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Since you attend a PLTW-certified school, you can get a head start on your college career and add prestige to your admissions applications by receiving college credits from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). These are transcripted credits and are eligible to be transferred to other universities.
The process is simple:
- Students earning an 85% grade or higher in Introduction to Engineering Design (Design & Drawing for Production in NY), Digital Electronics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Principles of Engineering, or Civil Engineering and Architecture, and scoring 70% or higher on the year-end exam may register for RIT credit.
- The decision to apply for college credit is made after the exam has been taken and scored. The RIT college credit grade is based solely on the raw (before any curve is applied ) combined scores of Part A and Part C of the final exam and not on the course grade. Therefore, the grade a student receives in the high school course may differ from the college credit grade. We urge the teachers to let the students know their college credit scores so they can make an informed decision. If a student subsequently attends RIT, the college credit grade would be counted towards his/her overall grade point average. If a student attends another university, the course credits often are transferred without the letter grade.
- Important: Any student who successfully takes a course in the current academic year must take the exam at the end of the course and register for college credit before Nov.15, 2012.
- The total tuition charge for each course is $200. RIT is on the quarter system so each course is worth four quarter-credits. At semester schools, each course would equal approximately three semester credits.
- RIT will send the student a grade report at the end of the quarter in which he/she registers Students who apply to colleges other than RIT may request, at no cost, that a transcript be sent to those schools by completing a Transcript Request Form
- Note: All colleges and universities across the country establish their own policies for accepting transfer credits. Most often, the credits are counted as ‘free’ electives.
One of the most important benefits of having RIT credit is that, during the college application process, admissions officers look favorably on a student who has already completed college-level courses.
For your convenience, a registration form is enclosed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at dlsmet@rit.edu or to call at (585) 475-4609.
Sincerely,
Darlene L. Slack
Director of Marketing and School Relations
Project Lead The Way
Rochester Institute of Technology
137 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623
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