2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Admissions and Registration

1. Freshman Applications Information
2. Early Admissions
3. Processing the Application

Freshman Applications Information
Applications for admission will be available after July 1 following the student's junior year of high school.

All persons expecting to apply for freshman admission to IUP should plan to take the SAT or ACT test during their junior and/or early part of their senior year. The Admissions Committee recommends that students take the tests more than once. The committee considers the highest scores from all tests taken.

Arrangements to take the SAT or ACT tests can be made through the high school principal or counselor, or by writing to the College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, NJ 08540 or American College Testing, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA, 52243 for an information pamphlet and a test registration form.

In order for the test scores to be received by IUP, the applicant should designate IUP on the test registration form as one of the universities to receive the scores, or the applicant can request that his or her school counselor forward test scores to the Admissions Office.

The applicant should give the completed application form and the nonrefundable $30 application fee payable to IUP to his/her high school counselor or principal. The counselor or principal should mail the application and complete packet of admissions materials to the IUP Office of Admissions, 210 Pratt Drive, Suite 16, Indiana, PA 15705.

Early Admission
The Early Admissions Program permits students to enroll as college freshmen after completing the junior year in high school. Early admission applications must originate with the student's high school counselor and principal. Admission consideration will be given to those applications which contain a statement indicating explicit approval by the high school principal. Applicants are considered on an individual basis. The university Admissions Committee will exercise the final judgment as to university acceptance after a personal interview with the applicant. Early admission candidates are required to arrange for two separate interviews with Admissions counselors as part of the application procedure.

Processing the Application

1. The Admissions Committee reviews, with care and understanding, each of the several thousand applications that are submitted each year.
2. Decisions on applications are made on a rolling basis.
3. Applicants who are admitted to IUP may be invited to attend a program on campus to receive general information and discuss their academic and career plans with the college dean, faculty representative of their respective major, or other advisors.
4. A $75 nonrefundable tuition deposit is due from all incoming students. This advance deposit payment will be credited toward the applicant's tuition.