Early College Programs
A group of girls from Early College Programs walking down the halls of WMU

Students

Early College Programs Orientation

All new WMU Early College Programs students are required to attend or watch a the Early College Programs orientation session. 

After attending a virtual session or watching the video, students must complete the Early College Programs Orientation Form. 

Advising

Advising is an important part to any college experience. Early College Programs students are expected to collaborate with their high school counselors and the Early College Programs team to select classes. 

WMU Early College Programs staff will register you for your classes. To initiate the registration process you must complete the consent to register form. After you complete the consent to register form, and selected you would like an advising appointment, someone from the Early College Programs team will reach out to get you scheduled. 

Prior to your advising appointment please view the list of approved dual enrollment courses. 

If you are taking any Advanced Placement exams that might count as prerequisites for WMU courses, please have your exam scores sent to WMU. The code for Western Michigan University is 1902. If a course has a prerequisite and you believe that your AP exam score meets the requirement to give you credit for that course, then email earlycollegeprograms@wmich.edu (include your WIN, the course you are interested in, and a copy of your AP score report).

AP score requirements and equivalent courses

Students wanting to enroll in a language class through Early College Programs may need to take a language placement exam. 

If you have had some contact with a language, either through high school coursework or through other experiences, and want to continue your language studies, you must take a placement test before taking your first class in that language at WMU. 

Spanish Language Placement Exam 

Additional Language Placement Exams

Please note you can only take the language placement exam once. After you complete the exam please send results to @email 

 

Some classes require a certain level of math knowledge for students to be successful. In the event a course has a math prerequisite, it may be necessary to take the ALEKS Math Placement Assessment. 

Find out more and take the ALEKS Placement Assessment. 

Expectations

As a dual enrolled student, you will receive the same treatment as any undergraduate student at Western Michigan University. You must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in all dual enrolled courses. If your overall GPA drops below a 2.0, the University will warn you that you are on academic probation via email and you will have one semester to show improvement. Failure to improve academic standing will result in automatic academic dismissal from the University.

In addition to the University requirements, Early College Programs requires you to demonstrate academic success by maintaining a 3.0 GPA. If it drops below a 3.0, your Student Success Coach and Dual Enrollment administrators will work with you to create a plan for improvement.