Required fees and documentation
Application fee
Transcripts
Test scores
Essay and personal statement
Eligibility for in-state tuition forms
Application fee
Applicants to all undergraduate programs except for those to the School of the Arts should submit a $40 application fee. Applicants to all undergraduate programs in the School of the Arts should submit a $55 application fee. Applicants who apply online should submit a $30 application fee.
The application fee is nonrefundable, and must be submitted with the Application for Undergraduate Admission. Payment, in the form of a check or money order made payable to VCU, must include the applicant’s name and date of birth. Do not submit cash. Applications may not be processed if submitted without a fee or the applicant will be billed.
VCU students currently enrolled in a degree program on the Monroe Park Campus may apply to undergraduate health sciences programs on the MCV Campus without submitting an application fee.
Transcripts
Freshman applicants are required to submit an up-to-date high school transcript (including senior year curriculum and grades, if available) with the Application for Undergraduate Admission and a completed and signed High School Transcript Request form. GED holders must submit their official GED scores. Transfer applicants must submit two official transcripts from each accredited college or university attended, including summer schools. If less than 30 semester/45 quarter hours have been completed, applicants also must submit high school transcripts. Transfer students younger than 22 years of age who have taken less than 30 semester/45 quarter hours also must submit their SAT or ACT scores and high school transcripts. Applicants to programs on the MCV Campus must submit official transcripts from each college, university, school and program attended. These transcripts should be included with the application.
Note: Monroe Park Campus students applying to MCV Campus programs must have transcripts sent to VCU Office of Undergraduate Admissions, MCV Campus, P.O. Box 980632, Richmond, VA 23298-0632.
All foreign transcripts must be official and submitted in the original language with English translation.
Official transcripts must be sent directly by all previously and currently attended schools.
Test scores
Freshman applicants younger than 22 years of age and all freshmen applying to the School of Nursing must submit official SAT or ACT scores. GED holders must submit their official GED scores.
Transfer applicants younger than 22 years of age who have earned fewer than 30 semester/45 quarter hours of college credit must submit SAT or ACT scores.
All traditional and accelerated undergraduate program applicants to the School of Nursing must submit SAT, ACT or GRE scores for all undergraduate programs. Registered nurses applying for the R.N.-B.S. completion program are not required to submit SAT, ACT or GRE scores, but should submit a copy of their R.N. licensure. See supplemental nursing requirements at www.nursing.vcu.edu.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in addition to any other required test scores.
Essay and personal statement
VCU does not require an essay from applicants unless they are applying for scholarship consideration or admission to the School of Nursing.
Scholarship applicants must write a one- to two-page essay on one of the following topics: 1) Compose “Page 87” of your autobiography. In this essay, be creative, considering where your life story would be at this point. 2) “Education and Life: A Personal Statement.” In this essay, discuss your educational goals, including why you wish to study your chosen major.
School of the Arts film (cinema) applicants must write a one- to two-page essay on topic No. 2 above; this essay should address any film work you’ve done. You must also write an essay discussing a story that you want to tell on film (maximum length 200 words).
School of Nursing applicants must write a one- to two-page essay on topic No. 2 above.
All applicants are required to provide a personal statement telling us more about themselves and why they are considering VCU. A space is provided at the end of the Application for Undergraduate Admission. Applicants should decide what VCU needs to know in order to accurately evaluate their application. Please do not repeat information that can be found in the application.
Eligibility for in-state tuition forms
Eligibility for in-state tuition is governed by Section 23-7.4 of the Code of Virginia. In part, this section of the code states that to qualify for in-state tuition, a student must establish by clear and convincing evidence that for a period of at least one year prior to the date of alleged entitlement, he/she or the person through whom he/she claims eligibility was domiciled in Virginia and had abandoned any previous domicile, if such existed. Domicile is defined as the present, fixed home of an individual to which he/she returns following temporary absences and at which he/she intends to stay indefinitely. No individual may have more than one domicile at a time. Domicile, once established, shall not be affected by mere transient or temporary physical presence in another jurisdiction. All students applying to the university must complete the Application for In-state Tuition Rates and return it with the Application for Undergraduate Admission. Failure to submit the Application for In-state Tuition Rates will result in assignment of out-of-state tuition rates.
