High School Students

Prospective high school students will be considered for Regular admission status when they submit all that apply:

  1. Application and $20 fee
    1. Paperwork received without an application on file will not be processed.
  2. Present evidence of graduation with a standard diploma (at minimum) from a regionally accredited high school.
    1. High school students currently in their final year of school are encouraged to apply early; please refer to the Early Acceptance Status for more information.
  3. Official transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges.
    1. Please refer to the Academic Bulletin for the transfer of credit policy.
    2. Adventist University no longer accepts hand-delivered transcripts in a sealed envelope. All transcripts must be sent directly to us from the educational institution to be considered official.
  4. Submit American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. Scores will be used for placement and advising and not to determine admission status.
    1. Applicants with 24 or more college-level credits from a regionally accredited college are exempt from taking the ACT or SAT.

    A transcript is considered official when stamped with the official school seal, signed by the appropriate school official, and received in a sealed envelope. Recommendation forms, as well as official transcripts and career essays received with a ADU application, will be retained for one year while applications received without an official transcript(s), career essays and recommendation forms will be retained for six months.

    GPA admission requirements:

    • Minimum unweighted high school GPA of 2.50
    • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) on all college-level academic work.
      • 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 admission purposes.