Undergraduate Admissions

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In a continued effort to minimize the stress of today's reality for students, submitting SAT and/or ACT scores will be an optional, not required, part of the admissions process for students applying to WCU for Fall 2024.

This change to the admissions process is made by WCU in direct response to the cancellation of testing dates across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If they choose, students continue to have the option to submit test scores, but they will not be penalized for not doing so.

In an effort to make the West Chester University application process easier, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is pleased to announce that for Fall 2024 first year applicants we are Common App exclusive. Students can apply on the Common App.

West Chester University recognizes the fee waiver form supplied by the College Board SAT Program Fee Service, ACT and/or the fee waiver form supplied by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC).

Please feel free to contact our office at 610-439-3411 or ugadmiss@wcupa.edu for any additional questions regarding fee waivers.

Many things change from semester to semester. For this reason, accepted students who do not attend WCU in the semester they were accepted to must reapply for admission and pay the $45 application fee.*

First year students

First year students who attended another institution will need to reapply as a transfer student using the Common Application or WCU application and pay the $45 application fee.

First year students who have not attended another institution must reapply for admission and pay the $45 application fee.*

Transfer students

Transfer students must reapply for admission to WCU and pay the $45 application fee.*

*If students used a fee waiver the first time they applied to WCU, that fee waiver will be honored again.

For questions about housing at WCU, please reach out to them directly:

USH Managed Housing
610-430-4988
leasing@ushcommunities.org 

University-Owned Housing
610-436-3307
housing@wcupa.edu

AP credit policy

• Students attending PASSHE institutions can now receive college credit for AP Exam scores of 3 and higher. 

Admissions: 610-436-3411

Financial Aid: 610-436-6952

Registrar: 610-436-3541

Academic Success Program: 610-436-3274

Honors College: 610-436-2996

Residence Life and Housing Services (university housing): 610-436-3307

University Student Housing Office (affiliated housing): 610-430-4988

Off Campus and Commuter Services: 610-436-2209

Office of Educational Accessibility: 610-436-2564

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