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AVG AVG AVG FINANCIAL TEST ADMISSIONS CLASS SIZE GPA ACT SCORE SAT SCORE IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE ROOM & FINANCIAL AID & AID FORMS SCORES TEST SCORE DECISION TUITION TUITION BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS NEEDED REQUIRED SUBMISSION APPLICATION DEADLINE RELEASE DATE APP FEE FEE WAIVERS

Self-reported, official Early Action: Nov 15 $50 domestic; Federal guidelines; NACAC, Board, institutional fee waiver Automatic consideration FAFSA ACT or SAT I required before enrollment Mid-February UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 7,6 6 5 3.38-3.86 27-33 1230-1460 $12,254 $29,703 $12,252 Regular: Jan 5 $75 intl form accepted (July 1 deadline)

Self-reported, official Early Action: Nov 1 Early Action: Jan 15 Federal guidelines; NACAC, ACT or SAT fee waiver verified by high Automatic consideration FAFSA Test optional $65 UNIVERSITY 8,291 3.9 25-32 1160-1370 $11,220 $ 37,6 0 0 $11,206 required before enrollment Regular: Feb 1 Regular: Mar 15 school counselor

Self-reported, official Rolling admission Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, Automatic consideration FAFSA ACT or SAT Rolling admission $40 5,000 3.71 23-28 1130-1310 $9,830 $31,793 $11,590 required before enrollment Scholarship deadline: Mar 1 and hardship case letters accepted

Official from testing agency Early Action: Nov 1 Early Action: by Feb 1 Universal Coalition Fee Waiver, NACAC, College Board, and Automatic consideration FAFSA Test optional $75 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 4,350 4.36 30-34 1330-1490 $10,778 $36,890 $12,874 only Regular: Jan 20 Regular: by Apr 1 extenuating circumstances

FAFSA & CSS Self-reported, official Early Action: Nov 15 Early Action: end of Jan Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, Automatic consideration ACT or SAT I $75 7,18 8 3.9 32-35 1380-1550 $15,948 $52,266 $12,034 Profile required before enrollment Regular: Feb 1 Regular: early April and hardship case letters accepted

Early Action: Nov 1 Early Action: Jan 15 Self-reported, official $65 domestic; Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, MICHIGAN STATE Automatic consideration FAFSA Test optional Regular: Feb 1 Regular: Mar 31 8,725 3.73 23-29 1110-1280 $14,524 $39,830 $10,522 required before enrollment $75 intl and hardship case letters accepted UNIVERSITY Rolling admission after Feb 1 Rolling

Self-reported, official scores In-state & ACT or SAT, required for admitted students Rolling admission; Early Action: Nov 1 Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, reciprocity: Automatic consideration FAFSA Writing who choose to have test Early Action: Jan 31 $55 6,278 N/A 26-32 1300-1460 $33,440 $10,358 Regular: Jan 1 and hardship case letters accepted optional score considered as part of Regular: Mar 31 $15,142 application and intend to enroll

Automatic consideration for most; Free/reduced lunch, UNIVERSITY OF – Self-reported, official Rolling admission; NEBRASKA scholarship statement required for FAFSA Test optional Rolling admission $45 Pell eligibility, TRIO Program, Military members, spouses, and 4,775 N/A 25.4 N/A $9,456 $25,896 $11,830 required before enrollment Scholarship deadline: Feb 1 LINCOLN leadership and diversity scholarships dependents

Free and reduced lunch; first-generation college students; Test optional students affiliated with a Community Based Organization; students FAFSA & CSS Self-reported, official : Nov 1 Early Decision: mid-Dec NORTHWESTERN Automatic consideration for first-year $75 who reside in Chicago or Evanston; veterans/armed forces; students 1,975 N/A 33-35 1450-1550 $58,227 $58,227 $17,616 Profile required before enrollment Regular: Jan 3 Regular: late March UNIVERSITY applicants for whom the app fee poses a financial hardship. See admissions.northwestern.edu/tuition-aid/fee-waiver.html

