges require an acceptable ACT/SAT score in order to consider a student for dual enrollment. (Some may require a minimum ACT/SAT score on the pertinent subsection.)
ACT/SAT scores will be automatically sent to Gateway for students who register with Gateway as their high school. When registering for the ACT, under "High School Information," search "Tennessee/Memphis" (not Zip code) and for "Gateway Christian Schools" rather than "Home Schooled." For the SAT, use our high school code: 431-421. If the student registers as "Home Schooled," the scores will not be sent to Gateway and the parent must arrange for us to receive the scores.
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5. Tennessee Dual-Enrollment Grant
To apply for the Tennessee Dual-Enrollment Grant, you must complete the online form at https://www.collegefortn.org/. TSAC no longer accepts paper copies of the grant form.
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6. Dual-Enrollment Credits
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A. Equivalency
Typically (though not always), a one-semester "three-credit-hour" college course earns one high-school credit. Not all college courses, however, have a high-school equivalent. Some are beyond the scope of high school while others are too narrow to cover the full scope of a high-school course. A few subjects (e.g., U.S. History) may be divided into two college courses and, therefore, would require two semesters of college work in order to earn one high-school credit.
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College courses that are a close equivalent to a high-school course for which the student has already earned credit will not earn additional high-school credit. Students may, however, take such courses for college credit only. As the high school, Gateway determines the amount of high-school credit earned through college courses.
B. Cautions
Gateway students should avoid taking enough college classes to be considered full-time college students (typically 12 college credit hours per semester).
Generally, students should avoid taking enough college classes to complete their freshman college year while registered at Gateway (typically 30 college credit hours). Students who complete the freshman college year before high-school graduation may become ineligible for some college scholarships.
Please also note that generally students are considered to have graduated whenever they complete Gateway’s minimum requirements for graduation.