Applicants must submit official transcripts for all work taken in grades 9 through 12 and in other colleges and universities. The secondary school record should include rank in class (if available) or a grade distribution, grades for all courses taken, a listing of courses in progress, and credit granted and anticipated.

A transfer applicant for the fall term must submit a transcript that includes fall term grades from the preceding year, if enrolled in college that term.

The following documents must be submitted with the application for admission:

1. official secondary school transcript or GED diploma and scores

2. official transcripts of work completed at other colleges

3. a list of courses in progress at a degree-granting institution

4. SAT I or ACT scores if candidate is applying for admission less than two years after graduation from high school

The College Entrance Examination Board administers the Scholastic Assessment Tests I (SAT I). Applicants should request that the results be forwarded to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Use College Board code 2765 or ACT code 2592 when requesting that reports be sent. Applicants should write directly to the College Entrance Examination Board, P.O. Box 592, Princeton, NJ 08541, for information and applications. This material also is available at high school guidance offices. Applicants are encouraged to take entrance examinations by December of their senior year.

For information on the ACT, contact the Office of Admissions.

Candidates are not required to take the SAT I or ACT if

1. 12 or more college-level credits have been satisfactorily completed after high school at an accredited institution of higher education or

2. the applicant has been out of school two or more years