Freshman Applicants

To help you find your way through the maze of admission standards and requirements of Universities you are considering, we would like to give you an idea of what we at Frostburg State University look for in our applicants.

Frostburg State University encourages applications from students prepared to join in the life of an intellectual community. First-year college students are granted admission on the basis of high school grade point average in academic subjects, performance on the SAT, completion of a college preparatory program, optional letters of recommendation, and an optional admissions essay.

High School GPA
First-year college applicants are granted admission on a rolling basis. Many admission decisions are made, consequently, on grades you have earned only through the end of the junior year. However, the first semester of your senior year can be pivotal in gaining admission and your remaining high school work must be successfully completed.

Performance on the SAT/ACT
Your performance on the verbal and math sections of the SAT/ACT should be in the range that would normally predict success in college. Frostburg State University accepts the highest combined Math/Critical Reading SAT score.

College Preparatory Program in High School

• 4 units of English
• 3 units of social science/history
• 3 units if science in at least two different subject areas
  (with 2 of the units including a laboratory experience)
• 3 units of mathematics including Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry
• 2 units of a foreign language
  or, in Maryland 2 units of Advanced Technology

If you have not taken the required courses, you may be admitted to the University with the understanding that courses in the deficient area(s) must be completed during the first year if you want to continue your studies.

Through advanced placement, applicants may have completed advanced courses before high school and opted out of certain required courses in high school. If you have taken advanced courses, the University assumes minimum requirements have been met.

Diagnostic Placement Tests
All entering first-year students with less than 13 transfer credits, and any transfer student with 13 or more transfer credits not transferring Freshman Composition and/or a college-level math course, will take diagnostic placement tests in reading, writing and mathematics to determine appropriate placement.

If you score below a predetermined standard on these examinations, you will be required to enroll in specified courses your first semester to develop your skills to a level which will enable you to function successfully at the University. You are expected to reach these levels within two semesters.

Special Standards
Admission to specific University degree programs may require higher standards or be limited by opportunities to complete the courses required for that program.

Right to Refuse Applications
The Director of Admissions reserves the right to deny or revoke applications for admission or readmission of any applicant whose former record(s) and/ or observed conduct is incongruent with the established guidelines for student behavior and academic responsibility at Frostburg State University.