Beginning Freshman Students

Admission Requirements

For a beginning Freshman student, we will examine your high school record including courses completed, grades earned and standardized test results. The trend in your grades and the difficulty of your courses are also important. The most important factor in our decision will be the courses you attempted and the grades you earned.

Admission Requirements - Regular admission

• Graduated from high school, earned a GED, or graduated from a home school.

• Indiana high school graduates are expected to complete Core 40 (Academic Honors Diploma highly encouraged).

  For students who have completed Core 40 with a C grades or higher in all Core 40 courses, SAT scores should be 900 or higher (the combined critical reasoning and math score) or ACT composite of 19 or higher.

  For students who have earned an Academic Honors Diploma, the applicant will be considered fully qualified regardless of test scores; however, scores must be provided.

• All high school juniors and seniors are reminded that IUPUI requires the writing portion of the SATI or the ACT.

• Students who have not completed Core 40 must have the following:

  • 4 years of English
  • 3 years of math (including second year Algebra)
  • 3 years of social sciences
  • 3 years of lab science selected from biology, chemistry, or physics
  • 4 years of additional college preparatory courses selected from English, mathematics, social sciences, lab sciences or foreign language.

• GED students must provide GED scores and results of ACT or SAT test if you are eighteen-years old or younger.

• GED score must be 53 (530 on new scale) or higher.

• Home schooled students must provide an official transcript with the home school educator's notarized signature and results of SAT or ACT test.

• Students who have graduated from high school and who have been out of high school for at least four months since their high school class graduated are not required to submit SAT or ACT test scores.

• Students over the age of 21 will have their high school record reviewed but other factors such as job responsibilities, military service and other experience that demonstrates responsibility will also be considered by the admission committee.

• If you are not offered admission, we will provide you with options about transferring to IUPUI after successfully completing a suggested set of courses at a two-year college.