Eligibility - College Discovery

To be eligible for the College Discovery program at Queensborough Community college, you must meet all the following criteria;

• be a high school graduate or have a New York State approved General Equivalency Diploma or its equivalent; and
• have not previously attended a college or university, except in the case of students enrolled in the State University of New York’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), or the independent colleges’ Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP); and
• be a resident of New York City for CD Program admission; and
• have a college admissions average of less than 80 % and
• have a family income and other available financial resources fall within guidelines established by New York State; and
• attend a pre-freshman summer session if you do not satisfy the University criteria on one or more of the University Skills Assessment Tests in Reading, Writing, or Mathematics.