Automatic consideration for most 8,200- merit awards (meritawards.osu.edu); Official from testing agency Early Action: Nov 15 Early Action: end of Jan $60 domestic; Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, FAFSA Test optional THE 8,500 N/A 27-32 1270-1420 $11,518 $33,502 $13,026 consideration for need-based aid only Regular: Feb 1 Regular: end of March $70 intl and hardship case letters accepted with FAFSA

8,200- Automatic consideration with Official from testing agency Early Action: Nov 1; Rolling through May 1; $65 domestic; Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, FAFSA Test optional PENN STATE 8,500 3.55-3.90 27-33 1240-1410 $17,920 $34,984 $12,318 completion of FAFSA only Rolling admission after Nov 1 Early Action: Dec 24 $75 intl and hardship case letters accepted

Self-reported, official Early Action (merit Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, Early Action: Jan 15; Automatic consideration FAFSA Test flexible required from those who scholarship consideration): $60 and hardship case letters accepted, U.S. Military active duty and 8,056 3.5-3.9 26-33 1210-1420 $9,992 $28,794 $10,030 Regular: by Mar 31 deposit Nov 1; Regular: Jan 15 veterans

Official from testing agency Early Action: Nov 1 Early Action: Feb 15 Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, Coalition, college Automatic consideration FAFSA Test optional $70 7,10 0 3.6-4.1 27-33 1280-1450 $12,230 $29,012 $13,075 only Regular: Dec 1 Regular: Mar 30 counselor letters, and hardship case letters accepted

$38,634 Students must apply for financial aid Self-reported, official Early Action: Nov 1 Early Action: end of Jan Federal guidelines; NACAC, College Board, college counselor letters, FAFSA Test optional $60 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 7,4 50 3.8-4.0 27-32 1330-1450 $10,746 MN Residents: $12,200 and scholarships required before enrollment Regular: Feb 1 Regular: end of Mar and hardship case letters accepted $15,058

Early Action & Early Early Action & Automatic consideration for merit FAFSA & Optional, Decision I: mid-Dec Self-reported, official Early Decision I: Nov 2; Anyone who indicates they are applying for financial aid will have awards; students must apply for Institutional ACT or SAT, Early Decision II: $75 1,800 N/A 33-35 1490-1560 $57,642 $57,642 $17,0 0 4 required before enrollment Early Decision II & Regular: application fee waived need-based aid worksheet no Writing mid-Feb Jan 4 Regular: late March

UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS OF IOWA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 217-333-0302 812-855-0661 admissions.illinois.edu admissions.indiana.edu admissions.uiowa.edu 319-335-3847 admissions.umd.edu 301-314-8377 or 1-800-422-5867 admissions.umich.edu 734-764-7433 1154 1836 1210 1324 ACT Code: SAT Code: ACT Code: SAT Code: ACT Code: 1356 SAT Code: 6681 ACT Code: 1746 SAT Code: 5814 ACT Code: 2062 SAT Code: 1839 Year-round Year-round Campus Visits: Campus Visits: Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round admissions.illinois.edu/Visit/Campus-Visits/programs admissions.indiana.edu/visit admissions.uiowa.edu/visit go.umd.edu/visit admissions.umich.edu/visit Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (June) Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May/June) Terms: Terms: Terms: Fall (Aug), Winter (Dec), Spring (Jan), Summer (May/June) Terms: Fall (Aug), Winter (Dec/Jan), Spring (Jan), Terms: Fall (Sept), Winter (Jan), Spring (May), Summer (July) Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5PM Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM, Hours of Operation: Hours of Operation: Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-4:30PM Summer (June/July) Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM many Saturdays 8AM-1PM Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-4:30PM

