Please read through the application requirements below.
Freshmen Requirements
- Applicants must graduate from approved secondary schools or present a General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
- Academic courses, grades, rank in class, and guidance counselor recommendation are reviewed by the Admissions Committee. High school seniors are also required to submit SAT or ACT scores. The minimum GPA and test scores required vary based on the academic program you are applying to. We will advise you if you do not meet the minimum requirements.
- Personal Statement/Essay (optional, yet recommended; required for LECOM 4+4 Medical Program applicants). A personal statement assists us in evaluating your eligibility for admission beyond test scores and high school record. Submit a one-page response to one of the following: 1) How have you applied a classroom lesson to your daily life? or 2) Ask and answer one question that you wish we had asked?
- Completion of 16 academic units at the high school level, four of which must be English; depending on academic program, remainder of units are to be comprised of a combination of social sciences, foreign language, mathematics, and science.
- For students who have been diagnosed with a learning disability, please see the additional criteria in the right-hand column if you are interested in Gannon's PSLD Program.
- Personal letters of recommendations from teachers, counselors or school administrators
- WAIS/WISC scores and subscores [Not necessary if primary diagnosis is ADHD.] Abbreviated WISC/WAIS scores are not accepted.
- Records from any professional with whom the student has worked, such as Psychologist, Physician, Reading Specialist or Math Specialist
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