Transient Student Admission
Students enrolled at other colleges and universities may occasionally wish to take one or more courses at Athens Technical College and transfer the credit to their home institutions. Transient admission is for one semester only; transient students must submit transient letters from their home colleges each semester they plan to enroll in courses at Athens Technical College. Students who have been academically dismissed from their home institutions are ineligible for transient student status at Athens Technical College. The Admissions Office staff will award transient status to applicants who complete the following steps:
- Obtain letters of transient approval from their home institutions that indicate their academic standing and the courses approved for enrollment. Otherwise, applicants seeking transient student status at Athens Technical College must provide official transcripts from their home institutions.
- Complete and submit the Athens Technical College application for admission and the nonrefundable $25 application fee. Students applying for transient status for a second or subsequent time will only pay a $15 readmission fee.
- Submit financial aid transient letters from the home colleges to the Financial Aid Office at Athens Technical College (if applicable).
- Complete and submit transient course request forms to the Admissions Office (if needed) to receive clearance for registration.
- Obtain approval to take online classes, if applicable (see Advisement for Online Classes).
- Register online for the approved courses during the new student registration period (see the Online Registration Procedures in the New Student Registration section for directions on completing the online registration process).
- Pay tuition and fees either online or to the cashier by the payment deadline.
The Financial Aid staff automatically covers tuition and fees of transient students who submit HOPE transient letters to the Athens Technical College Financial Aid Office prior to the day transient students register for classes.
After completing courses, transient students must pay the $5 transcript fee in order to have official transcripts sent to their home institutions. They must submit completed and signed transcript request forms and the payment receipts to the Office of Registration and Records. The executive director of registration and records will process transcript request forms and mail official transcripts to transient students' home institutions after all instructors submit all grades for all students for that term.
Athens Technical College does not guarantee enrollment to transient students. Transient students may enroll in classes if space is available. If a home institution does not provide a transient letter which specifies the courses transient students are to take while enrolled at Athens Technical College, the transient students must provide a current transcript from their home institution to demonstrate that they have met the course prerequisites as established by the faculty of Athens Technical College. Transient students are not eligible to register for courses for which they have not met the prerequisite requirements. They must also satisfy corequisite requirements as specified in the Course Description section of this publication.