Dual-Enrollment with CPCC

Spring 2025 semester registration is from 9/15/24 - 11/4/24

Dual Enrollment - When students are enrolled in two places - one being the high school, the other being a community college.

The purpose of dual-enrollment with CPCC is for high school Juniors and Seniors to earn college credits while they are still in high school OR to take courses that may not transfer to college but will prepare them for the workplace. Some benefits include:

- free tuition

- flexible course offerings (online and in-person options)

- affordable textbook fee

- AP credit towards your high school GPA without the AP exam

- exposure to college-level coursework and college-level expectations

Step One: Meeting with Ms. Minick & Can You Take Courses?

A meeting with Ms. Minick is not a requirement, but it is STRONGLY encouraged as you go through the process to ensure you are on the right track!

Before getting started, please note the following:
- students CANNOT replace CPCC courses with graduation requirements at the high school
- students CANNOT take CPCC courses that the high school offers
- students MUST have transportation to leave campus if they are taking CPCC courses on their 4-block schedule at the high school (for example, you cannot put a CPCC class as one of your 4 blocks and go to the Media Center to work on it) <-- this doesn't mean you have to go to CPCC and take the course in-person, it just means that you cannot be on campus at the high school unless you have a high school class on your schedule during that time
- students DO have the option to leave early if they are taking CPCC classes, but they do NOT have the option to come late
- students MUST have at least a 2.8 unweighted GPA to take classes on the College Transfer Pathways (see below)

Step Two: Going to College, or Going to Work?

If you are planning on going to work after high school, you will choose a CTE Pathway
*not all of these require an unweighted 2.8 GPA

If you are planning on going to college after high school, you will choose a College Transfer Pathway (CTP)
*all of these require at least a 2.8 unweighted GPA

Step Three: Pick a Pathway

Once you have decided between CTE and CTP, you will pick what Pathway you want to enroll in based on your goals after high school.

CTP (College Transfer Pathways) here
or
CTE Pathways here

Step Four: Apply to CPCC using CFNC

This is where directions need to be paid attention to very carefully.

These steps are comprehensive, if you do not read all of them, your application will not be complete and you will be unable to register for courses.

PART I:
1. Go to CFNC.org
*If you do not have a CFNC account, you will need to create one - otherwise, Login
2. Hover over "Apply to College"
3. Click "Application Hub"

4. Click "Start an Application"

5. Search "Central Piedmont Community College"

6. *Click Central Piedmont Community College CCP Application*
*If you do not complete this step correctly, you will not have applied
7. Complete the application
*Use your personal email on the application, NOT your CMS email
In depth directions for steps 1-6 can be found here

PART II (this part is done EVERY semester that you are dually enrolled):
8. Go back to CFNC.org
9. Hover over "Apply to College" then Click "Request Your Transcript"
10. Update your information and Save it, and Select Ballantyne Ridge as your high school
*Remember: your NC Student Number = CMS ID

11. Scroll down and type in "Central" under Search for Campuses

12. Select "Central Piedmont Community College Undergraduate A"

13. Click "Request my Transcript"

14. If Central Piedmont Community College Undergraduate A has a green check, you have done these steps correctly

PART III:
15. Wait 2-3 business days for CPCC to process your application and transcript

Step Five: Logging into Accounts

PART I:
16. You will receive a Student ID from CPCC to the email address that you put on the application
*Remember: you should have used a personal email address - step 7
17. Activate your account by clicking here and following the steps
*Once your account is claimed, it will take about 30 minutes to register in CPCC's system before you can log in as a CPCC student. If you have any issues, contact the CPCC Help Desk at 704-330-5000 this step will not work on your Chromebook
18. Authenticate your account by downloading Duo - instructions here
19. Log in to your CPCC Email Account here
*Bookmark this link to your computer!
Need help with this part? Call CPCC Tech Help at 704-330-5000*

PART II:
20. Enroll in the mandatory CCP (College and Career Promise) Mandatory Checkpoint course and earn an 80+ on the final quiz in Unit 9 by following directions here
*You will not be able to register for courses until you have completed this Checkpoint Quiz
21. Once you have completed the Mandatory Checkpoint Quiz, confirm your interest in dual-enrollment and confirm your parental permission here (you will not be able to register until this form and the Checkpoint quiz are completed)

Step Six: Planning For and Registering For Classes

*this is the trickiest part of the registration process with CPCC, please ensure you are reading all directions in their entirety

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: These steps will allow you to search for and plan for courses you would like to take with CPCC.
You are not officially enrolled in those courses until there is a green banner over the class that says “Registered” with a check mark, Planned is not the same as Registered.

PART I:
22. Go to my mycollege.cpcc.edu and Log In
23. Click “Student Planning" then "View Your Progress" - this is where you will see the Pathway that you chose (next to the word "Department") and the classes that are available to you in that Pathway
24. When looking at the classes associated with your Pathway, notice that in red, there is a reminder that reads: “0/6 credits completed” or “0/3 credits completed” or “3/6 credits completed” - there’s lots of options for what this can say, depending on your progress
- The credits allowed (the number on the right) is how many credit hours you can have in that category
- The courses listed are the courses you can take to fulfill those credit hours
- Most courses are worth 3 credit hours
- Math and Science courses are often worth 4 credit hours
- CTE courses can vary in their worth and you have to check with your Counselor if your CTE course counts on the AP-scale
25. Click on a class that you may want to take that is on your Pathway
26. On the left hand side of the screen for Filters, make sure you select the correct term that you are searching for, then scroll down to the bottom of the menu and select "Online"
27. Scroll back up to the class and click on “View Sections of _____” - this is a blue banner - read through the options, choose the one that works best for you, and click “Add Section to Schedule”

