The Admission Process
Grades and test scores don't measure all of the characteristics that contribute to a positive experience at Elms College. We look at many different factors:

• high school record
• standardized test scores
• personal recommendations
• interview
• the admissions essay
• extracurricular activities

Some of this information is required, and some is optional. All of it will help us make decisions that serve your best interests and those of the college.

The Decision Process
Once your file is complete, we read your essay, recommendations and interview evaluations, look at your extracurricular activities and consider any other information in your file, and try to develop as complete a personal picture of you as possible.

We then make a recommendation of admission or denial, and that recommendation is reviewed by the director. If they both agree that you should (or should not) be accepted, the admission process continues. (If the director is not in agreement or has any questions, they will meet to discuss the applicant’s file.)

If a student is being accepted, a decision letter is mailed. If a student is being denied admission or is being admitted on a conditional basis, the admission counselor will call the student to personally relay the decision.

Full-time admitted students are asked to submit a $200 enrollment deposit by May 1 in order to hold their place in the incoming class. After May 1, newly admitted students are asked to pay the $200 deposit within two weeks of receipt of the offer of admission or their financial aid award notice, whichever is later.

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