Providence College

Admissions

Undergraduate Admissions

Students wishing to apply to Providence College should do so no later than the middle of their senior year in high school. Applicants may begin the process by completing the Common Application and the Providence College Supplemental Form that can be found on the Common Application website. The Common Application is an extremely convenient tool for students because after completing it once, it may be submitted to over four hundred colleges in the network. Applicants may also submit the application fee at this time. Students that cannot afford the application fee may request a waiver either from their college advisor or through the College Board fee waiver program. Students will find that there is space on the Supplemental Form for then to make some personal statements and should feel free to use this space to tell the college a little bit about themselves.

The Secondary School Report should be submitted to the student’s high school guidance counselor. It needs to be returned to Providence along with an official copy of high school transcripts. These documents should be submitted no later than November 1 of the senior year for Early Action, or by January 15 for Regular Decision. Providence accepts School Reports that have been completed for other schools using the Common Application.

Other documents required to complete the application packet include the Teacher Evaluation, the Mid-Year Report and the Application Essay. The admissions committee prefers that the Teacher Evaluation be completed by an English teacher or from an instructor in the field that the student would like to study in college. The Mid-Year Report may submitted as soon as it is available; students should not wait to submit the rest of the application packet. The Application Essay should be used to tell Providence about things that are not available by just looking at grades or tests. This is an opportunity for students to let the college get to know them.

It is vital that students provide a valid e-mail address and notify the school if it changes because this is how the college communicates about the status of applications. Early Action applicants will have a decision by early January. In this phase, a student may either be accepted, denied or deferred. Deferred students will be evaluated again during the regular admission cycle. Regular Decision applicants will receive a decision by April 1.

Graduate Admission

All of the graduate programs at Providence have different admissions requirements, but there are standard minimal requirements that they all share. These include proof of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, official graduate and undergraduate transcripts and written recommendations from at least two people that can attest to academic ability and likelihood of success. The student will also need to submit the application specific to the program along with the application fee. Graduate candidates should contact the admissions office of the program to which they would like to apply to determine what else is required in order to be considered for approval.