This policy establishes the general guidelines for admission to Richmindale College, ensuring a fair, transparent, and inclusive admissions process. It aims to provide equal educational opportunities to applicants from diverse backgrounds, including those who may have faced extenuating circumstances.

This policy applies to all prospective students, faculty, and staff at Richmindale College.

Richmindale College aims to attract applicants who have the potential to excel in their chosen fields. The admission criteria of Richmindale College do not put significant weight on the academic performance of its applicants from their previous school to consider students who might have extenuated circumstances, such as students who were homeless, students who lived in foster care or other non-traditional living environment, or disadvantaged students who did not get the opportunity to access quality education. Furthermore, the applicants’ previous academic performance is not the only measure of success.

Richmindale College gives applicants equal opportunity to pursue college education. Richmindale College believes that commitment, exposure, and maturity can help students improve their performance. Thus, giving applicants the opportunity to join Richmindale to get a degree may help them get better opportunities or further their studies.

Richmindale College is committed to ethical enrollment practices through fair and transparent admission and enrollment policies and procedures to ensure that enrolled students possess the capacity to successfully complete and benefit from the institution’s educational offering. Richmindale College admits students regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, gender, or age. The institution reasonably accommodates applicants and students with disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws.

The admission requirements of Richmindale College vary by program level. Additional requirements also apply to international applicants. Please review the specific requirements for each degree and for international applicants.

Richmindale College closely monitors the academic performance of students who have their previous school cumulative GPA below 2.5 during their first semester. Richmindale recommends students to receive online tutoring in specific courses if they fail to perform based on Richmindale’s grading system. Students are expected to pay the fees charged by an online tutoring company.

Applicants for the bachelor’s degree programs of Richmindale College must submit a completed application and evidence of high school completion documents or equivalent, such as official transcripts of high school graduation or a recognized equivalency, such as a General Education Development (GED) certificate, or completion of a high school education in a homeschool setting approved under state law.

Applicants seeking admission to Richmindale must be no less than 16 years of age. For enrolling students under the compulsory school age, Richmindale College shall obtain permission from responsible parties to assure that the pursuit of the educational offerings is not detrimental to any compulsory schooling.

Applicants for the master’s degree programs must submit a completed application and evidence of a completed bachelor’s degree earned from an appropriately accredited institution.

Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States (international applicants) are welcome to apply for admission. Please note that due to the online learning nature of the programs, the school cannot issue I-20 documentation to allow international students to enter the United States on student visas.

International applicants must provide the general, program-level, and other admission requirements specified in the Admission Requirements section section based on their selected program. In addition to these requirements, international applicants must also provide the following requirements, if applicable:

Official Transcripts, equivalent certificates, and any other documents that are required for admission must be sent by the applicant or the applicant’s previous school to Richmindale College via the online admission application system, electronic mail, or postal mail.

Richmindale College considers transcripts or equivalent certificates official if such documents are duly attested, certified true copy, or sealed with the Registrar’s signature. Richmindale College may contact the applicants’ previous schools to confirm the authenticity of the documents that were submitted to Richmindale College.

If applicants do not have their official transcripts available during their admission application, Richmindale College may accept unofficial transcripts or a duly signed certificate from their previous school stating the level of qualification that the applicants have successfully completed from the school (referred to as “certificate of qualification”), as temporary documents to be used for evaluating admission eligibility.

Applicants who are approved and accepted into a Richmindale College program without their official transcripts are considered conditionally enrolled and are allowed to enroll in courses not to exceed 12 semester credit hours, subject to Richmindale’s Course Load Policy. The applicants’ official transcripts or equivalent certificates must be received by Richmindale College within one enrollment period, or they are withdrawn from the program, and they cannot earn their completed course credits for the one enrollment period. See the Cancellation For Not Submitting Official Transcripts section in the Cancellation, Withdrawal and Refund Policies for more details. See the Course Load Policy section for more details about the allowed credit hours of enrollment per semester.

Richmindale College verifies the identity of admission applicants through an online face-to-face meeting to make sure that the admitted students who participate in and complete the coursework and assessments are the same students who are awarded credit. Admission applications cannot be completed without the identify verification.

During the admission application process, applicants can choose a schedule from available schedules shared by Richmindale College to meet with a Richmindale Admissions Representative for identity verification.

During the identity verification online meeting, applicants are required to show their valid identification document, with a photo and signature, that they have submitted during the admission application. Acceptable identification includes passport and driver's license. In the identification document, the photo must be identifiable to be the same person as the applicant. The online meeting may be recorded and added as part of the student record. See the Student Identity Verification Policy in Academic Policies for more details about student identity verification.

Richmindale College reserves the right to request additional information from any applicant to make admission decisions. If Richmindale College has reason to believe that a diploma or transcript of records is not valid, the institution may request an attested copy of documents, or it may check the school or institution to validate the authenticity of the documents.