U.S. Citizen and Resident Application
To be considered for admission to the university, an applicant’s file must include each of the following documents:
- Electronic or paper application, along with a non-refundable $30 application fee.
- Official transcripts indicating graduation from the last high school attended or from a home school program. A minimum unweighted cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required. A GED certificate may be provided in lieu of the high school transcript. Candidates who do not have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and who meet the requirements outlined by the U.S. Department of Education may submit, in lieu of such documents, a passing score on the Ability to Benefit (COMPASS) exam. Students interested in taking the exam should discuss this possibility with an admissions representative.
- Official college transcript(s) from all institutions attended. A cumulative GPA of 2.0 from all institutions attended is required.
- Results of the ACT or SAT. The Lindenwood code for reporting purposes is 2324 for the ACT and 6367 for the SAT. A minimum of 20 composite ACT is required or 940 SAT - prior to March 2016, post March 2016 - SAT 1020 (critical reading and mathematics only). Applicants who have been out of high school for five or more years, applicants with 24 or more transferable college level credits, or those given approval by the dean of admission may not be required to submit scores from standardized tests, although such scores are recommended. Satisfactory standardized test scores are required for all students majoring in education.
- Transfer students applying for undergraduate semester programs with less than 24 hours of transferable college credits are also required to meet the freshman admission standards by submitting official test scores and high school transcripts.
Notes: (1) Provisional admission to the university may be granted by the director of day admissions on the basis of facsimile copies of high school transcripts, ACT/SAT scores, GED scores, and/or other university transcripts. No financial aid will be distributed while a student remains provisionally admitted.
(2) Students who are admitted to either Lindenwood-St. Charles or Lindenwood-Belleville and wish to transfer to the other campus must submit a formal application to transfer to the Office of Day Admissions at the destination campus.
(3) Conditional admission to the University may be granted by the dean of admissions for students not meeting the standard admission criteria. Additional paperwork is required.