Student Services - High School Students & Guidance Counselors
Are you a Junior or Senior in High School? Looking for a college level course to make your upcoming college application shine? Maybe you're interested in taking a course that will count for graduation credit at your High School? Or maybe you're graduating in May and you need help filling out that college application and getting all your ducks in a row for that big transition to higher education. If this is you... we can help!
Note: All forms are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. To request a hard copy of any of these forms, please contact Jose Cordero.
Non-Degree
This option will help you enroll in one college level course at the Hutchinson Center. You will be responsible for the cost of Tuition, Fees, and Books. The course you take (and hopefully pass) will be entered on your new college transcript, which you can use for admission, transfer credit, or high school credit*
Step 1. Fill out the Non-Degree Student Application Form (PDF)
Step 2. Fill out the Hutchinson Center Course Registration Form (PDF)
Step 3. Obtain an official High School transcript from your Guidance Office
Step 4. Obtain a recommendation letter from a teacher or guidance counselor
Step 5. Deliver packet to Jose Cordero at the Hutchinson Center
Your application packet will then be delivered to the University of Maine campus Office of Undergraduate Admission. It will be reviewed and a decision will be made to allow you to register for the course. You will receive a letter in the mail awarding you access to the course. Contact Jose Cordero to register, get your books, sign up for your email account, and get everything you need to take the course.
High School Aspirations
This option will help you enroll in one college level course at the Hutchinson Center. If accepted you will be given a scholarship that will cover the cost of Tuition and Fees. The cost of books will be your responsibility. The High School Aspirations Program is available for one semester only. Students cannot apply for a consecutive semester course unless they were not accepted previously.
Step 1. Fill out the High School Aspirations Application Form (PDF)
Step 2. Fill out the Hutchinson Center Course Registration Form (PDF)
Step 3. Obtain an official High School transcript from your Guidance Office
Step 4. Obtain a recommendation letter from a teacher or guidance counselor
Step 5. Deliver packet to Jose Cordero at the Hutchinson Center
Your application packet will then be delivered to the University of Maine campus Office of Undergraduate Admission. It will be reviewed and a decision will be made to allow you to register for the course. You will receive a letter in the mail awarding you access to the course. Contact Jose Cordero to register, get your books, sign up for your email account, and get everything you need to take the course. The course you take (and hopefully pass) will be entered on your new college transcript, which you can use for admission, transfer credit, or high school credit*
*For High School transfer credit information please consult with your guidance office.
Academ-e
The Academ-e is an early college distance education program designed to offer qualified high school seniors University of Maine courses, using state-of-the-art teaching and learning technologies combined with on-campus experiences.
The first early college distance education program in Maine, the University of Maine's Academ-e offers fourteen courses for university credit to Maine high school seniors through online, video-conferencing and on-campus elements.
Responding to the changing nature of Maine's public schools through their increasing use of technology in teaching and learning, the Academ-e early college program serves qualified Maine high school seniors, as well as those who are home-schooled, in an adult education diploma or GED program, or attending one of Maine's independent high schools.
The Academ-e consists of courses representing five broad areas: mathematics, sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences. Through nominations by high school principals, guidance counselors and teachers, all Maine high schools will have students enrolled in the Academ-e's 560 student body. Each school will have an allocated number of nominees and scholarships will be awarded to all who are nominated.
For more information visit the Academ-e homepage.
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