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Gwinnett Tech’s career-focused curriculum is based on the latest industry advances to keep you competitive now and in the future. Get personalized support in the classroom and beyond from faculty, career specialists, tutors, and advisors.

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New Student

  1. Admissions application
    • Apply Now
    • Pay the one-time $25 non-refundable application fee
  2. Proof of Residency
    • Provide a copy of your current driver’s license or state-issued ID
    • To be classified as in-state, the Georgia ID must show residency for at least 12 months before the first day of the semester.
    • Send a clear image to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu  or Upload to your admissions application
  3. Proof of Lawful Presence
    • Can be satisfied if your state-issued ID is a REAL ID
    •  Refer to the Verifications of Lawful Presence document for other acceptable options (hyperlinked)
    • Send to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu or Upload to your admission application
  4. Official High School Transcript
    • The high school must be accredited by an agency included on the TCSG-approved accreditation list (hyperlinked)
    • Acceptable methods of delivery:
      • Mailed to the college in the original sealed envelope: Admissions Dept 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville 30043
      • Brought to campus in the original sealed envelope
      • Electronically sent to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu from a Safe Secure Portal such as Parchment, GaFutures, Naviance, Scribbles
    • Current high school seniors can submit an official in-progress transcript to be considered for Pending-Admit status.  The final official transcript indicating graduation date must be received within 45 days of the graduation date.
  5. Official Test Scores   All students must have official qualifying test scores in one of the following methods:
    •  SAT or ACT or Accuplacer or High School GPA
    • See the Qualifying Test Score Options for a list of acceptable scores per area

Dual Enrollment Student

Dual Enrollment at Gwinnett Technical College is a state-funded program that allows high school students to take college classes before graduating high school. Students receive college credit and high school credit for the same course. Students can be in 10 grade or higher to participate in dual enrollment.

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Returning/Readmit Student

Admissions will merge your previous student file and documents with your new student file.  Documents submitted previously will be added to your current account.  You do not need to re-send those items. 

  1. Admissions application
  2. Proof of Residency
    • All returning students must provide a current copy of their driver’s license or state-issued ID
    • To be classified as in-state, the Georgia ID must show residency for at least 12 months before the first day of the semester.
    • Send a clear image to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu  or Upload to your admissions application
  3. Proof of Lawful Presence
    • All returning students must provide a current document to be considered for in-state or out-of-state tuition
    • Can be satisfied if your state-issued ID is a REAL ID
    • Refer to the Verifications of Lawful Presence document for other acceptable options (hyperlinked)
    • Send to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu or Upload to your admissions application
  4. Official High School Transcript
    • This is NOT needed if previously submitted.   Admissions will merge your previous student file with your current student file
    • *If you attended another college since last attending GTC, those official college transcripts are needed
  5. Official Test Scores
    • This is NOT needed as admissions will merge your previous student file with your current student file

Transfer Student

  1. Admissions application
    • Apply now (hyperlinked)
    • Pay the one-time $25 non-refundable application fee
  2. Proof of Residency
    • Provide a copy of your current driver’s license or state-issued ID
    • To be classified as in-state, the Georgia ID must show residency for at least 12 months before the first day of the semester.
    • Send a clear image to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu  or Upload to your admissions application
  3. Proof of Lawful Presence
    • Can be satisfied if your state-issued ID is a REAL ID
    •  Refer to the Verifications of Lawful Presence document for other acceptable options (hyperlinked)
    • Send a clear image to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu  or Upload to your admissions application
  4. Official College Transcripts (for all colleges previously attended)
    • Acceptable methods of delivery:
      • Mailed to the college in the original sealed envelope: Admissions Dept 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville 30043
      • Brought to campus in the original sealed envelope
      • Electronically sent to AdmissionsDocs@GwinnettTech.edu from a Safe Secure Portal such as Parchment, GaFutures, Naviance, Scribbles
    • If you attended an accredited college with at least 12 transferable credits, admissions does NOT need your high school transcript, but if less than 12 transferrable credits official high school transcripts will be required
  5. Official Test Scores
    • All students must have official test scores,
    • If you have earned a C or higher from an accredited college in…
      • ENGL 1101, you are exempt from qualifying test scores in Reading/Writing
      • MATH 1111, you are exempt from qualifying test scores in MATH
    • See the Qualifying Test Score Options for a list of acceptable scores in other areas

Home Transient Student

A transient student is a guest from another college or university for one-term, who has been verified by the home institution as being in good academic standing and eligible to return; and who has their home institution’s permission to attend Gwinnett Technical College as a transient student.

