Students will be considered for University admission when they:

1. Submit an application. (Applications must be submitted online or filled out completely and signed by the applicant.)
   1. Paperwork received without an application on file will not be processed.
   2. Please see “Privacy Policy for Applicants to ADU” for guidelines on disclosure of admission information.
2. Submit a final official high school transcript including graduation date and a minimum unweighted GPA of 2.50¹ (on a 4.00 scale) and at least one of the following options:
   1. Submit a 2.50 GPA on 12 hours of college-level academic work from a regionally accredited college or
   2. Submit official passing scores on the GED test or 
      1. 1988 Series: a minimum score of 50 on each section of the test (with a minimum total score of 225).
      2. 2002 Series: a minimum score of 410 on each section of the test (with a minimum total score of 2250).
   3. Submit SAT² results with a minimum score of 910 (combination of Critical Reading and Math sections) or
   4. Submit ACT² results with a minimum composite score of 19.
3. Transcripts submitted from home school graduates in which the applicant's parent was their instructor must have the transcript notarized before submission.
4. Applicants with 12 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from the minimum high school GPA requirement. Only the cumulative college GPA will be used for admissions purposes.
5. Submit official transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges previously attended. Transcripts must be mailed directly to the Office of Enrollment Services from each institution attended. Hand-delivered or faxed copies will not be considered official. Unofficial transcripts³ may be used for preliminary admission calculations.
6. Submit official transcripts for all College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) coursework.
7. Provide evidence of English language proficiency for those applicants for whom English is not their native language or who have graduated from a non-English speaking school (see English Language Proficiency section).
8. Submit three recommendations on ADU Recommendation Forms. Recommendations from friends or family members are not accepted. Forms expire two years from the date of submission. Once a student has attended ADU for one trimester, an additional recommendation will be required for professional program admission. Please consult the admission requirements for the specific program to which you are applying.

A transcript is considered official when stamped with the official school seal/security paper, signed by the appropriate school official, and received in a sealed envelope directly from the sending institution. ADU will not accept transcripts issued to students or submitted by students as official documents. Faxed transcripts are not considered official. Recommendation forms, official transcripts, and career essays received with an ADU application will be retained for one year. Applications received without an official transcript(s), career essay, and/or Recommendation Forms will be retained for six months.

Applicants who have not exhibited integrity and appropriate behavior during the application process or whose admission materials provide sufficient evidence that their character is not in keeping with the mission of Adventist University may be denied admission.

¹Applicants submitting an unweighted GPA of 2.00-2.49 may be accepted on Probationary status.

²SAT and ACT scores will be used to determine admission status, placement, and advising. Applicants with 24 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from taking the ACT or SAT. Applicants scoring less than 19 composite or an individual score of less than 19 on the English or math portions will be required to complete academic placement testing. Additionally, applicants scoring less than a 910 combined SAT score or an individual score of less than 470 on the Critical Reading or Math portions will also be required to complete academic placement test. Applicants scoring less than a 14 on all sections of the ACT or 690 on the SAT (combination of the Critical Reading and Math sections) will not be granted admission.

³The Office of Enrollment Services accepts unofficial transcripts during the admission process and will use them in part to consider granting Provisional admission status. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted from the student or by fax from the institution but must be as similar to an official transcript as possible. Key elements must include courses taken, grades earned, credit hours, quality points, term GPAs, and the cumulative GPA. Degree audits and class schedules will not be accepted as unofficial transcripts. Courses will not be transferred at any time based on unofficial transcripts.