FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN

1. Application for Admission
   
2. Official high school transcript or GED (sent by high school or Department of Education) 
   -and-
3. ACT or SAT Scores
   
   At least a 2.0 high school GPA and an 18 ACT composite or 870 SAT composite (SAT combined Critical Reading and Math scores)  
   -or-
   At least a 3.0 high school GPA and SAT or ACT scores regardless of score
   
   Click Here to Visit the ACT Website.
   
   
4. College Transcript (if college credit was earned during high school)
   
5. Immunization Record of MMR (if born after January 1, 1957) (SEE BELOW)
   
6. Statement of Activities (if out of high school more than six months)

Effective August 2008, students in addition to GPA and ACT/SAT requirements, must successfully complete the following minimum academic core requirements prior to admission:

4 English (including courses in grammar, composition, and literature)

3 Social Studies (including U.S. History)

4 Mathematics (three units must be Algebra 1 and higher)

3 Science (all courses to be college preparatory laboratory science, preferably including units from biology, chemistry and physics)

1 Arts

2 Foreign Language (Two units of the same foreign language)

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED

MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)

 

IMMUNIZATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Meningococcal Vaccine

 

IMMUNIZATIONS RECOMMENDED

Polio Series

Tetanus-Diptheria-Pertussis (Td and aP, or Tdap within the past 5 years)

Hepatitis A Vaccine

Hepatitis B Series

Varicella Vaccine (or history of chicken pox)

Annual Influenza Vaccines

(Please contact Student Health Services for information on any of the above vaccinations and how they may be obtained by calling (304)367-4155.)

TRANSFERS

1. Application for Admission
   
2. College Transcript (from accredited institution(s); must have 2.0)
   
3. Official high school transcript and ACT/SAT scores if there are fewer than 24 earned credit hours being transferred
   
4. Immunization Records (if born after January 1, 1957) (SEE ABOVE)
   
5. Statement of Activities

POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDENT (seeking another degree)

1. Application for Admission
   
2. Official college transcript(s)
   
3. Statement of Activities
   
4. Immunization Records (if born after January 1, 1957) (SEE ABOVE)

TRANSIENT STUDENT (students enrolled at another school and returning to that institution)

1. Application for Admission
   
2. Course Approval Form (from your Registrar's Office)

   Online Application Form