About the Application

About the Application
Instructions for Applying Online
Application Deadlines

About the Application

The Application for Undergraduate Admissions can be used by freshmen, transfer and international students entering a daytime bachelor's degree program at UMass Lowell.

Please apply on-line or with a paper application.  If you do not have an application, you can contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and one will be sent to you. 

Be sure to read carefully all the information that applies to you before you complete an application.

Instructions for Applying Online

What you should know before you begin:

1. The on-line application must be completed and submitted in one sitting.
2. You will need to have Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape versions 4.0 or higher.
3. Use the "back" button on your browser to navigate to a previous page in your application.
4. Use upper and lower case letters when supplying your name information.
5. Complete all required fields on the application pages denoted by the asterisk. (*)
6. Once your application has been submitted, you cannot make corrections to it on-line. Please review your application carefully before you submit it. Corrections to your application must be made in writing to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
7. Please print a copy of your application for your records at the end of the on-line process.
8. Shortly after submitting a web application, you will receive written acknowledgement of your application.
9. Essay Questions- answer one of the following essay questions to be submitted with your application.  You may either mail the essay or email it to Admissions@uml.edu
     1.  How has the environment in which you were raised (your family, home, neighborhood or town) made you the person you are today?
     2.  Write about an experience, interest, activity, challenge you've overcome or any other topic that defines who you are as an individual.
10. Please be sure to send in any supporting documents, such as: high school transcripts, essay, a letter of recomendation, SAT scores, and college transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

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NOTE: After you apply online, you need to complete your application package as listed in Information for Freshmen Applicants, Information for Transfer Applicants, or Information for International Applicants.