Eligibility for the two CCP pathways differs slightly. 

For the Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway:

To be eligible to enroll, a student must:

1. Be a high school junior or senior;
2. Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses or have the principal’s recommendation; and
3. Meet the prerequisite requirements of the career pathway. 

For the College Transfer (CT) Pathway:

To be eligible to enroll, a student must:

1. Be a high school junior or senior;
2. Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses; and
3. Demonstrate college readiness (see below); and  
4. Meet all college course prerequisite requirements. 

For continuation in the program:

To maintain eligibility for continued enrollment, a student must: 

1. Continue to progress toward high school graduation: and
2. Maintain a GPA of 2.0 in college coursework after completing two courses. 

College Readiness* Benchmarks on Approved Diagnostic Assessment Tests

In addition to the diagnostic assessments, colleges may use the following SAT and ACT scores recommended by the testing companies as benchmarks for college readiness:*

*To be eligible for enrollment in a College Transfer Pathway, students must demonstrate college readiness in English, reading, and mathematics on an approved test or tests.  Eligibility may be demonstrated by achieving the required scores on a single test or by combining test scores from any of the approved assessments. For example, a student may combine a 19 on PLAN math with an 86 and an 80 on Accuplacer sentence skills and reading to demonstrate college readiness.
**PLAN, Pre-ACTPSAT scores recommended by ACT and College Board as indicators of college readiness.
***The Reading and English part of the NC DAP is an integrated assessment of reading and English skills; meeting the composite cut score for placement into ENG 111 is one way to demonstrate college readiness in order to participate in the College Transfer Pathway.