General University
Requirements |
Admission to Your Major
How to Apply
| Scholarships
General University Requirements
Admission into the Missouri Western State University
general studies program requires a complete admissions
file and completion of the high school
core curriculum. The Core Curriculum required for
Western is:
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4 units of English
3 units of Mathematics
3 units of Social Studies
2 units of Science (one course must be a lab)
1 unit of a Fine/Performing Art
3 units of Electives from any of the core
subjects or a foreign language
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Admission to Your Major
Many departments have their own entrance requirements as
well.
Click here to view these
requirements.
How to Apply
The following information is necessary to complete your admissions file
so you may enroll at a New Student Registration Program.
First-time Freshmen and Transfer Students with fewer than 24 hours
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1 |
Completed
Application for Admission (apply online now!) |
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2 |
ACT Results Western's ACT code is 2344. Not required for
students age 20 and older. |
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3 |
High
School Transcript or Homeschooled transcript with a minimum of six semesters of work (A
final copy is necessary after graduation). GED students should request
an official copy of their results from the Department of Education -
Secondary Education (DESE). |
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Nonrefundable $15 application processing fee
(this is a one-time fee required only with the initial application to
Western) |
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6 |
College Transcripts for
any college credit or high school classes taken for college credit. Transcript
must be sent from college/university that credit is granted through. |
Transfer Students with 24 or more credit hours
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Completed
Application for Admission (apply online now!) |
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Official and Complete
Transcript from each undergraduate college and university
attended |
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Nonrefundable
$15 application processing fee (this
is a one-time fee required only with the initial application to
Missouri Western) |
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Transfer students who hold an Associate of Arts degree from an
accredited Missouri public institution are considered to have
satisfactorily completed Missouri Western's general studies
requirements, and will be admitted at the junior-year level. There are
some exceptions which will be evaluated course by course. -
Missouri Western
transfer students must meet the minimum residency, upper-division course and
graduation requirements. Students with AA degrees will typically
transfer sixty-four (64) credit hours. Lower division credits hours
completed beyond the AA degree will be evaluated for transfer on a
course-by-course basis.
Click here for our transfer agreements.
Students Returning to Western
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Completed Application
for Admission form to reactivate the file
(apply online now!) |
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Official and Complete
Transcript from each undergraduate college and university which
has been attended since last enrolled at Western |
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3 |
Payment of any prior financial
obligation to Western |
International Students
Click
here to view the International Student requirements and application.
Scholarships (2008-2009)
Western gives out more than $4.75 million in scholarship money each year!
Below are just some of the top scholarships available. For more
information and a list of all scholarships, visit the
Office of Financial Aid
website.
First-time Students
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Scholarship |
ACT |
Class
Rank
or
GPA |
Renew
GPA |
Priority Deadline |
Amount |
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Gold Level Scholarships - Cannot be stacked
together |
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Golden Griffon |
27 |
Top 10% or 3.5 GPA |
3.5 |
Feb. 1 |
$10,000 |
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President's Academic |
25 |
Top 15% or 3.25 GPA |
3.25 |
Mar. 1 |
$4,000 |
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Regents' Academic |
23 |
n/a |
3.0 |
Mar. 1 |
$2,000 |
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Deans' Academic |
21 |
Top 33% or 3.25 GPA |
3.0 |
Mar. 1 |
$1,000 |
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GED |
23 |
n/a |
3.0 |
Mar. 1 |
$1,500 |
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Discover Level Scholarships - Cannot be
stacked together |
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Edith C. Brown |
n/a |
Top 20% |
3.0 |
Feb. 1 |
$4,500 |
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Western
Frontier
(out-of-state students) |
23 |
n/a |
3.0 |
Mar. 1 |
$1,500 |
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Western Neighboring States* (IA, IL, KS, NE residents
only) |
21 |
3.0 GPA |
3.0 |
Mar. 1 |
In-State Tuition |
Transfer Students
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Scholarship |
Credit Hours |
GPA |
Renew GPA |
Priority Deadline |
Amount |
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Not Stackable with each other |
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President's Community College |
60 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
June 1 |
$4,000 |
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Phi Theta Kappa |
60 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
June 1 |
$4,250 |
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Regents' Community College |
60 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
June 1 |
$2,000 |
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Non-Trad Community College |
60 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
June 1 |
$750 |
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Stackable with the above except where noted |
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MOCCA/Phi Theta Kappa |
Member of All-Missouri Academic Team |
$2,000 |
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Western Neighboring States* (IA, IL, KS, NE residents
only) |
Associates Degree |
3.0 GPA |
3.0 |
June 1 |
In-State Tuition |
*Western
Neighboring States Scholarship - Recipients must live in the residence
halls and maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA for renewal. This award cannot
be combined with the Midwest Student Exchange Program or the
Western Frontier Scholarship. Non-community college transfer students
with less than 60 credit hours must meet the same criteria as freshmen.
Non-community college transfer students with more than 60 credit hours
must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA. |