Admission as an Undergraduate Student:
Traditional
Freshman
If you are a recent high school graduate (graduated within five
years of your anticipated term of admission, and have had no intervening
college or university coursework, and wish to be considered for admission to
SIUE as a degree-seeking student), you must complete your admissions file by
the published deadline for the term for which you seek admission. A complete
file consists of an application, all required official transcripts,
certification of rank in high school graduating class, and scores achieved on a
college entrance examination. ACT is the preferred college entrance exam;
however, SAT scores are acceptable.
NOTE: The term “high school” refers to a school
recognized by the student's home state to issue a high school diploma.
The standards for regular admission are:
- High school GPA of 2.5 on a 4 point scale AND ACT (or SAT
equivalent) score of 21
OR
The sum of the national percentile of your
composite score on a college entrance examination and the percentile of your
high school rank must equal 100 or greater.
- You must complete the following high school courses:
- 4 years of English (emphasizing grammar,
composition, written and oral communication, and literature; may include not
more than 1 year of creative writing or journalism)
- 3 years of mathematics (1 year of introductory
algebra, 1 year of geometry, ½ year of algebra beyond the introductory
year, and ½ year either of more advanced mathematics or fundamentals of
computer programming)
- 3 years of laboratory science (1 year of biology,
1 year of chemistry, and 1 additional year of earth science, physics, biology,
or chemistry)
- 3 years of social studies (at least 2 years of
history and/or government; other acceptable subjects are anthropology,
economics, geography, psychology, and sociology)
- 2 years of electives in foreign language, music,
art, or vocational education (1 year of electives chosen from foreign language,
music, the visual arts, theater, and/or dance; and 1 year of electives chosen
from foreign language, music, the visual arts, theater, dance, and/or
vocational education; vocational education courses should be of a type that
include and encourage study skills, and appropriate courses that help you
prepare for college or university learning.)
It is recommended strongly that University-bound students include
in their high school programs more than the minimum requirements for admission
by taking 2 years of one foreign language, an additional ½ year of
algebra, and 1 year of music, the visual arts, theater and/or dance.
If you have earned an ACT composite score of 25 or higher AND
either are in the upper quarter of your high school class OR have a grade point
average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in your college preparatory courses, you are
considered to have met the high school subject pattern requirements listed
above.
You also may remedy high school course deficiencies by
redistributing up to three units of high school course work. No more than one
unit may be deducted from each of the categories of social studies,
mathematics, sciences and electives, and used to remedy a high school
deficiency in any other of those categories. This option may not be used to
remedy deficiency in English.
Other students who do not meet minimum high school course
requirements but who otherwise meet the traditional freshman admission criteria
will be admitted to the University as special admission students. However, they
are required to address high school course deficiencies as determined by SIUE
Admissions and as explained in the catalog section titled
Special Admission for First-Time Freshmen.
If you are considering a specific major program, contact the
appropriate department to learn about any additional admission requirements for
that program and recommended high school courses. |
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