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Jump Start Program

Jump Start Your Way To College Early, at an Affordable Price!

Explore Jump Start's benefits:

  • Tuition discounts (for Nevada residents):
    • Taking in-person classes? 25% discount on tuition for in-person classes! 
    • Web-based classes meeting remotely via various technologies at the same time and date as is listed in the schedule have a 25% per credit discount plus fees.
    • Class sections identified as WEB in the schedule without specific meeting days and times are only $50 per class (plus fees such as tech fee, online fee, student association fee, health center fee, etc.)
  • Opportunity to earn college and high school credit at the same time. Check with your high school counselor to see if a TMCC course will meet a high school graduation or elective requirement.
  • College classes offered in various formats, such as online or in person.
  • Access to TMCC student support services, such as tutoring, while taking courses at TMCC.
  • Gain college experience.

Get Started!

To get started, please check out the Steps to Enroll for Jump Start Students.

Jump Start to College Today!

TMCC's Jump Start Programs gives current high school students the opportunity to take college classes while earning their high school diploma. High school students can take college classes for individual accomplishment, dual credit, get a head start to college or all of the above.

Jump Start Program Facts

  • Applying for Admission: Students must start by completing TMCC's Admissions Application and the Permission to Enroll: High School form. The Permission to Enroll: High School form must be completed each semester the students wants to enroll in a TMCC class until high school graduation. Upon completion of a high school diploma or equivalent, students wishing to pursue a degree at TMCC must reapply for admissions as degree-seeking students.
  • Registration Process: Registrations are processed through the Recruitment and Access Center. It takes 3-5 business days to process a Permission to Enroll: High School form. The process will be delayed if the form is incomplete.
  • Schedule Changes: Students will have a hold on their account preventing any schedule changes. Students must contact us to request schedule changes (e.g., dropping a class, etc.). Requests for schedule changes must be made 3-4 days in advance of all deadlines. Students are responsible for understanding add/drop deadlines, which are firm.
  • Fees: Students are responsible for all registration fees and other mandatory fees.
  • High School Requirements: It is the student's responsibility to understand how TMCC classes can be used to complete high school requirements, by working with their counselor.
  • Dual Credit: For students taking classes for Dual Credit, an unofficial transcript will be sent to their high school within two weeks after a semester ends.

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Admission Criteria

For Juniors and Seniors

  • Juniors with a 3.0 GPA and seniors with a 2.5 GPA can take any class for which they meet the prerequisites.
  • Meet all TMCC course prerequisites.

Below Junior Level

  • Students below the junior level may be required to schedule an interview with a TMCC representative.
  • Academically talented students with above a 3.0 GPA, and below junior level, may take academic classes on a case-by-case basis upon review of transcripts, ACT/SAT scores, grade reports or other evidence of academic aptitude. Evidence is reviewed and final determination is made by a Recruitment and Access Center designee for approval. In some cases an interview might be required.
  • Meet all TMCC course prerequisites.
  • Homeschooled students below the junior level are required to schedule an appointment with a TMCC representative. Contact us to make an appointment.

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Enroll in TMCC Classes Now While in High School!

Jump Start Cohort Classes

Jump Start cohort classes for dual credit ("dual credit" means you earn college credit while simultaneously earning high school credit) have reserved enrollment for a specific group of students. Most of these classes are offered in collaboration with the Washoe County School District and are taught on site at a high school.

Check with your high school counselor to learn if your high school is offering any Jump Start Dual Credit classes there. If the answer is no, or you would like a wider selection of college classes, then J2TMCC is the program for you!

Jump Start to TMCC (J2TMCC)

J2TMCC welcomes individual students to take college courses for individual accomplishment, dual credit, get a head start to college or all of the above.

Jump Start Cohort Classes Jump Start to TMCC (J2TMCC)
  • Dual credit is earned. 
  • Required GPA for seniors is 2.5 or above, and for juniors and below is 3.0 or above.
  • Enrollments restricted to a select cohort of students.
  • Most classes are taught onsite at a WCSD high school.
  • Individual enrollment.
  • Required GPA for seniors is 2.5 or above, and for juniors and below is 3.0 or above.
  • Individual students can enroll in any TMCC class for which they meet the prerequisites.
  • Enrollment is shared with current TMCC students.
  • Classes are taught at TMCC sites.