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY admissions.msu.edu 517-355-8332 admissions.tc.umn.edu 612-625-2008 or 1-800-752-1000 admissions.unl.edu 402-472-2023 admissions.northwestern.edu 847-491-7271 undergrad.osu.edu 614-292-3980 [email protected] ACT Code: 2032 SAT Code: 1465 [email protected] ACT Code: 2482 SAT Code: 6877 ACT Code: 1106 SAT Code: 1565 ACT Code: 3312 SAT Code: 1592 Campus Visits: Year-round ACT Code: 2156 SAT Code: 6874 Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round admissions.msu.edu/visit Campus Visits: Year-round admissions.unl.edu/visit admissions.northwestern.edu/visit/index.html campusvisit.osu.edu Terms: Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May/June) admissions.tc.umn.edu/visit Terms: Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May) Terms: Fall (Sept) Terms: Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May/June) Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Terms: Fall (Sept), Spring (Jan), Summer (July) Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5PM, Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-4:30PM select Saturdays 9AM-1PM

PENN STATE PURDUE UNIVERSITY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 814-865-5471 [email protected] admissions.psu.edu admissions.purdue.edu 765-494-1776 admissions.rutgers.edu 848-445-4636 admissions.wisc.edu 608-262-3961 collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu 773-702-8650 3656 2660 ACT Code: SAT Code: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ACT Code: 1152 SAT Code: 1832 Year-round Campus Visits: ACT Code: 1230 SAT Code: 1631 ACT Code: 2592 SAT Code: 2765 ACT Code: 4656 SAT Code: 1846 Campus Visits: Year-round admissions.psu.edu/pennstate/visit Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round Campus Visits: Year-round collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer I (May), Summer II (June) Terms: admissions.purdue.edu/visit admissions.rutgers.edu/nbtours visitbucky.wisc.edu Terms: Fall Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Hours of Operation: Terms: Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May-July) Terms: Fall (Sept), Spring (Jan), Summer (May) Terms: Fall (Sept), Spring (Jan), Summer (May) Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5PM, Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5PM Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8AM-4PM Sat (March-Nov) 8:30AM-1PM TRANSFER STUDENT INFORMATION

COMPLETED TRANSFER CREDIT CLASS SIZE GPA REQUIREMENTS TERMS WEB PAGE Varies by major; 1,448 3.18-3.83 Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (June) admissions.illinois.edu UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS admissions.illinois.edu/Apply/Transfer/handbook

Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences; Applied Health A limited number of $5,000 scholarships are awarded to Illinois community AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: SCHOLARSHIPS: Sciences; Business; Media; ; Engineering; Fine & Applied Arts; Information Sciences; college students based on academic qualifications and demonstrated financial need Liberal Arts & Sciences; Social Work

Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), 836 avg: 3.31 26 transferable credits admissions.indiana.edu INDIANA UNIVERSITY Summer (May, June)

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: College of Arts + Sciences, Kelley School of Business, Jacobs School of Music, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, School of Education, SCHOLARSHIPS: scholarships.indiana.edu Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, School of Nursing, School of , O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Social Work, The Media School

Depends on 1,777 avg: 3.04 Fall, Spring, Summer admissions.uiowa.edu/transfer UNIVERSITY OF IOWA area of study

SCHOLARSHIPS: Various scholarships for community college transfers: AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Majors within Liberal Arts & Sciences, Nursing, Engineering, admissions.uiowa.edu/finances/scholarships-transfer-students University College, Business, Medicine, Education, Public Health, Pharmacy

English composition and college algebra; 30 credits or UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 2,250 avg: 3.46 less than 30 semester credits with high school records Fall and Spring go.umd.edu/TransferReq and standardized test scores (SAT/ACT optional)

SCHOLARSHIPS: Frederick Douglas Scholarship (FDS) for in-state MD Community AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Architecture, Planning, and College students, 60 credits or AA complete with 3.5 or higher-2 yrs full tuition; MD Transfer Preservation; Arts and ; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Business; Computer, Scholarship partial scholarship for in-state students; President’s Scholarship partial Mathematical, and Natural Sciences; Education; Engineering; Information Sciences; Public scholarship geared to out-of-state transfers. Health; Public Policy; Journalism; Letters and Sciences

None; Preference for 1,500 avg: 3.68 Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer admissions.umich.edu/transfer-u-m UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 60+ credits

