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How To Apply For Admission
Typical admissions requirements suggest that students meet at least two of the following three criteria:
- A high school GPA of at least 2.0
- A high school class rank in the top half of the graduating class
- Scoring at least 920 on the SAT I or 19 on the ACT. Students who must complete the TOEFL exam are expected to score at least 550 to be admitted.
However, we are more concerned about your promise than your past. If you come up a bit short in one or more of these criteria, we will also consider factors such as your high school program and class schedule.
Admission Process
After all required information is provided and reviewed at Goshen College, you will receive a letter of acceptance or nonacceptance. You must complete the admissions process before you will be considered for financial aid.
First-year students
- Complete this online application for admission and mail the application agreement statement along with the $25 nonrefundable application fee to the address below.
- Ask your high school principal or guidance counselor to mail your official high school transcript to Goshen College.
- Take the English language SAT I or ACT test and have your scores sent to Goshen College.
- If English is your second language, scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are required for admission.
- Complete the student information portion of the
 Personal Reference Form. Give it to a teacher or guidance counselor, requesting she/he complete it and send it to Goshen College.
- Read Goshen College's Standards For Guiding Our Life Together and respond to the Questionnaire.
Home-schooled students
Applicant must:
- Be at least 16 years of age in order to become a full-time student.
- Provide SAT I or ACT scores.
- Provide GED scores if possible. (Many states do not allow students to take the GED until they are at least 18 years old.)
- Provide a portfolio of information which may include: curricula for grades 9 through 12; texts, reading lists, graded papers, and tests; teacher evaluations; grades and any normed tests; credentials of the teachers; and a writing sample.
- Read Goshen College's Standards For Guiding Our Life Together and respond to the Questionnaire.
Transfer Student
- Complete this online application for admission and mail the application agreement statement along with the $25 nonrefundable application fee to the address below.
- Ask your high school principal or guidance counselor to mail your official high school transcript to Goshen College.
- Ask the registrar of each college or university you have attended to mail your official transcripts to Goshen College.
- Ask the dean of students at the college most recently attended to complete the and respond to the College Reference for Transfer Students and send it to Goshen College.
- If English is your second language, scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are required for admission, unless you have completed more than two years of full-time accredited college study in the United States.
- If you anticipate applying for need-based financial assistance, request the Canadian student financial aid form from the Goshen College admissions office. You may also want to consider sources of aid in your province.
Canadian students
Follow the guidelines listed above for first-year or transfer students. In addition:
- Applicants (except those from Ontario and British Columbia) who have completed any senior matriculation requirements should request the Provincial Office of Education to send Goshen College a transcript of the final grades of your pre-university year.
- Ontario students completing OAC's or other students completing senior matriculation requirements should have a report of the projected final marks sent from the guidance counselor as early as mid to late May.
- SAT I/ACT scores are not required unless you anticipate participating in intercollegiate sports.
- Canadian students receive a "Canadian Exchange Discount" for tuition, room and board based on the current exchange rate. This has the effect of letting Canadian students pay these fees using Canadian dollars.
- Read Goshen College's Standards For Guiding Our Life Together and respond to the Questionnaire.
Part-time students
Part-time students should follow the instructions listed above for first-year and transfer students. However, Goshen College does not require a personal reference for part-time students.
Postgraduate students
Complete this online application for admission and mail the application agreement statement along with the $25 nonrefundable application fee to the address below. The only other documentation needed is a transcript from the college from which you received your degree.
Readmitted students
Complete this online application for admission and mail the application agreement statement along with the $25 nonrefundable application fee to the address below. Also, send a transcript of any college work completed since attending Goshen College.
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