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Admission
Process -
Freshman
Applicants
There
are six factors which will be used to evaluate applicants
for admission to Virginia Union University.
1. Quality of High School Academics
The Admissions Committee is most interested in the quality
of the applicant's high school program of study. Students
with solid achievement in four or more academic courses each
year of high school will have a distinct advantage in the
admission process. Competitive candidates for admission will
have taken upper level coursework (i.e. Honors, AP, IB, Dual
Enrollment) in the core academic areas when available in their
high school.
2. Academic Achievement
Competitive candidates will have mostly As and Bs in the core
academic areas: English, math, lab science, social science
and foreign language. While we focus on the individual grades
in each core academic class the admissions committee notes
the high school grade point average and class rank if reported
by the high school. Virginia Union University is more
interested in how a prospective student performs over the
four year high school program than the results of a standardized
test.
3. Standardized Tests
Performance on the SAT I or ACT helps the committee discern
applicants' past academic achievement and their potential
for future academic achievement.
VUU accepts and recognizes both the SAT and ACT, we ask that
you send all of your scores. When reviewing test scores we
use the highest individual verbal and highest individual math
scores from the SAT. For the ACT we use your single highest
composite score.
VUU requires an official score report to complete your application.
Official results include a photocopy or fax of your official
scores received at your home address, scores reported to VUU
from your high school, or scores sent directly to VUU from
the testing agency.
4. Secondary School Report and
Recommendation
This form is located in the application and must be given
to the high school guidance office. This is where the Admissions
Committee will learn if the applicant chose the most demanding
program of courses, an average program of courses, etc. They
also tell us how competitive the high school class is by sharing
with us how many students intend to go on to a four year college
next year. They will rate the applicant in some areas such
as academic potential, motivation, and leadership skills.
Please ask only one person to send a recommendation letter.
You may ask for this letter from an academic teacher or your
guidance counselor. We cannot read additional letters, so
please be sure
to ask for only one. The letter and the secondary school report
are not the same thing--always
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