Colleges Offering Early Admission to High School Juniors
Typically, the term “early admission” refers to high school seniors who apply in the fall and receive a decision by the holidays rather than waiting until the regular round with a springtime notification. Yet, for the most precocious and ambitious high school students, some U.S. colleges allow juniors to apply with an eye toward beginning their college career at the commencement of their senior year. For example, the University of Southern California accepts a select group of 11th grade students each year into their Resident Honors Program—students then begin completing college coursework as seniors. Worcester Polytechnic Institute allows roughly 100 high school students per year to take college courses through its Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science. Clarkson University’s Early College Program affords accepted seniors with the opportunity to take a full freshman college credit load while completing 12th grade. In the following chart, College Transitions has compiled a comprehensive list of colleges and universities that will offer early admission to the most qualified and highly motivated high school juniors.
Institution | Early Admit - High School Juniors |
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Albion College | Yes |
Allegheny College | Yes |
Amherst College | Yes |
Auburn University | Yes |
Barnard College | Yes |
Baylor University | Yes |
Beloit College | Yes |
Birmingham Southern College | Yes |
Boston University | Yes |
Bowdoin College | Yes |
CUNY, Baruch College | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon University | Yes |
Centre College | Yes |
Christopher Newport University | Yes |
Clark University | Yes |
College of Charleston | Yes |
College of William and Mary | Yes |
College of the Holy Cross | Yes |
Drake University | Yes |
Duquesne University | Yes |
Florida Atlantic University | Yes |
Florida Gulf Coast University | Yes |
Florida International University | Yes |
Florida State University | Yes |
George Mason University | Yes |
George Washington University | Yes |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Yes |
Georgia State University | Yes |
Gettysburg College | Yes |
Gustavus Adolphus College | Yes |
Harvard University | Yes |
Harvey Mudd College | Yes |
Haverford College | Yes |
Hofstra University | Yes |
Hope College | Yes |
Juniata College | Yes |
Knox College | Yes |
Lafayette College | Yes |
Lawrence University | Yes |
Lehigh University | Yes |
Loyola Marymount University | Yes |
Macalester College | Yes |
Messiah College | Yes |
Middlebury College | Yes |
Morehouse College | Yes |
Mount Holyoke College | Yes |
New College of Florida | Yes |
New Jersey Institute of Technology | Yes |
Northwestern University | Yes |
Penn State University | Yes |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Yes |
Rhodes College | Yes |
Rollins College | Yes |
SUNY University at Buffalo | Yes |
SUNY, Geneseo | Yes |
SUNY, New Paltz | Yes |
SUNY, University at Albany | Yes |
Sewanee: University of the South | Yes |
Skidmore College | Yes |
Smith College | Yes |
St. John's College, Annapolis | Yes |
St. John's College, Santa Fe | Yes |
Swarthmore College | Yes |
Towson University | Yes |
Union College | Yes |
University of Alabama | Yes |
University of Arizona | Yes |
University of Delaware | Yes |
University of Georgia | Yes |
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign | Yes |
University of Iowa | Yes |
University of Kansas | Yes |
University of Maine | Yes |
University of Mary Washington | Yes |
University of Maryland | Yes |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Yes |
University of Miami | Yes |
University of Mississippi | Yes |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Yes |
University of North Texas | Yes |
University of Pennsylvania | Yes |
University of Pittsburgh | Yes |
University of Rhode Island | Yes |
University of Scranton | Yes |
University of South Florida | Yes |
University of Southern California | Yes |
University of Tennessee | Yes |
University of Texas at Dallas | Yes |
University of Utah | Yes |
University of Washington | Yes |
Wake Forest University | Yes |
Wellesley College | Yes |
Wesleyan University | Yes |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Yes |
Whitman College | Yes |
Williams College | Yes |
Wittenberg University | Yes |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Yes |