Get Started

Please follow the steps below to begin your educational experience at West Shore Community College, a place where students come first! For the best course selection, complete these steps early.

1. Apply for Financial Aid (recommended)
2. Take Placement Exams and/or Submit Transcripts
3. Complete Online Orientation
4. Sign up for New Student Registration, Meet with an Advisor, Register for Classes

If you are a previous student at West Shore Community College and have not attended classes for two or more years, you should complete the following steps:

1. Apply for Financial Aid
2. Meet with an Advisor (Optional)
3. Register for Classes

Follow these steps to transfer to West Shore with a minimum disruption to your academic and career pursuits. We’ll assist you every step of the way.

1. Submit Transcripts and/or Submit Placement Exams
2. Complete Online Orientation
3. Meet with an Advisor (Optional)
4. Register for Classes

Transcripts
Have official transcripts from any institutions you have attended sent directly to:

West Shore Community College
Registrar’s Office
3000 North Stiles Rd.
Scottville, MI 49454
You will receive a letter from the Registrar once your transcript has been evaluated. If you do not apply for admission prior to sending your transcripts, they will not be evaluated.

West Shore may transfer courses that you have already taken toward a degree or certificate if:

• The coursework was completed at a regionally accredited institution
• You earned a C (2.0) or better for the course
• If you have attended another college in the state of Michigan, you can check the Michigan Transfer Network to see how your courses will transfer to West Shore

Placement Tests
If you have not taken college-level English or Math, you will need to either submit SAT scores or take the ACCUPLACER assessment in the Learning and Testing Center. To schedule testing, please contact the Learning and Testing Center at: 231-843-5528 or email testingcenter@westshore.edu.

Please follow the steps below to begin your educational experience at West Shore Community College as a Guest Student.

1. Complete and submit the Guest Application Form to admissions@westshore.edu. Download the form here.
2. Submit unofficial transcripts

Does the class transfer back to your college? Check out the Michigan Transfer Network.

Please follow the steps below to prepare for your dual enrollment experience at West Shore Community College. By this time you should have talked with your parents and high school counselor about the demands of being a dual enrolled student.

1. Submit your SAT scores or take the ACCUPLACER
2. Complete the Online Orientation
3. Meet with your high school counselor and discuss course selection
4. Register for classes by completing and submitting Dual Enrollment Registration Request Form

Placement Scores for Dual Enrollment

• SAT Minimum Scores:
  • Evidence Based Reading and Writing - 450
  • Math – 380 (only required if you want to take a math course or course with a math prerequisite)
  • If you do not meet the minimum SAT scores, you must take the ACCUPLACER.
• ACCUPLACER Minimum Scores:
  • WritePlacer – 5
  • Next-Generation Reading– 249
  • Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics– 240 (only required if you want to take a math course or course with a math prerequisite)
  • There is no cost to take the initial ACCUPLACER, which can be completed in the Learning and Testing Center located on the second floor of the Schoenherr Campus Center on a walk-in basis. There is a $5.00 fee per section for any re-attempts in a single semester (limited to 3 attempts each section per semester)

Education is a lifelong endeavor. At West Shore, we have multiple options. Some courses are for credit and some are not. You choose! Please follow these steps if you want to take a traditional college course but not sure if you should take it for a grade.

1. Review our Audit Information
2. Submit Transcripts and/or Submit Placement Exams to take courses that have a prerequisite
3. Register for classes

There are also many learning experiences or opportunities to enhance your knowledge and abilities. Check out our Leisure & Enrichment or Business Training schedules! There are no entrance requirements or examinations, offered at little or no cost and conducted on the college campus or at off-campus sites throughout the college district.

Please follow the steps below to prepare for your dual enrollment experience at West Shore Community College. By this time you should have talked with your parents and high school counselor about the demands of being a dual enrolled student.

1. Submit your SAT scores or take the ACCUPLACER
2. Complete the Online Orientation
3. Meet with your high school counselor and discuss course selection
4. Register for classes by completing and submitting Dual Enrollment Registration Request Form

Placement Scores for Dual Enrollment

• SAT Minimum Scores:
  • Evidence Based Reading and Writing - 450
  • Math – 380 (only required if you want to take a math course or course with a math prerequisite)
  • If you do not meet the minimum SAT scores, you must take the ACCUPLACER.
• ACCUPLACER Minimum Scores:
  • WritePlacer – 5
  • Next-Generation Reading– 249
  • Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics– 240 (only required if you want to take a math course or course with a math prerequisite)
  • There is no cost to take the initial ACCUPLACER, which can be completed in the Learning and Testing Center located on the second floor of the Schoenherr Campus Center on a walk-in basis. There is a $5.00 fee per section for any re-attempts in a single semester (limited to 3 attempts each section per semester)