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How to apply

  • Submit an application (Note: The application deadline for summer and fall 2008 was April 1, 2008.)
  • Pay the $40 application fee
    • Make checks payable to The University of Iowa. Online applicants pay by credit card. The fee is not refundable.
  • Have your test scores sent
    • Have your ACT or SAT scores sent to us by the testing agency. Our institutional code for the ACT is 1356; for the SAT, it is 6681.
  • Have your transcripts sent
    • Have your high school send an official transcript of your grades and class rank to the Office of Admissions, 107 Calvin Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1396. If you have taken College Classes, ask each college to send transcripts.

Application deadlines

    • Summer Session & Fall Semester—April 1
      The priority filing date for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and for the College of Engineering is February 1. If all application materials are on file February 1, you will be admitted if you meet our published requirements for guaranteed admission. Applications received after the priority filing date will be reviewed and admission offered on a space-available basis. All application materials must be postmarked on or before April 1.
    • Spring Semester—November 15
      All application materials must be postmarked on or before November 15. There is no priority filing date for spring semester.

After you apply
Expect an Admission Decision within five weeks from the date we receive your completed application and all supporting materials. You will receive a Hawk ID and password after your application is received. The Hawk ID and password will enable you to access the University's web-based Iowa Student Information Services (ISIS) to track the status of your application through your Admissions Profile.

Your Admissions Profile on ISIS
Important Dates for First-Year Students, 2008*

Accepting our offer of admission
Pay your $185 acceptance fee
as soon as possible but no later than May 1, 2008. The fee is refundable prior to May 1. Your acceptance fee must be paid before you will be able to make Orientation reservations through your Admissions Profile on ISIS.

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