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Prospective Students | Berkshire CommunityHigherMenu Search Go BackWieldVisit Request Information Give MyBCC En Español BCC Home AcademicsWonkSupportTicket& AidWell-nighBCC Student Life News & Events MyBCC Login En Español AcademicsWonkSupportTicket& AidWell-nighBCC Student Life News & EventsWieldfor Free! Visit Request Information Give Home > Who Are You? > Prospective Students Prospective Students Who Are You? Current StudentSenseand StaffMerchantry& Community Prospective Students Veterans & Military Alumni & Friends Applying to BCC International Students Programs and Classes Catalogs and Semester Schedules Welcome to Berkshire Community College. Start Here. Go Anywhere. Are you thinking well-nigh the next installment in your life? Are you wondering if Berkshire Community College might be a possibility for that chapter? No doubt you'll have lots of questions in the beginning. The BCC Admissions Office is here to help you get on the path to achieving your educational goals. We hope you'll hands find this webpage full of good information to help you get started. If and when you are ready or have increasingly detailed questions that need answers, please finger self-ruling to contact us. We can't wait to get to know you. Click on the links unelevated to get to know us and some of the student services misogynist as you move forward.    Student Services and supportWonkAdvising Career Development Center Clubs & Organizations Developmental Education Disability Services Paying for College—Financial Aid Paterson Field House Personal Counseling Scholarships—BCC Foundation Scholarships—External Student Life STEM Starter Academy  Transfer Services  TRIO  WonkServices and supportWonkCalendarWonkPrograms BCC Blogs Core Competencies Honors Online Learning Library Registrar Service Learning Tutorial Services WebAdvisor Workshops (noncredit)UndertowListing - Click "search for sections" and you can review the courses we plan to offer. PRE-COLLEGE / DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES Haven't been to school in awhile. No worries we have pre-college and minutiae level courses to help you get up to speed and prepare for higher classroom success. To see pre-college or developmental level courses in either Math or English Click Here. TRANSFER STUDENTS BCC welcomes transfer-in students, including Veterans with prior military training and/or experience. Applicants requesting transfer of previous higher wits to BCC must provide an official higher transcript from each previous school. Official transcripts are moreover needed to meet the ticket requirements for Nursing and Allied Health. Official upper school transcripts are moreover required. International transcripts must be reviewed by an external evaluation service. Contact the Coordinator of Admissions (Ext. 1631) for increasingly information. BCC may grant credit from regionally accredited institutions where a grade of "C" (2.000) or largest has been earned and where the undertow content parallels the requirements in a student's program at BCC. Students may moreover request the granting of credit for transfer courses that are not stratum requirements if the courses can be unromantic toward completion of the MassTransfer woodcut provided the credits are widow to the BCC transcript prior to graduation. Transfer students planning to graduate from BCC may not worth for increasingly than one half of a program's graduation credit requirements by transfer, credit by exam, prior learning experiences, or any combination of these. ADVANCED STANDING AND NONTRADITIONAL CREDIT OPTIONS BCC students may receive credit for educational experiences outside the traditional higher setting. Students interested in qualifying for any of the options described unelevated should consult the department, sense member, or other counselor overseeing the testing or assessing of the educational experience. To be eligible, students must be matriculated (be wonted into a program of study). Most options require payment of tuition and fees for the credits earned. Students may not worth for increasingly than one half of their program's graduation requirements with credits earned by transfer, examination, prior learning experiences, or any combination of these. In addition, students must make sure that the official transcripts and scores necessary for determining wide standing are sent to the Admissions Office. EVENING STUDENTS Evening students who wish to enroll in a program of study should wield through the Admissions Office.Stratumprograms that can be completed entirely through evening study areMerchantryAdministration,MerchantryCareers, Fire Science, and Liberal Arts. Other programs may require a combination of day and evening study. Online courses moreover serve as an important resource in completing a program.RencontreAssessmentsRencontreassessments indulge students to receive credit, but no grade, for selected BCC courses listed in the BCC catalog. Students pass an exam that shows proficiency in the subject matter of the course. Students file this documentation in the Registrar's Office. The sense member who offers the undertow and the department chair must legitimatize the granting of credit. Students must have supposed their major. Application forms for rencontre assessments are misogynist from the Registrar's Office. National Standardized Tests Credit is moreover granted for unrepealable scores on national standardized tests. Students must score 3 or whilom on an wide placement exam designed to assess higher level work at a secondary school. Check with upper school guidance counselors for scheduling. Students taking theHigherLevelViewingProgram (CLEP) test of theHigherEntranceViewingBoard (CEEB) must score within the nationally recognized norms to earn credit. Scores of (47%) percent or whilom are required for tests of the Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support program (DANTES). Check with the Assessment and Testing Center (Ext. 1655/1656) for scheduling and requirements. In some instances, spare requirements must be met surpassing credit will be awarded. Prior Life LearningWitsA maximum of 8 credits for two classes may be awarded for life wits gained outside an wonk environment. Letters of recommendation, a portfolio, artwork, seminars, licenses, and other similar documentation are required for "proof-of-experience." Non- collegiate training may moreover receive credit. This includes various training and refresher courses offered by business, industry, service agencies, the Armed Forces, and the government. Students must provide diplomas, certificates, and other vestige of instruction. Credit is not automatic; each request is evaluated separately. For increasingly information, students should consult theWideStanding Coordinator (Ext. 1631). Make it your BCCWieldto BCC Request Information Give a Gift   Visit Our Campus Main campus:1350 West StPittsfield, MA 01201 (413) 499-4660 Schedule a Tour HomeSense& Staff Directory Map & Directions Locations BCC Email Login QuickLinks BCC Weather Station BCC Library Make a Suggestion Call us now Berkshire CommunityHigher© ©