Literature, Science, and the Arts; Engineering; Kinesiology; MI Community College Scholarship $1,500 (one-time); MI Community AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: SCHOLARSHIPS: Nursing; Art & Design; Music, and Dance; Architecture and Urban Planning; Business; College Scholar Award $5,000 (renewable) Information; Education; Pharmacy; Dental Hygiene; Public Policy; Public Health

English composition, college algebra; preference Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), 1,280 min: 3.0 admissions.msu.edu/apply/transfer MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY for 28+ credits Summer (May/June)

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arts and Letters, Business, Community College Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa, Trustee Scholarship, AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: SCHOLARSHIPS: Communication Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering, College, Music, Associates Achievement, Spartan Transfer Scholarship; for more details visit admissions.msu. , Nursing, in the Arts and Humanities, , edu/cost-aid/merit-based-aid/transfer.aspx Veterinary Medicine

Varies by college, most students admitted have All programs admit for Fall (Sept); 1,915 avg: 3.44 z.umn.edu/transferuofm UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 26+ credits Some programs admit for Spring (Jan)

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Biological Sciences; College of Continuing and Professional SCHOLARSHIPS: admissions.tc.umn.edu Studies; Design; Education and Human Development; Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; Liberal Arts; Science and Engineering; Management; Nursing; Allied Health

UNIVERSITY OF – NEBRASKA 818 N/A 12 Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), Summer (May) admissions.unl.edu/transfer LINCOLN

SCHOLARSHIPS: admissions.unl.edu/cost/#scholarships AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: All undergrad programs

Successful transfer applicants typically arrive having completed at least one academic year of 200 N/A Fall admissions.northwestern.edu/apply/transfer.html NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY full-time college coursework (24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours)

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Weinberg College of Arts and Science, McCormick School of SCHOLARSHIPS: Need-based financial aid Engineering, School of Communication, Medill School of Journalism, , School of Education and Social Policy

30 semester hours of college credit after Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), 2,300 avg: 3.2 undergrad.osu.edu/apply/transfer THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY high school graduation Summer (May/June)

SCHOLARSHIPS: Some college-based scholarships available AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: All

Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), 500 min: 2.5 min: 48 admissions.psu.edu/info/future/transfer/eligibility PENN STATE Summer I (May), Summer II (June)

Dependent on interest area and some awarded by , FAFSA AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: SCHOLARSHIPS: admissions.psu.edu/academics/majors

Fall (Aug), Spring (Jan), 939 Varies by major 12+ admissions.purdue.edu/transfer PURDUE UNIVERSITY Summer (May-July)

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Agriculture, Education, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, SCHOLARSHIPS: None Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Science, Veterinary Medicine, Exploratory Studies, Management, Polytechnic Institute

12+ credits in liberal arts programs; up to 60 for upper division/professional schools. Foundation Fall (Sept), Spring (Jan), 2,400 avg: 3.4 admissions.rutgers.edu/transfer RUTGERS UNIVERSITY courses may be required dependent upon Summer (May) intended major

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships-community college transfers with 3.8+ GPA, SCHOLARSHIPS: Arts and Sciences; Biological/Life Sciences; Business; members of PTK Honor and AA or AS degree prior to enroll; Francis B. and Paige D. AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: Communication, IT, and Journalism; Engineering; Environmental Studies; Fine and Performing L’Hommedieu Scholarships-NJ community college transfers with 3.8+ GPA, and AA or AS Arts; Health Professions; Nursing; Pharmacy degree prior to enroll.

At least 24 graded college credits (not AP/ avg: IB/CLEP or Retro FL credits) to include Fall (Sept), Spring (Jan), 1,170 admissions.wisc.edu/apply-as-a-transfer UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 3.4-3.9 English composition, college math, science, Summer (May) humanities, and social science credits

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: 125 majors in our 8 undergraduate schools and colleges; College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, College of Students must apply for financial aid and scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS: Engineering, School of Human Ecology, College of Letters and Science, School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy.

At least one semester of classes in a https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/ 90 N/A Fall UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO degree-seeking program applicants/transfer

SCHOLARSHIPS: Need-based financial aid AVAILABLE PROGRAMS: All