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Forsyth Tech joins N.C. State's new guaranteed admission program for transfer students

Forsyth Technical Community College
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Forsyth Technical Community College

A new program out of N.C. State University will guarantee admission to the school for Forsyth Technical Community College students who meet certain criteria.

It's called Wolfpack Connect.

Forsyth Tech students who earn an associate degree, maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher and meet transfer deadlines will be guaranteed admission for more than 100 N.C. State majors and concentrations.

Forsyth Tech President Janet Spriggs says this will take a lot of the guesswork out of the transfer process for students. It could also save them money; tuition at Forsyth Tech is a third of the cost.

“This is going to help us strengthen our transfer pipeline, which is ultimately going to help more students achieve a four-year degree," Spriggs says.

Forsyth Tech, Central Piedmont and Wake Technical are the first three community colleges to take part in the program. Students can begin applying to participate in January.

Amy Diaz began covering education in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and High Country for WFDD in partnership with Report For America in 2022. Before entering the world of public radio, she worked as a local government reporter in Flint, Mich. where she was named the 2021 Rookie Writer of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Diaz is originally from Florida, where she interned at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and freelanced for the Tampa Bay Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, but truly got her start in the field in elementary school writing scripts for the morning news. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.