Guide to Admission
- High School Students
- First-Year Students
- Steps in Applying
- What to Expect (High School vs. College)
- Academic Options at UCM
- For High Ability Students
- For Home-Schooled Students
- For Students with a GED
- For Adult Students
- For Multicultural Students
- For Recently Admitted Students
- For Students with a Disability
- Bringing in Dual Credit
- Success Program
- Recently Admitted Students
- Transfer Students
- Dual Admission Students
- Non-Degree Seeking Students
- Visiting/Summer/Readmitted Students
- Parents & Family
- Student Financial Services
- Forms
Guide to Admissions
There's a lot more to college admissions than filling out the application. Get ahead of the game by beginning to think about college now.
High School Timeline
Freshman Year
- Enroll in Missouri college-preparatory curriculum
- Form good study habits.
- Job-shadow an adult whose career interests you.
- Find a sport or activity you love and take steps toward becoming a leader at your high school.
- Become active in other clubs and organizations that interest you, including community service organizations, religious youth groups or a part-time job.
Sophomore Year
- Focus on your grades: Don't wait until your junior or senior year. The grades you make during your freshman and sophomore years have a huge impact on your overall GPA and class rank.
- Look into taking standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT, which are required at most colleges.
- Begin attending college fairs and request information about schools that interest you.
- Visit a college campus while on vacation with your family.
Junior Year
- Take the ACT and/or SAT tests.
- Attend College Day/Night programs.
- Find as much information as possible about the schools that interest you through college fairs, mailings, and web sites.
- Visit the campuses of your top choice schools.
- Meet with admissions representatives who visit your high school.
- Form relationships with your high school teachers so they will know you well enough to write letters of recommendation for you.
- Meet with your high school guidance counselor in charge of college admissions. He or she can be a huge resource and help you narrow your search.
Senior Year
- Visit UCM.
- Take, or retake, the ACT and/or SAT tests.
- Apply for admission as early as possible to the college you are seriously considering attending.
- Apply for institutional and local scholarships in the fall.
- Apply for financial aid after January 1.
- Choose a school and notify colleges of your decision.
- Attend orientation and enrollment programs.
- Enjoy your senior year!
