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Graduating from your program
PostedMarch 11, 2022
UpdatedMarch 21, 2022
ByApproach Activities
Graduating from your program
Students can petition to graduate at the end of each quarter. To graduate from a program, you must be a student in good academic standing (see page 10), must complete your last quarter at Approach with a minimum of 80% attendance, a minimum 2.7 GPA, and must fulfill the program requirements as follows:
- ESL: successfully complete the ESL level 4B, and pass the CEFR test to C1 (“Use of English”, listening, writing, and speaking assessments).
- TOEFL, GMAT, GRE, and SAT: successfully complete two-quarters of the program and show final score improvement from first full test simulation to last full test simulation.
- ADVANCED ACADEMIC PREPARATION: successfully complete the two levels of the program (4 quarters).
- BUSINESS PROGRAM: successfully complete the two levels of the program (4 quarters). ESL TI: successfully complete the program (two quarters).
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