Early College Program for High School Students

Head to the application.

Make sure to use a personal email address that is not your school email address, as school emails may block communications from HCCC. Please also make sure that this is the student’s e-mail address and not the e-mail address of a parent/guardian.

Also, the application MUST be completed and submitted by the student. It cannot be completed and submitted by a parent/guardian/school representative. Any applications completed by someone other than the student will be rejected and a new application will need to be submitted.

• Create an account.
• Under School Attended, scroll to select your high school.
• Please enter the year you will graduate high school in Graduated/Attended to Year.
• Anticipated Entry Term is the first term you will take classes as an Early College student. 
  
  • (If you are registering for courses that have a start date in 2025, select Fall 2025 as your entry term. If you will not be registering for classes until 2026, select Spring 2026.)
• Make sure you write down the e-mail address and password you use to create this account!
• Once your account is created, complete the steps to submit the application.
• On the application page, if your high school does not pre-populate, enter the high school name and select “New Jersey” in the “State” field, click Search, and then select your high school below.
• Again, enter the year you started high school and then the year you expect to graduate high school in the appropriate fields.
• Complete all other fields and submit application.
• Within 2 business days (or sooner) your HCCC user name and student ID number will be sent to the e-mail you used to create your account. PLEASE SAVE THAT E-MAIL!

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The second step is to complete the Student Agreement form.

You will need the signature of your parent/guardian and, if applying as a participant in a partner program, the signature of your high school counselor. Once it is complete, Hudson County Schools of Technology students should e-mail a copy to secaucuscenterFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE. All other students should e-mail a copy to earlycollegeFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE.

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Once you submit the Student Agreement Form, an Academic Counselor will reach out to you to discuss the next steps. This may include taking a placement exam and will eventually lead to you registering for your first classes!

If you’d like to find out more information while you wait, you can learn more about the placement test process here: Testing Services or you can complete the Directed Self Placement process to determine your placement:

• Early College Math Directed Self Placement
• Early College English Directed Self Placement

You can also take a look at the many classes we offer in the course schedule. Just remember that what classes you can take right away will depend on your initial placement, and some classes might have additional pre-requisites.

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