Blue Mountain Community College

Blue Mountain Community College has an open-door admission policy. In general, students may enroll provided they:

• Are eighteen years of age or older, or
• Are legally emancipated, or
• Have graduated from an accredited high school, or
• Have completed a general educational development (GED) certificate or an adult high school diploma, and
• Have the ability to benefit from instruction.

If you are under eighteen years of age and no longer attending high school, have not graduated from an accredited high school or completed a GED, and wish to attend BMCC, you may enroll by providing the following:

• A letter from a high school administrator stating that you have been released from compulsory school attendance under the provisions outlined in ORS 339.030, and
• An assessment by a BMCC advisor regarding your ability to benefit from the instruction desired, and
• Your parents signature on any enrollment or registration document that obligates you, the student, financially, and
• An acknowledgement that you will be in a classroom situation with other adults and without the same protections and rules of the K-12 system.

If you are under the age of eighteen and still attending high school and wish to take a class or two for personal enrichment or for credit at your high school, you may do so with parental sign-off on the financial obligations incurred. If you wish to take classes for high school credit, please check with your high school administration to ensure that the credits taken will transfer in the way you intend.

If you were home-schooled, you are welcome to enroll in classes and attend BMCC under the same conditions as other students. If you or your family members have questions about admission, please contact the Service Center in Pendleton at 541-278-5759.