PART II:
28. Once you have added the section you want, on the left hand side of the screen, click the Graduation Hat symbol then “Student Planning”
29. Click “Plan and Schedule” - make sure the term at the top is the term you are checking
*You can look at the current term, or the future term that you just added a class to
30. Click the blue button that says “Register Now”
**if there is not a "Register Now" button:
- you can see when the "Register Now" button will be available by looking to the left where your Planned course is and the registration opening date will be listed in a blue banner
- For example, Spring 2025 Registration begins on 10/18/24
- On the date listed, log back in by going to mycollege.cpcc.edu - Log In - Student Planning - Plan Your Degree and Register for Classes - click the "Register Now" button on the date that is listed
- Remember: PLANNED courses have a yellow banner, REGISTERED courses have a green banner and a check mark

31. Check that you are registered for the course by ensuring the class now says "Registered" with a green banner

Step Seven: Staying Informed and Asking for Help

- Bookmark the CPCC Email Site
*you should be checking this every day and it is the only way that anyone from CPCC will contact you

- Bookmark your CPCC Workspace (Brightspace)
*this is where your classes will be - the high school has Canvas, the college has Brightspace
*Brightspace does not link to PowerSchool the way that Canvas does - your Counselor updates your grade in PowerSchool by hand when they get a grade report from your CPCC Instructors

- Bookmark this page on CPCC's website for questions you may have, academic calendars, IT help, logging in for the first time and changing your password, etc.

- Double-check that you are registered for your classes by logging into MyCollege - Log In - Student Planning - Plan Your Degree and Register for Classes - Check the term you are looking at is correct, if it is not, use the arrows to change the term - View your classes on the left hand side - Yellow with "Planned" means you are NOT officially signed up for the course, Green with a "Registered" means you ARE officially signed up for the course

Your class will not show up on Brightspace until the day it begins.

It is very important that you read the syllabus provided by your Instructors and understand the Drop / Add / Withdrawal policies for each course.

Need Help Logging In / Changing Your Password? Call 704-330-5000.

Need Help With Step 6? Make an appointment with Ms. Minick here.

Commonly Asked Questions

"Do these classes count on my high school transcript? What if I have taken, or am taking AP classes?"

Yes! The courses you take with CPCC will show on your high school transcript, and, if they are worth 3+ credit hours (all courses on the College Transfer Pathways are), then they count the same as an AP class (on the 5.0 scale). In order to ensure you are NOT REPEATING CLASSES between your AP credits towards college and your CPCC class credits towards college, check this guideline. If you have earned a college class from an AP exam, you CANNOT take that same class with CPCC.

For example, if you take AP Psych with BRHS and earn a 4 on the AP Exam, you earn college credit for PSY 150: General Psychology. You would not want to sign up for PSY 150 with CPCC because you already have credit for it from your AP exam.

"If I find out I do not have the time needed to complete my dual-enrollment classes, can I just drop them?"

If a student is going to drop a dual-enrollment course, it must be done within the 10% CPCC drop/add period. This date will be discussed by your Instructor and will be on the syllabus. This will result in the course not appearing on either transcript. Any withdrawal after the CPCC 10% designated drop/add period will be recorded as a WF (Withdraw Failing). The WF will appear on the student’s transcript, but will not affect the GPA.

"Am I in college?"

Yes! Remember, you are a dually-enrolled student; this means you are enrolled two places: CPCC and BRHS. You are both a college student and a high school student. With that, comes a lot more independence and responsibility. If you are the type of student who needs to be face-to-face every day with your Instructor and require reminders to complete assignments, this is not for you. However, if you are ready to take the jump into the college classroom (on campus or online) and you feel as though you are invested in your schoolwork, do not require reminders, are diligent with your time management, and are eager to begin, this is definitely for you!

"Is the grading the same as high school?

No, it is not. Here is how your grades at CPCC will be on your high school transcript

CPCC Grade = Grade on HS transcript

A = 95

B = 85
C = 75

D = 65

F = 55

I = 55*

W = WF**

WF = 0***
*If a student receives an incomplete for a course, the grade will revert to a (55-F) if course requirements are not met within ten days.
**If a student is going to drop a CCP course, it must be done within the 10% CPCC drop/add period. This will result in the course not appearing on either transcript. Any withdrawal after the CPCC 10% designated drop/add period will be recorded as a WF (Withdraw Failing). The WF will appear on the student’s transcript but will not affect the GPA.
***If a student does not withdraw and never attends, they will receive a 0.
****The following numeric grade conversions are based on NC DPI recommendations. A grade of WP (Withdraw-Passing) will be issued at the discretion of the CMS principal. Reasons can include, but are not limited to: medical, extreme hardship, and student’s family relocating.

"What about my high school schedule?"
There are multiple ways to approach this. You can either have your dual-enrollment classes as "5th and 6th blocks" meaning they are not a part of your high school day in terms of your schedule (you will complete the courses on your own time outside of the school day), but they still count on your high school transcript. Or, you can replace an elective at the high school with a dual-enrollment class. In order to choose this option, you have to leave campus during that block that is dedicated to dual-enrollment. Meaning, you have to have transportation and cannot stay on campus.

"I remember doing classes during COVID online, and I did not do well. Most of the CPCC classes are online. How can I receive help if I need it?"

Although your courses will probably be online (especially while you are a Junior), you have the option of going in person if you are eligible to have early release at the high school (ask your counselor!). However, if you decide to do fully online courses, you will still have an Instructor that grades your assignments, provides feedback, and has office hours for you to attend on Microsoft Teams or in person.

CPCC also offers an array of student services that are completely free! This includes:

Make an appointment with an in-person Tutor using Tutor Match.
Make an appointment with a Brainfuse tutor for live chat options after hours using Live Help.
Submit a paper for writing assistance.
Access a Tutor on Microsoft Teams with a virtual session.