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Admission Criteria for High School Graduates

Don't wait to start thinking about college. If you are considering K-State - or any other Kansas public university - you should start planning now.

Meet any one of these three options and you'll meet the requirements for admission to K-State.

Score a 21 or higher on the ACT
Most people take the test in their junior or senior year of high school. Ask your high school counselor for a schedule of testing dates. A SAT score of 980 may be used in place of an ACT score.

Rank in the top third of your graduating class
Your class rank will be determined by your high school GPA following your seventh semester of work.

Complete the Kansas pre-college curriculum with a 2.0 GPA
Start planning your pre-college curriculum during your freshman year of high school. The Kansas Board of Regents, the governing body for all state universities in Kansas, established these admission requirements for students graduating high school and beginning college in Fall 2001 and later. This curriculum is intended to prepare you for college-level work.
Kansas residents must earn a 2.0 or higher GPA on the pre college curriculum. Out-of-state residents must earn a 2.5 or higher GPA.
Be sure to ask your high school counselor which courses in your high school meet these requirements. The specific courses may vary from school to school. Click here to find a list of course requirements to use as a guide to the pre-college curriculum.

Exceptions Option

There are circumstances that may prevent students from meeting the admission requirements. If you have encountered unusual situations that keep you from meeting the requirements, please contact the Office of Admissions.

As many as 10 percent of new freshmen may be offered admission, based on other measures of ability to succeed at K-State (KSA 76-717).

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Applying for admission is the first step. K-State's goal is to admit all students who have the potential to be academically successful at K-State. We also want to make the admissions process as simple as possible.

High school students are encouraged to initiate the application process early in their senior year.

Your application process should include these steps :

1. Submit an application for admission and the $30 application fee to Office of Admissions, Kansas State University, 119 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 665060102. You may obtain an application form from the Office of Admissions, your high school counselor or here on the web.

2. Take the ACT on one of the national test dates. We recommend taking it during your junior year. Have your scores sent to K-State by entering the ACT college code number for K-State (1428) on the test registration form. SAT scores may substitute ACT scores. K-State's SAT code number is 6334.

3. Have your high school send certification of your high school graduation or an official copy of your final high school transcript showing your high school graduation date.

4. If you have earned any college credit while attending high school, have each college send an official transcript to:

Office of Admissions
119 Anderson Hall
Manhattan KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-6250
800-432-8270
Fax: 785-532-6393

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