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Admissions
Admission to the University and to all its programs and operations
is open to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, sex, age, marital
status, handicap, veterans’ status, or national origin who meet the
admission requirements and qualifications of the University.
The University requires a non-refundable $40 application fee of all
new applicants (required for first time applicant to UNO only). The fee
is payable when the application is submitted to the Office of Admissions.
Priority dates for the receipt of an application are July 1 for the
fall semester, November 15 for the spring semester, and May 1 for the
summer session. International students should refer to http://admissions.uno.edu/
for admission deadlines. An additional non-refundable
$30 late application fee will be charged for all late applications.
Summer Session: Application forms for summer admission to the
University should be submitted as early as possible so that an admission
decision may be given. If records are not received at least 30 days
prior to the beginning of the summer session, it may not be possible to
notify students of their admissibility before arrival on the campus.
For information and application forms, contact the Office of Admissions,
UNO, Lakefront, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148; or access the University
on the World Wide Web at http://www.uno.edu.
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
Categories of Admission and Procedures
EARLY ADMISSIONS
Outstanding high school students who have completed their junior
year of high school may be admitted to the University, in any of the
following categories, if they meet the stated requirements. Students
must be academically prepared to enroll, and there must be the ability
to predict academic success.
Concurrent Enrollment During the fall and/or spring of the
junior senior year of high school, students may be enrolled at their
high school and at the University. They are allowed to take up to 6
semester hours of credit, depending on how demanding their high
school schedule is.
Full-Time Enrollment Students having the approval of their high
school principal may “skip’’ the senior year of school and register as
full-time students. These students may be eligible to receive their high
school diploma after successfully completing 24 semester hours of
credit.
Summer Only During the summer between their junior and senior
year of high school qualified students are allowed to schedule up to
seven semester hours of credit.
To be admitted to any of the above Early Admission categories, a
student:
1. must have completed the junior year of high school,
2. must be recommended for Early Admission by the high school
principal,
3. must have a B average on all high school grades, and
4. must have a composite ACT (American College Test) score of 25 or
higher (SAT score of 1130 or higher) for the Summer Only or
Concurrent category, and 28 (SAT score of 1240 or higher) or
higher score for the Full-Time program.
Students wishing to apply for admission to any of the Early Admission
categories should contact the Office of Admissions at UNO for the
necessary application forms.
NEW FRESHMAN
Admission Requirement
Students who graduate from state-approved high schools must
complete the Louisiana Board of Regents Core Curriculum (currently
TOPS Core) and require no more than one developmental/ remedial
course and one of the following:
1. ACT composite score 23 or greater (SAT I 1060)
OR
2. High school cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater.*
OR
3. High school graduation rank top 25 percent of class.
Out-of-state and home school students who do not meet the core
curriculum must satisfy the ACT or SAT I minimum test score and the
high school grade point average requirements, only residents of Louisiana
can use high school rank to satisfy an admission requirement, or
have a composite ACT score of 26 or greater (SAT I 1170) and require
no more than one developmental/remedial course.
Adult freshmen age 25 and over who are graduates of state approved
high schools, (or have received their GED), need not satisfy the test
score, GPA, and rank admission requirements.
*Students with less than a 2.0 will not be admitted.
Louisiana Board of Regents Core Curriculum
Units Course
4 English I, II, III and IV
1 Algebra 1 (one unit) or Applied Algebra 1A and 1B (two
units)
1 Algebra II
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