{"id":20,"date":"2024-10-04T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/admissions\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-10-10T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:47:20","slug":"checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/first-year-admission\/checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Admission Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">First-Year Admission Checklist<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-application-materials-and-information\"><strong>Application Materials and Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UMW accepts both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/explore\/university-mary-washington\">the Common Application<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.umw.edu\/\/apply\/?sr=5478f515-1185-45ec-a23c-b0d36d03d4d5\">UMW Application<\/a>. Please apply along with an essay, application fee, or approved waiver.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are requesting a review for the Honors Program or Summer Transition Program, please indicate this in the Common Application and review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/checklist\/special-programs\/\">Admission to Special Programs details<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you\u2019re requesting review under the binding Early Decision process, you must invite your counselor to sign the Early Decision Agreement before submitting your application. If you\u2019re not able to gather signatures electronically, you may print the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Early_Decision_Agreement.pdf\">Early Decision Agreement<\/a>\u00a0and send it to UMW. This form\u00a0<strong>MUST<\/strong>\u00a0be signed by the student, parent or legal guardian, and your high school counselor and is required to complete your application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit at least one letter of recommendation. You may invite your school counselor, teacher, or school official to write it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-information-from-college-counselor-high-school\"><strong>Information from College Counselor\/High School<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ask your school counselor to complete and sign the Secondary School Report, included on the Common Application, and provide a copy of your official high school transcript. (Home-schooled applicants should provide documentation of their educational experiences, as well.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you completed college work during high school, request that an official college\u00a0transcript be sent to UMW once the coursework is graded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask your high school to send your mid-year grades to UMW so that the\u00a0Admissions Committee will have your most current information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-test-scores\"><strong>Test Scores<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Request your standardized test results be sent directly to UMW (SAT CEEB 5398, ACT 4414). Notify Admissions if you\u2019ve taken the SAT or ACT using something other than your full legal name. UMW superscores your EBRW (evidence-based reading and writing) and math scores regardless of the test date, and we will take ACT scores attached to your strongest composite score.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please read about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/checklist\/test-optional\/\">test choice policy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fafsa-information\"><strong>FAFSA Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you\u2019re filing a\u00a0Free Application for Federal Student Aid\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/\">FAFSA<\/a>), please submit\u00a0it by\u00a0February 1, using the UMW code 003746.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-virginia-in-state-tuition-and-commuter-forms\"><strong>Virginia In-state Tuition and Commuter Forms<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you would like to commute as a first-year student and live more than thirty miles from campus, please complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/first-year-off-campus-waiver-form\/\">first-year off-campus waiver form.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligibility for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/viteligibility\/\">Virginia in-state tuition information.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to get your first-year admission application! We\u2019ll send you an email when we receive it and let you know if anything\u2019s missing. Please know that it\u2019s your responsibility to make sure your file is complete and keep copies of all application materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application Materials and Information Information from College Counselor\/High School Test Scores FAFSA Information Virginia In-state Tuition and Commuter Forms We can\u2019t wait to get your first-year admission application! We\u2019ll send you an email when we receive it and let you know if anything\u2019s missing. 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