Admissions
Completing this is your first step in applying to William Carey University
What is an online application?
The minimum ACT score required to get a WCU academic scholarship
What is a score of 20?
This is also the minimum score for acceptance to the university, so all admitted students receive an academic scholarship!
An 18th/19th century Baptist minister, missionary, cobbler, and educator, among other roles!
Who is William Carey?
After receiving a bachelor's in this major, students can go on to have a career as law enforcement officers, crime scene investigators, and even FBI agents!
What is Criminal Justice?
Featuring horns, percussion, winds, and dancers, this is the name of our school marching band!
What is the Spirit of William Carey?
You must provide proof of two MMR vaccinations in your lifetime in order to be admitted. The letters MMR stand for these viruses.
What are measles, mumps, and rubella?
This scholarship is awarded to freshman students with an ACT score of 24-26 and is worth up to $23,600 over four years.
What is the Presidential Scholarship?
A country in the United Kingdom with landmarks such as Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. This is also the country William Carey was from.
What is England?
This major requires classes that take you out in the field-- or rather, out into the classroom.
What is Elementary Education?
While William Carey has many athletic opportunities for men and women, these two sports only have women's teams.
What are volleyball and softball?
Other WCU sports include archery, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and men's baseball!
These two standardized tests are often admissions requirements for universities across the country.
What are the ACT and SAT?
WCU requires an ACT score of 20 and an SAT score of 950 for admission!
Talent Scholarships of up to $5,800 a year for on campus students are offered in the following areas: Music, Speech and Debate, Theatre, Art, and ______ .
What is Journalism?
While in India, William Carey worked to translate the Bible into this many languages.
What is six?
Carey translated the Bible into Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Hindi, and Sanskrit.
One of our most popular majors, this program has been rated as the best of its kind in the state of Mississippi
What is Nursing?
Unlike many other colleges, WCU's homecoming happens every year in this month.
What is April?
WCU's homecoming happens in April and festivities include crawfish boils, 5k races, and even a parade!
This program allows freshman students with an ACT score of 16-19 to be accepted conditionally to the university and pay no tuition for their first 12 credit hours.
What is the Free Throw program?
Students who qualify for Free Throw take 12 free hours of classes in their first semester. If they keep a GPA of 2.5 or higher can complete their degree at WCU!
This is the scholarship program for students scoring a 29 or higher on their ACT that grants them 30 hours of free tuition for their first two years and 33 hours of free tuition for their last two years in addition to a 1,725 room waiver.
What is the William Carey University Scholars program?
William Carey founded this college in India to educate Christian ministers and all others with a desire to learn about arts and sciences.
What is Serampore College?
Hey, future entrepreneurs! Finance management, marketing, and leadership are skills you can learn in this degree program.
What is Business Administration?
The Student Government Association, American Chemical Society, and Serampore Players are a few examples of these.
What are Student Organizations?
At WCU, there are over 20 student organizations in arts, sports, and all kinds of interests!
You must have this kind of transcript to be accepted that requires being sent directly from your school to WCU either by mail or escription service
What is an official transcript?
William Carey students interested in making a public commitment to ministry with a recommendation from their pastor are eligible for this scholarship worth up to $25,600 over four years.
What is the Southern Baptist Church Related Vocation scholarship?
William Carey, both the man and the university, are known by the motto, "Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God," which is this Bible verse
What is Isaiah 54:2-3?
Before entering a doctorate program in something like Law, Engineering, or even Medicine, you can get a bachelor's degree in one of these.
What is a pre-professional program?
WCU offers pre-professional degrees in dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine!
Renovated from an old carriage house, this is the "punny" name for our Hattiesburg on-campus, student-run coffee shop.
What is Common Grounds?
No need for Starbucks, Hattiesburg campus students can get their caffeine fix in between classes while reading the latest issue of The Cobbler, our student newspaper!