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GVTC Admissions Process

The Georgia Virtual Technical Connection’s (GVTC) mission is to provide students with a central point of reference for programs offered electronically through the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). GVTC provides the central point of contact for the student applying online by providing an online course catalog, an online orientation, answers to questions concerning the online process, and facilitation of the online application to the requested college. GVTC acts as a facilitator rather than a full functioning admissions department; application files, assessment testing, advisement and registration, financial aid, textbook orders, and awarding credentials are managed at the local colleges. GVTC’s function is to assist the student in locating the course(s) needed and to direct the application to the requested college.

The same policies and procedures that apply to the traditional student affairs process apply to the Georgia Virtual Technical Connection (GVTC) process. Each application is processed in a nondiscriminatory way for admission to any technical college within the TCSG. GVTC acts as facilitator in assisting the college’s student affairs division in processing the online student. OFTC requests that students take transient courses at only one institution per semester.

Admissions Process

The procedures for admissions are:

  1. Complete and submit the online application form to GVTC — https://gvtc.tcsg.edu
  2. Apply online on the OFTC website at www.oftc.edu and pay a non-refundable $25 application fee.
  3. Submit high school transcript or high school equivalency transcript.
  4. Submit all post-secondary transcripts.
  5. Submit acceptable assessment test scores or other valid assessment instrument documentation – See Assessment Section.
  6. For transient students only, present the appropriate transient correspondence to the host school.
  7. Students must be sixteen (16) years of age or older.

Student Responsibilities

If the student is a transient, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the registrar for permission to be a transient student before applying to GVTC.

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that he/she has access to a computer that meets the minimum hardware/software requirements to participate in an online course. Those requirements are listed on the GVTC website at:

https://gvtc.tcsg.edu/Technology-Requirements

It is the student’s responsibility to purchase his/her textbooks or needed supplies. The course instructor may assist the student.

Transient OFTC students not taking online courses must complete a Transient Request Form in the Registrar’s Office.