The Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Program allows high school and home-schooled juniors and seniors to earn both high school and college credit for courses completed through a college or university. Metropolitan State University participates in this program.
Learn more about PSEO and how it can benefit you.
All materials must be received by the final deadlines above in order to be considered for admission. These dates also apply to returning PSEO students.
Note: If you are a returning PSEO student, we do not need a new high school transcript. However, we will need the PSEO Notice of Student Registration form by the deadline posted above.
Make sure the program aligns with your academic goals and abilities and discuss the program with your parent/guardian(s) first. Then arrange a meeting with your high school counselor to start the application process and discuss course selection.
Note: If you have trouble filling out the form, contact the Metro State admissions office.
Complete the admissions application online.
For questions or assistance with your application, call 651-793-1302.
Request your official high school transcripts and provide the completed PSEO Notice of Student Registration form. They can be mailed to:
Undergraduate Admissions
Metropolitan State University
700 East Seventh St.
Saint Paul, MN 55106
Or sent electronically to admissions.documents@metrostate.edu.
Note: If you are a returning PSEO student, we do not need a new high school transcript. However, we will need the PSEO Notice of Student Registration form (available above) by the deadline posted above.
All new PSEO students are required to attend a mandatory orientation and registration session.
Information about the orientation and instructions on how to register will be emailed to you.
After you receive your letter of admission—provided at the required orientation session—Gateway Student Services is your contact for information about Metropolitan State and services offered to students.
Students currently enrolled at a Minnesota public or non-public high school. Seniors must rank in the upper half of their class, or have a 3.0 or higher grade point average. Juniors must be in the upper third of their class, or have a 3.25 or high grade point average.
You are expected to:
Additionally, when grades are posted, you will be automatically dropped from your next semester’s courses if you:
College courses are more academically challenging, and the primary responsibility for learning is yours. You should plan to spend two to three hours of study for every hour spent in class. If you also work and/or participate in after-school activities, consider whether PSEO will be a good fit. Keep in mind, you will be taking classes with students who have already completed high school.
Yes, provided you pass the classes. It is very important that you work out a plan with your high school counselor if you wish to complete high school requirements by taking college courses.
Yes, provided you pass the classes. How the credits you earn apply toward a college degree depends upon the specific college and program you select. It is important to realize that you will be establishing a college record at Metropolitan State, which will be on your permanent college record.
Metropolitan State University will forward your transcript to your High School Counselor once grades are posted at the end of each semester. You will be able to view your grades online through eServices.
March 1 for the fall semester and November 1 for the spring semester. Details on the application procedure are under the "How to Apply" tab.
You only need to apply once when you would first like to be considered for the program. To continue in the program, you will not re-apply, but you must submit a new Registration Form each semester by the deadlines listed above.
There is no application fee for PSEO students, and your school district pays the cost of the tuition, which includes parking. Metropolitan State University pays the cost for textbooks. You are responsible for any other costs incurred at the university (e.g. extra supply fees). If textbooks are not returned at the end of each semester, you will be held financially responsible.
You will register for courses during the mandatory on-site orientation. Returning PSEO students will receive notification by email when their registration window will open.
You will need to:
Yes. PSEO students are unable to register for:
You may take up to 12 credits (full-time) per semester. For most students, particularly juniors, we recommend attending only part-time when first beginning the program. This will give you time to adjust to the college environment and expectations.
No. The Minnesota Department of Education does not fund the PSEO program during the summer.
We will contact you by email when your books are available (typically 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the semester). You will pick up your books in person at the Metropolitan State bookstore using your University student ID card. If you drop a class, you must immediately return the textbooks to the admissions office, or you will be held financially responsible for the cost of the books. Once the semester ends, you will return your textbooks to the admissions office.
Check the course description on eServices for add/drop and withdraw deadlines every term. Students can add/drop courses up until the published drop date for each semester. You will be notified by our office when registration window will open for each semester. Students who have registered for restricted courses listed above will automatically have their courses dropped.
You will have until the university established deadline to drop or withdraw from a course and are responsible for doing so by the deadline (see metrostate.edu and search for academic calendars by semester). To drop a course after the semester begins, please email admissions@metrostate.edu with PSEO in the subject line prior to the deadline, and the course will be dropped on your behalf. No courses will be permitted to be dropped or withdrawn from after the university-established deadline.
If you don’t pass a college class required for high school graduation, you might not be able to graduate with your high school class, and you may need to pay for the course.