What is Direct Enrollment?
Students who have graduated from a U.S. high school or equivalent homeschool are no longer required to take the Virginia Placement Test (VPT)*. If you graduated from high school five or fewer years ago and have not taken college classes yet, you will be placed into college-level math and English by using multiple placement measures such as high school GPA, GED scores, or SAT/Act scores, as well as the highest-level math you have taken. You may be placed into a corequisite course to help you with the college-level Math or English course.
* High school/home school students will continue to use the VPT for placement for dual enrollment courses.
* Military students using TA benefits and students using VA benefits must take the VPT.
Students who graduated from high school in the past five years:
What is Informed Self-Placement?
Informed Self-Placement guides students who graduated from a U.S. high school or received a GED more than five (5) years ago by recommending English and mathematics courses based on the student's experiences and comfort with academic writing and math, as well as their support needs.
Students who graduated from high school/GED more than five years:
Need Help?
If you can't find your Username and EmplID or don't have an available term for enrollment, please call NOVA's Call Center at 703.323.3000. You may also live chat or email us.
For step-by-step instructions on the enrollment process, please view NOVA's Enrollment Guide.