  1. Apply for admission application and any additional requirements at the host institution.
    GTC HOME Transient students must meet ALL the following requirements below to request a Transient Letter and be granted transient student permission:
    • Must be currently enrolled at Gwinnett Technical College
    • Must be accepted into a program of study
    • General studies program students are not eligible
    • Must be in good standing
    • Must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0
    • Must NOT have any holds on your student record
    • Must meet any/all pre‐requisites or test score requirements to receive a transient permission
    • The course and course credit(s) must be required to complete your Gwinnett Technical College program of study
    • If the course is offered at Gwinnett Technical College, permission cannot be granted
    • Developmental courses will not be approved
    • No more than 75% of your total program requirements can be met through transfer credit, including courses taken as a transient student
    • Maximum combined enrollment hours may not exceed 18 credit hours
  2. Complete Request for a Transient Letter
    • Must be obtained from an enrollment advisor
      • To be completed by student AND GTC Enrollment Advisor
  3. UPLOAD the Transient Letter to your Target “X” Transient Application
  4. Register for courses at the host institution
  5. Complete Gwinnett Technical College Consortium Agreement Packet – (Only for students attending institutions outside the Technical College System of Georgia)
    • Consortium Agreement Packet can be found via the Financial Aid Forms   page – select appropriate aid year.
      • Financial Aid Acknowledgment for Consortium Agreement
        • To be completed and signed by student
        • Do NOT complete consortium agreement packet unless you have been awarded financial aid for the term of which you are applying to be a transient student
        • Student will need to submit completed document to Office of Financial Aid
      • Consortium Agreement
        • Section I to be completed by student
        • Submit form to host institution for completion of Section II
        • Institution will send to Gwinnett Technical College Office of Financial Aid
  6. HOPE Eligible Students – Complete HOPE Transient Request Form
    • HOPE eligible students will pay any balance due that HOPE will not pay
  7. Pay all fees due at host institution
  8. Refund of Gwinnett Technical College financial aid will be disbursed to the student during the scheduled refund dates for each semester. (Summer disbursements will occur at the end of June)
  9. After the transient term is over, submit a final copy of the academic transcript from the host institution to Gwinnett Technical College.

REMINDERS

  • A Consortium Agreement must be completed if you are receiving any Federal Aid (i.e., Stafford Loan, Pell Grant).  Please remember that you must be enrolled in at least six (6) credit hours to qualify for loans.
  • Your Pell Grant award on your student account award page is calculated at full-time enrollment (12 hours.) Your Pell Grant will be prorated according to the hours of enrollment. Students that are awarded loan funds must be enrolled for a minimum of six (6) undergraduate semester hours. Students must pay any fees that they incur at the host institution by the fee payment deadline for the host institution. Gwinnett Technical College will not send your financial aid to your host institution to pay your tuition and fees.
  • If you plan to use financial aid, you need to apply as a transient student. If you are not planning to use financial aid and want to take classes with us and another college at the same time, please complete the transfer application.
  • If you have not already done so, complete the Request for a Transient Letter. This form is required by the Gwinnett Technical College Office of the Registrar and is necessary to make sure your classes attempted at your “host” institution will be transferred and/or accepted back to Gwinnett Technical College.
    • Submit completed consortium documentation to: Tina Smith
      Gwinnett Technical College, Office of Financial Aid
      Lawrenceville, GA 30043 or Fax: (678-226-6916)

Host Transient Student

Welcome to Gwinnett Technical College! We’re glad you’ve chosen to attend. Here’s what you’re going to have to do to get your aid processed as a guest:
Note: All financial aid requests MUST be done through your home institution’s financial aid office.
Note: Until all fees have been paid to Gwinnett Technical College, your Consortium Agreement will not be sent back to your home institution.

  1. Complete the transient request process at your home institution.
  2. Transient students must re-apply each semester of attendance and pay the $25 application fee
  3. UPLOAD proof of Georgia residency/verification of lawful presence in the U.S. Please refer to the description of the documentation needed.
  4. UPLOAD an Official Transient Letter from your HOME Institution to your Target “X” Transient Application
  5. EMAIL unofficial college transcript(s) to Registrar’s Office via email to  RegistrarsOffice@gwinnetttech.edu. This confirms that Gwinnett Tech’s prerequisite requirements have been met. Transient students are not eligible to register for courses for which they have not met the prerequisite requirements.
  6. If eligible for HOPE, request a HOPE Transient Request be sent to Gwinnett Technical College from your home institution.
  7. Pay all fees for courses: Fee Schedule
  8. HOPE-eligible students will pay any balance due that HOPE did not pay.
  9. Send HOME institution Consortium Agreements to Tina Smith in the Gwinnett Technical College Office of Financial Aid via email tsmith@gwinnetttech.edu. Make sure your GTC student ID is in all correspondences.
  10. Enrollment verification sheets will not be sent to your HOME institution until after the mid-term of the term you are attending.
  11. Until all fees have been paid to Gwinnett Technical College, your Consortium Agreement will not be sent back to your home institution.
  12. After the transient term is over, submit a final copy of the academic transcript from Gwinnett Technical College to your home institution.

REMINDERS

A Consortium Agreement must be completed if you are receiving any Federal Aid (i.e., Stafford Loan, Pell Grant).  Please remember that you must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours to qualify for loans.

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Contact Us

Stop at the front desk to check-in and a student recruiter can answer questions and help you with the admissions application.  

Lawrenceville Campus

  • Address: 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
  • Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 8:30 am – 4:45 pm, Fridays 8:30 am – 3:45pm
  • Call: (678) 226-6751
  • Text: (470)226-0311
  • Email: GTCRecruitment@GwinnettTech.edu
  • Appointments Not Needed-Check in at the Front Desk in the Lobby of Building A to meet with the recruitment team

Alpharetta-North Fulton Campus

  • Address: 2875 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30009
  • Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm, Fridays 8:00am-3:45pm
  • Call: (470)282-5273
  • Email: ANFRecruitment@GwinnettTech.edu