EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM
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The Early College program offers two ways for students to earn college credit: dual credit and dual enrollment. High school juniors and seniors who are interested in either program should start by discussing available options with their school counselor.
Daley College has a partnerships with various Chicago Public Schools to offer college credit courses available to juniors and seniors at their high school. Students may take college classes taught by high school instructors, credentialed by Daley College, in the fall and spring semesters. Students may earn both college and high school credit without any adjustment to their high school schedule.
High school juniors and seniors can enroll at Daley College and take on-campus, remote or online college courses in the fall, spring and summer terms. Students are able to choose from courses such as English, Math, Foreign Languages and Science courses, as well as follow prescribed career pathways, which are designed to prepare them for work in a high-demand industry. Career pathway areas of study include Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Early Child Development and Advanced Manufacturing. Additionally, students coming from our STEM partner schools are able to enroll in Associate Degree STEM pathways such as Computer Science, IT, Networking, Pre-Health, Pre-Engineering, Wed Development, and Business.
- Students must have at least 2.5 GPA AND at least a 90% attendance rate in high school to participate.
- Students must be a Chicago resident.
- Students must be 16 and at least a junior or senior in high school.
- Any student younger than 16 and/or not yet a high school junior must work with the Daley College Early College Program to obtain permission from the Daley College President to participate.
- Students may need to meet pre-requisites for a college course and can do so by submitting approved ACT and/or SAT scores and/or taking CCC Placement Tests. Before taking any placement test, please review the math ALEKS and the English Read to Write (RTW) Test Prep Packets and make sure you prepare. (see Placement Test info below)
- Students must work with the Early College Program Advisor in order to be enrolled in college courses.
- Apply to the Early College Program at Daley College.
- Obtain a copy of your High School Transcripts and picture ID from your high school counselor.
- Obtain a copy your ACT/SAT test scores or take the CCC Placement Test (ALEKS and/or RTW).
- Complete the Permission Form and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Disclosure Form making sure to have a parent sign
- Submit documents to earlycollegeda@ccc.edu
- High school picture ID
- High school Transcripts
- ACT/SAT scores (CCC Placement scores can be retrieved from our system)
- Signed Early College Permission and SAP forms
- Once everything has been submitted and reviewed, students will be enrolled into any eligible and available course.
- Verify credentialed DC Instructors and class builds each semester, including days/times and meeting minutes for each class.
- Verify all class rosters of eligible students and make sure that all DC students have:
- Met pre-requisites for classes,
- Have a CCC ID number and
- Have turned in an Early College packet containing SIGNED Early College Permission and SAP forms, HS Transcripts and picture ID
- Submit all paperwork including class builds, class rosters and EC packets to each partner’s SharePoint folder. Please contact earlycollegeda@ccc.edu for a new or non-working SharePoint link.
- Work with the Daley team to arrange any Info Sessions, application and/or registration seminars or any other assistance needed. Dual Credit students are encouraged to attend an Info Sessions.
The ALEKS math placement test can be taken up to five times in a calendar year and is untimed, whereas the Read to Write placement test can only be taken once per semester.
EARLY COLLEGE PLACEMENT/TEST SCORES RUBRIC |
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CCC Placement Test |
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EXAM |
SCORE |
PLACEMENT LEVEL |
Read to Write (RTW) |
6 |
English 101 |
Read to Write (RTW) |
5 |
Courses that do not require English 101 pre-requisite |
ALEKS |
46+ |
Math 118, Math 121, Math 125 or Math 140 |
ALEKS |
61+ |
Math 141 |
ALEKS |
76+ |
Math 207 |
ACT & SAT English Placement Scores |
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EXAM |
SCORE |
PLACEMENT LEVEL |
ACT English Score |
21+ |
English 101 |
SAT EBRW Score |
480+ |
English 101 |
ACT Math Score |
21-23 |
Math 118, Math 121, Math 124 and Math 140 |
ACT Math Score |
24+ |
Math 141, Math 204 and Math 207 |
SAT Math Score |
530-570 |
Math 118, Math 121, Math 124 and Math 140 |
SAT Math Score |
580+ |
Math 141, Math 204 and Math 207 |