Admissions

Freshmen Admissions

The University of the Incarnate Word actively recruits students who will enrich and be enriched by a small private selective Catholic liberal arts atmosphere. Applicants should demonstrate Freshmenpersonal characteristics and qualities that suggest they will be responsible and contributing members of the University community with standards of excellence in the academic, social, physical, and spiritual aspects of life which adheres to a mission statement of Christian service and social justice.

Freshmen applicants to the University are evaluated using a number of criteria - GPA, high school course difficulty, class rank, SAT and/or ACT test scores, extracurricular activities (including work experience), and letters of recommendation. An interview with an admissions counselor and a visit to the campus are strongly encouraged.

Except in unusual circumstances, applicants to the University must be graduates of an accredited high school or possess an appropriate equivalency.

Coursework completed in high school should include a minimum of 16 Carnegie units of the following:

Individuals who did not finish high school may qualify for admission to the University on the basis of satisfactory scores on the Test of General Education Development (GED) and high school courses via an official transcript. Freshmen applicants out of high school for more than two years and GED recipients are not required to submit SAT or ACT scores.

Under some circumstances, applicants may be asked to take an assessment test and/or arrange for a personal interview to provide further information upon which a decision will be based.

Applications for admission are accepted on a continual, or rolling basis, throughout the year for fall, spring, and summer semesters. However, it is recommended that the application process be completed in a timely fashion, allowing sufficient time to process financial aid awards. Successful applicants to the University are admitted into a general program of study for the freshmen year. Admission to any major at the University is a separate process that begins as early as the first semester of the sophomore year. Certain majors, such as nursing, nuclear medicine, and computer graphic arts may require specified prerequisite courses to be completed before admission to the major. Consult individual program listings for such requirements.