Admissions Criteria
The LIFE™ Admissions Committee reviews completed applications and recommends students for admission, which is based, in part, on the following criteria:
- Completed program application packet
- Required documentation of an intellectual disability as defined by AAIDD
- Age; must be between 18 and 24 years old
- Secondary exit document; typically, our students have NOT met the requirement for and/or received a state high school diploma or its equivalent, but each student will be evaluated on an individual basis.
- Ability to read at a functional level
- Basic math skills and ability to use a calculator
- Ability to function independently for a sustainable period of time
- Neither has nor exhibits history of difficult, challenging behavior
- Independently exhibits desire and motivation to participate in and complete a post-secondary program
- A writing sample, with appropriate accommodations as needed, that describes the candidate's future aspirations and career goals
- A personal interview
- Desire to become an independent adult
- Potential and desire to be successfully employed
- Emotional stability and independent desire to participate in all aspects of Coastal Carolina University LIFE™ Program and adhere to program and university policies regarding attendance and participation in the program
- Agree to actively participate in assessments and interviews for the purpose of personal goal setting and program improvement
- Willingness to participate in research and promotional activities of the Coastal Carolina University LIFE™ Program and Coastal Carolina University
