Admissions
This online application is the first step to becoming a WSU student.
What is the WSU Admissions application?
This acronym stands for Washington State University's general education program.
What is UCORE (University Common Requirement)?
WSAC stands for this state organization that supports higher education access and student success.
What is the Washington Student Achievement Council?
At WSU, you are considered this type of student if you enroll in college coursework after the summer following high school graduation.
What is a transfer student?
This WSU office helps prospective students navigate the application process and connect with an admissions counselor.
What is the Office of Admissions?
Meeting these high school requirements does not automatically mean a student meets WSU admissions standards.
What are the CADRs?
UCORE is designed to provide students with broad knowledge and these skills that can be used beyond their major.
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What is transferable skills?
WSAC notes that colleges in Washington use these agreements to help student move credits between institutions.
What is a transfer agreement?
WSU states there are no minimum credit requirements to be eligible to do this.
What is transfer to WSU?
This WSU event allows future Cougs to visit campus, explore resources, and learn about student life before enrolling.
What is Future Cougar Day?
These documents are required from applicants to verify academic performance.
What are transcripts?
This course serves as the foundational requirement in UCORE.
What is ROOT?
Five quarter credits of college coursework are equal to this many CADR credits.
What is 1 CADR credit?
Transfer students can use the following documents to verify their academic performance.
What are transcripts from each institution attended, official G.E.D, official final high school transcript, and official Joint Service Transcripts?
WSU students complete this requirement after earning approximately 60 credits and must submit examples of their writing.
What is the Junior Writing Portfolio?
Students are encouraged to contact this person for help navigating the application process.
What is an admission counselor?
UCORE helps students achieve the learning goals and outcomes associated with this type of degree.
What is a bachelor's degree?
This requirement was created to ensure students continue taking meaningful mathematics during their senior year of high school.
What is the Senior Year Math-Based Quantitative Course requirement?
Maria completes an Associate degree at a Washington community college, transfers to WSU with about 60 credits, and has many of her general education requirements already satisfied through which statewide transfer agreement.
What is a Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA)?
Some WSU academic programs require students to be admitted to this before taking upper-division coursework?
What is their major?
If a transfer applicant has fewer than 40 quarter credits, (27 semester credits), WSU may also require this academic record.
What is an official final high school transcript?
A student who completes Pre-Calculus before senior year has automatically satisfied this additional CADR requirement.
What is the Senior Year Math-Based Quantitative Course requirement?
This Washington transfer process allows credits earned at a four-year institution to be applied back to a student's former community or technical college to complete an associate degree.
What is a Reverse Direct Transfer Agreement (Reverse DTA)?
A transfer student wants to know how military credit, AP credit, international credit, and transfer degrees apply toward a WSU degree. This WSU office provides guidance on all of these credit policies.
What is the Transfer Center for Policy & Resources?