High School Special (HSS) 

High school students take college courses on-campus, blended or online that were not approved by the school district due to a comparable course offered at the high school. Students pay full UW tuition and fees. This program is offered at all three UW-Stevens Point campuses.

Admission Standards:

  1. Junior and Senior

  2. At least a 2.0 cumulative GPA OR

  3. Top 50% of class with an ACT composite score of 24 or higher.

How to Apply:

  1. Meet with your school counselor to see if taking college courses will work with your schedule and if you are ready to take college courses.

  2. Apply to a UW-Stevens Point Campus (Stevens Point, Marshfield or Wausau) UW System online application 

  3. After the application is processed by the Office of the Registrar, students will receive an email to the personal email account listed on the application. This email contains information for students to activate their accesSPoint account, complete the registration task, and register themselves online.  

  4. If online consent or prerequisite overrides are required, students work directly with the department office of the course they intend to enroll in.

Cost/Tuition:

UW-Stevens Point will bill to the student’s account and be charged the full UW tuition and fees

Questions can be directed to:

UW-Stevens Point
Office of the Registrar
715-346-4301
registrar@uwsp.edu