{"id":4770,"date":"2023-05-12T14:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/?page_id=4770"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:14:04","slug":"am-i-considered-a-first-time-college-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/am-i-considered-a-first-time-college-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I considered a first-time college student?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Is your Palomar Promise application on hold due to the first-time college student requirement? If so, please read the information below.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible for the Palomar Promise program, students must be a first-time college student. Students who have taken college courses or earned college units are not eligible to participate in the Palomar Promise program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What if I earned college units while in high school?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your Promise application is <strong>ON HOLD<\/strong> due to not meeting the first-time college student requirement, and the college units were earned while you were enrolled\u00a0 in high school as part of dual enrollment\/concurrent enrollment, please complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/05\/K-12-Special-Admission-Approval-Form-Ver052021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K12 Special Admission Approval Form<\/a> , and submit it to the Admissions Office in person or via email at admissions@palomar.edu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/enrollment-main\/steps-enrollment-k12-special-admission\/\">Learn more about K12 Special Admissions<\/a>. If you have questions, please contact the Admissions Office at 760-744-1150, ext. 2164.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you graduated early from high school (i.e. December 2024\/ January 2025), and you are enrolled in spring 2025 classes, please contact the Promise Office via email at promise@palomar.edu and provide a copy of your unofficial transcript or High School diploma to include your graduate date for verification..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you have any questions, please contact the Promise Office via email at promise@palomar.edu using your Palomar student email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your Palomar Promise application on hold due to the first-time college student requirement? If so, please read the information below.&nbsp; To be eligible for the Palomar Promise program, students&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/am-i-considered-a-first-time-college-student\/\">Continue Reading<span> Am I considered a first-time college student?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4770","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoZAy-1eW","ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7958,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4770\/revisions\/7958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarpromise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}