Admission for First-Time Freshmen
This information applies to you if you're under age 21, you're not in the military and you never have attended a school beyond high school.
Applying for Admission
- Complete and submit an application online or download our PDF application and
mail it to the Office of Admissions.
- Pay your one-time, non-refundable $15
application fee online, through the mail, or in
person at the Browning Administration Building, if
completing a paper application. Checks should be
made out to APSU. Application fees are paid online
when completing an online admissions application.
- Have the ACT/SAT center or your guidance
counselor submit your official ACT or
SAT/SAT 1 scores to our Office of
Admissions.
Scores are valid for three years from the date you
take the test. When you take the ACT or SAT, there
is a space on the exam where you can indicate you
want your scores sent to APSU. For the
ACT, enter code 03944. For the SAT/SAT 1,
enter 1028.
- Ask your high school guidance counselor or GED
test center staff person to send an official copy of your
academic transcripts to our Office of
Admissions. If you're a graduate of a
Tennessee public high school, your transcripts must
include a notation indicating you've passed the
Tennessee High School Proficiency Examination. We cannot accept hand-delivered transcripts,
special education diplomas or high school
certificates. Click here to print a Transcript Request Form
you can mail to your former school(s).
- Application
Deadline -- All required information must be
received prior to admission, evaluation of transfer
credit and registration.
Admission Requirements for First-Time Freshmen
There are two kinds of admission to APSU:
unconditional and conditional. If you meet our
criteria for
unconditional admission, you will be fully admitted
to the University based on your proven academic ability.
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Criteria for Unconditional Admission
If you will be under age 21 at the time of enrollment…
To be fully admitted to APSU, you must have ONE of the following:
- An ACT score of 20 or higher
- A SAT score of 940 or higher
- A high school GPA of 2.85 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- A GED score of 450 or higher with a “passing” notation
AND ONE of the following:
AND ONE of the following:
- No more than one ACT subscore of 18 or less in English or math
- No more than one SAT subscore of 460 or less in critical reading and math
If you will be age 21 or older at the time of enrollment…
To be fully admitted to APSU, you must
- Provide academic transcripts that prove you graduated high school OR prove you earned a GED average score of 450 with a passing notation. (If you earned a GED before January 2002, you must have an average score of 45.)
AND
- Complete the COMPASS assessment, earning no more than one subscore that requires enrollment in an enhanced core English or mathematics class.
If you aren't eligible for full admission to APSU, read our
criteria for conditional admission to see if you qualify to be admitted on probation.
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Criteria for Conditional Admission
If you will be under age 21 at the time of enrollment…
To be conditionally admitted to APSU, you must have
AND ONE of the following:
- An ACT score of 19 or higher
- >A SAT score of 900 or higher
- >A high school GPA of 2.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- >A GED score of 450 with a “passing” notation
AND ONE of the following:
- More than one ACT subscore of 18 or lower in English or math
- More than one Sat subscore of 460 or lower in critical reading and math
If you will be age 21 or older at
the time of enrollment…
You will be conditionally admitted to APSU if you
- Provide academic transcripts that prove you graduated high school OR prove you earned a GED average score of 450 with a passing notation. (If you earned a GED before January 2002, you must have an average score of 45.)
AND
- Complete the COMPASS assessment, earning scores that require you to take two or more enhanced courses.
If you are conditionally admitted to APSU, these restrictions will apply to you during your first semester:
- You will be on academic probation.
- You may take no more than 13 credit-hours (roughly four classes).
- You must earn at least a 1.5 GPA.
- You must take part in academic activities meant to help you succeed.
- You must register for classes prior to late registration. No student who is conditionally admitted to Austin Peay State University will be permitted to late register
If you do not earn a GPA of at least 1.5 during your first semester, you will be suspended for one full semester.
Housing Requirement for Freshmen
Better grades and more social opportunities are just a couple of the benefits of living on campus. With this in mind, we require all full-time, single freshmen under the age of 21 to live on campus for their first two semesters UNLESS they are living with a parent or guardian who resides within 50 miles of campus. You must either apply for housing or submit a residency exemption form.
