| Traditional Students | Non-Traditional Students |
| Transfer Students | Home-Schooled Students |
| International Students |

The College has a very fair and generous policy on the transfer of academic credit earned within the preceding five years at a regionally accredited college or university. Course work completed more than five years ago at a regionally accredited college or university is evaluated on a course-by-course basis.

Notre Dame College reserves the right to deny admission to any applicant who does not meet its admission standards.

Recognizing that the needs of a diverse student body are equally as diverse, Notre Dame College has established alternative admission requirements for the following degree-seeking and certificate-seeking students:

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TRADITIONAL STUDENTS

Traditional students are those who have graduated from high school within two years of their first term of enrollment. A student planning to attend Notre Dame College should take the strongest possible college preparatory program available. The following distribution of courses is considered to be standard academic preparation.

Notre Dame College requires the following credentials from each traditional student seeking admission:

1. Application for Undergraduate Admission. You can choose to print out a copy of our mail-in application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee, or you can use the free online application form. Select this link for applications.
2. Official high school transcript stating date of graduation
3. Official ACT or SAT I score report.

Academic transcripts must be submitted directly to the Office of Admissions by the issuing high school in order to be considered official.

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NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS

Non-traditional students are those who have graduated from high school three or more years prior to their first term of enrollment or who have earned a General Education Diploma (GED) and who wish to complete course work primarily during the semester and/or summer sessions.

Notre Dame College requires the following credentials from each non-traditional student seeking admission:

1. Application for Undergraduate Admission. You can choose to print out a copy of our mail-in application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee, or you can use the free online application form. Select this link for applications.
2. Official high school transcript stating date of graduation or official GED certificate
3. Personal interview with an Admissions Counselor.

Academic transcripts must be submitted directly to the Office of Admissions by the issuing high school in order to be considered official.

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TRANSFER STUDENTS

Transfer students are those who have graduated from high school or have earned a General Education Diploma (GED) and who have attended a regionally accredited institution of higher learning following high school graduation or the equivalent.

Notre Dame College requires the following credentials from each transfer student seeking admission:

1. Application for Undergraduate Admission. You can choose to print out a copy of our mail-in application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee, or you can use the free online application form. Select this link for applications.
2. Official high school transcript stating date of graduation
3. Official academic transcripts from each college or university previously attended
4. Personal interview with an Admissions Counselor.

Academic transcripts must be submitted directly to the Office of Admissions by the issuing high school or post-secondary institution in order to be considered official.

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HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS

Home-schooled students are those who have completed the equivalent of traditional secondary education by learning at home or elsewhere in the community.

Notre Dame College requires the following credentials from each home-schooled student seeking admission:

1. Application for Undergraduate Admission. You can choose to print out a copy of our mail-in application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee, or you can use the free online application form. Select this link for applications.
2. A transcript or outline of the topics covered during the high school years
3. Official ACT Assessment or SAT I score report
4. Two letters of recommendation that speak to the student's academic and personal qualities.

Home-schooled students who have attended a regionally accredited institution of higher learning following the equivalent of high school graduation will also be required to submit official academic transcripts from each college or university attended. Academic transcripts must be submitted directly to the Office of Admissions by the issuing post-secondary institution in order to be considered official.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

International students are those who legally reside in a country other than the United States of America.

Notre Dame College requires the following credentials from each foreign student seeking admission:

1. Application for Undergraduate Admission. You can choose to print out a copy of our mail-in application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee, or you can use the free online application form. Select this link for applications.
2. Official academic transcripts of all secondary and post-secondary education (if the academic transcripts are in a language other than English, the original transcripts must be submitted along with notarized English translations)
3. Official results of either the TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) or the ELS Proficiency Examination (applicable only to non-native English speakers who graduated or will graduate from a secondary school outside the USA)
4. Declaration and Certification of Financial Support form
5. Verification of Country of Birth and Citizenship form
6. Verification of Status form (applicable to F-1 status transfer students only).

According to Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations, a completed Declaration and Certification of Financial Support is necessary to prove that the student has financial resources available for the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, supplies, personal expenses and transportation while enrolled at Notre Dame College for the first academic year and to give a reasonable guarantee that financial resources will be available for these same costs for the remaining academic years.

A Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant F-1 Student Status, is issued by the Office of Admissions upon receipt of full payment of tuition, fees and room and board for the student's initial academic term of enrollment. Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations require foreign students on a student visa to carry a full course of study during each term of enrollment at Notre Dame College in order to maintain F-1 Student Status while in the United States of America.

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Notre Dame College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, age or disability in the administration of its academic and admission policies, scholarship and financial assistance programs and other College-administrated services.