Undergraduate Admissions FAQ's

Please visit this website for a list of application deadlines by term of entry. You should consider scholarship and financial aid deadlines and apply in time to participate in orientation and advisement.

Please request that your prior institution(s) send official transcripts directly to ETSU. Transcripts are only considered official if they are issued directly from the school or college; ETSU does not accept transcripts emailed from students. 

To request your transcript be sent, contact:

• High school transcript: Contact your school counseling office.
• Community college/university transcript: Contact the institution’s records or registrar office.
• AP/SAT/ACT: Log into your CollegeBoard or ACT student profile. Designate ETSU as the recipient.

Transcripts may be emailed to documents@etsu.edu or sent electronically through an electronic transcript service, such as Parchment. Transcripts sent through Parchment should designate documents@etsu.edu as the recipient.

If transcripts will be sent through postal mail, here is the address:

• Office of Undergraduate Admissions
  ETSU
  PO Box 70731
  Johnson City, TN 37614

 

Call 423-439-4213 or email admissions@etsu.edu to check on your application status! We will always send communication to applicants to let them know their application was received, and whether any missing documents need to be submitted. If you have not heard anything at all, here are two likely scenarios:

• Your application may be unsubmitted, stuck at 99% complete. This  video shows what to do if this happens.
• The $25 application fee may not have been received, which prevents your application from being electronically processed. Please contact us for assistance.
  

Once we have received your application, an ETSU username and ID will be emailed to you. Use these credentials to create a GoldLink account so you may monitor the status of your application as it goes through the review process. You may also call 423-439-4213 or email admissions@etsu.edu or contact your designated admission counselor for more information.

 Freshman applicants must have a 2.3 GPA or a 17 ACT/ 920 SAT. The average incoming freshman has a 3.5 GPA and a 23 ACT. Complete freshman admission requirements are listed here:

• Freshman Requirements

Admission requirements for transfer students vary by the number of attempted credit hours earned. Complete transfer admission requirements are here:

• Transfer Requirements

Students who wish to attend classes at one of ETSU’s satellite campuses will apply as normal. When you are at the point of registering for classes with your academic advisor, you will select courses offered at your desired campus site.

Students who wish to take online classes will apply as normal. When you are at the point of registering for classes with your academic advisor, you will select courses offered online. You can select “WEB” as “method of instruction” when using the GoldLink ‘Look Up Classes’ tool.

Visit this page to learn more about transferring credits. Use the Transfer Equivalencies Tool to view how courses from previous institutions will transfer to ETSU. Upon being admitted to ETSU, transfer students will have an official transfer articulation evaluation completed for them.

In limited cases, students who may have had extenuating circumstances surrounding their academic performance may appeal the decision if they are denied admission. To find out if you could be a candidate for appeal, you may visit this website.