Who says getting started in college will cost you an arm and a leg. Morehead State University is giving qualified high school seniors a chance to get started on their college degree, free.
Seniors with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0, appropriate ACT scores, and reside in one of the following counties:
Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Pike, Powell, Rowan, or Wolfe
Qualifying students may take up to six hours of college courses tuition-free in the 2009-10 academic year.
Students may choose from 100 or 200 level courses on the class schedule. Classes will be offered at the Morehead, Mt. Sterling and West Liberty campuses and online.
Students are responsible for textbooks and course fees. Textbooks for the classes are available from the University Bookstore, located in the Adron Doran University Center on the Morehead campus.
Orders may be placed by calling (888) STORE-05 or via the Internet at www.bookstore.moreheadstate.edu. Purchases will be shipped to the address specified by the student.
Classes at MSU for the fall semester begin on Monday, Aug. 17, at all locations. The term ends Dec. 11.
Additional information and application forms are available by calling Tina Stafford, MSU’s distance education director, at (800) 585-6781, option #3; MSU at Mt. Sterling, (859) 498-0780 or (866) 870-0809; or MSU at West Liberty, (800) 648-5371 or (606) 743-1500.