How to Apply
WVU has a rolling admissions policy, which means that students
should receive a decision a few weeks after the school receives
his/her application and required materials.
Complete the
information on the Undergraduate Application Form and include the
non-refundable fee ($30 in-state; $60 out-of-state; $60 international).
Send official transcripts of your previous schoolwork to
WVU. You can send these with your application or have your high school
send them separately. Also send official transcripts of any college work
you have completed. All applications and supporting materials should be forwarded to:
Office of Admissions and Records
West Virginia
University
PO Box 6009
Morgantown WV 26506-6009
USA
Student must submit an official high school transcript and
proof of measles and rubella immunization. More information can be found at How to Apply on WVU's main
page.
University Admission Requirements:
To be
considered for freshman admission, a student must successfully complete
the following high school credits:
4 units of
English (including grammar, composition, and literature)
3 units of
social studies (including U.S. History)
3 units of
college preparatory mathematics (Algebra I and II and Plane Geometry)
3 units of science (Two of the three units must be a laboratory science.
At least two units from Coordinated and Thematic Science 10, Biology,
Chemistry, Physics and other courses with a strong laboratory science
orientation)
It is strongly recommended that you complete
two units of a foreign language.
Suggested electives are computer
science, fine arts, and humanities.
Admission to West
Virginia University is based on a combination of high school grade-point
average and ACT or SAT scores. Each application is reviewed individually
by a member of the admissions staff. Don't forget - all applications
must be accompanied by an official transcript.
West
Virginia residents must have at least a 2.0 grade-point average and
either a composite ACT score of 19 or a combined SAT score of 910 to be
considered for admission.
Nonresidents must have a 2.25
grade-point average and either an ACT composite score of 20 or a total
SAT score of 950.
Transfers from Other
Accredited Institutions
To be considered for
transfer admissions, students must submit a complete Application for
undergraduate admission and arrange for an official transcript of all
college work attempted to be sent to the Office of Admissions and
Records (transcripts are to be sent directly from registrars' offices).
These transcripts must cover all subjects taken after a student's
application to WVU. If student has fewer than 29 transferable credit
hours, he/she will be ranked as a freshman; student must submit ACT or
SAT scores and a high school transcript as a part of his/her application.
The university evaluates transferable credit hours after the receipt of complete official
transcripts and admission to WVU. All application material must be
received by August 1 for fall admission and
December 1 for spring admission.
If a
student is transfering more than 58 semester hours, he/she meets the
entrance requirements for the specific program he/she wishes to enter.
Individual consideration is given to a limited number of students with
more than 58 transferable hours who do not meet specific program
requirements.
Credits and grades for college-level courses
completed at any accredited institutions in the West Virginia state
system of higher education may be transferable toward a bachelor's degree.
For institutions outside of the West Virginia system, only credits, not
grades, are transferable for college-level courses passed with grade of
D or higher.
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has the
following requirements:
Minimal requirements for regular
admission to degree programs are completion of 30 to 58 hours of course
credit, a 2.00 overall grade-point average, and a 2.00 grade-point
average in courses already completed in the discipline of the major;
however, several specific degree programs or majors have additional
requirements (see current Undergraduate Catalog). Although several pre-
programs are housed in the college, most are housed in the University
Advising Center (see Pre-program section).
For more information
about Programs on Campus visit Undergraduate Eberly College Programs.