Freshman Applicants

Before you make a decision about where to go to college, there are some preliminary steps we think you should take: talk to us and visit campus. 

Feel free to contact us at any point in the application process if you have questions.

We also hope you will visit campus at any point during your college search process. UML has a beautiful and busy campus with first-rate facilities for teaching, research, living and playing. The best way to understand that is to have a tour and see the campus for yourself.

Before you apply on paper or online, be sure to read all instructions.

• What's in a Completed Application Package?
• High School Course Requirements
• Application Deadlines
• Students from a New England State Other Than Massachusetts 
• If English is Not Your First Language
• Application Checklist for Freshman Applicants (pdf)

    
What's in a Completed Application Package?
Your application package will include:

1. A completed Application for Undergraduate Admission.

1. Your application fee.           

1. Your score from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT). The CEEB (College Entrance Examination Board) code number for UMass Lowell is 3911.  (UML, along with the other UMass campuses and Massachusetts state colleges, is reviewing the math and reading sections only of the SAT.)

1. High school transcript.  Be sure the transcript includes your first marking period grades and your date of birth. Applicants should ask their guidance counselors to forward the transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 883 Broadway, Suite 110, Lowell, MA 01854-5104.

1.  A personal essay addressing one of the following questions:

1. How has the environment in which you were raised (your family,home, neighborhood or town) made you the person you are today?

1. Write about an experience, interest, activity or challenge you have overcome, or any other topic that defines who you are as an individual.

1. Topic of your choice.

1. One letter of recommendation. You should ask someone who is familiar with your abilities and experience (such as a teacher, guidance counselor, coach, employer, etc.) to provide this letter.  The letter of recommendation should be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions along with your application.

1. A TOEFL/ELPT test score, if English is not your first language or if your method of instruction is not in English.  

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High School Course Requirements

In order to fulfill minimum requirements, you should have completed the following coursework at the college preparatory level or higher during high school:

4 years of English 
2 years of social studies (including one year of U.S. history)
3 years of mathematics   
2 years of foreign language (in a single language)
3 years of science (2 with a lab)  
2 years of electives