Guest Students

A guest student is any student taking six or fewer hours per semester but who is not seeking a degree at Rochester College. Guest students must pay normal tuition and course fees and are not eligible for institutional or financial aid. There are two types of guest students; those who are currently students at another college or university and those who are not attending any other college or university.

Those who are students at another college or university must fill out a Michigan Uniform Undergraduate Guest Application. Those who are not students at another college or university must fill out a Guest Student Application (traditional or CEL) and select “Non Degree Seeking” for program or major. There is no application fee for guest students. The appropriate application should be submitted to the admissions office (traditional or CEL) prior to the first semester taking one or more courses at Rochester College. Guest students may register for courses normally following their first semester.

Guest students attending another institution are responsible to ensure that they have successfully completed the pre-requisites to any course they are taking, if applicable. Guest students who are not attending another institution must produce evidence that they have completed pre-requisites to any course they are taking, if applicable.

Guest students who attend another college or university must request that grades and credits be sent to their home college or university via a normal transcript request. Transferability of courses should be pre-determined by the student with his or her home institution.

Guest students who wish to take more than six hours in a semester or who are working toward fulfillment of a Rochester College degree plan or who have accumulated 12 or more hours as a guest student must apply for admission to be enrolled as a regular student if they wish to continue taking additional Rochester College course work. Guest students may appeal these restrictions in writing to the Academic Dean.

Guest students are subject to the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy with the exception that if their cumulative grade point average falls below a 2.0 and they are placed on academic suspension then they will not be eligible to take any further course work. Academically suspended guest students may submit a written appeal letter to the Academic Life Committee requesting to be permitted to take additional course work.