How to Apply | Undergraduate Admissions
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How to Apply | Undergraduate Admissions
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How to Apply
Choose from one of the applications below to get started. Not ready to apply yet? Review this page for details about application due dates, required credentials, and how we make decisions.
Undergraduate Applications
If you’ve never been enrolled in a degree program at Rutgers, use the Common App or the Rutgers Application. If you are a transfer applicant, you must use the Rutgers Application. When applying, please select only one platform to submit your application. You can also view
other undergraduate applications
below.
Rutgers Application
Common App
Check Your Status
Required Credentials
Learn what additional requirements are required to apply.
First-year Applicants
Transfer Applicants
International Applicants
Part-time and Non-degree Applicants
How We Make Decisions
We conduct a holistic review of each student’s application, including academic strength and performance, the essay, extracurricular activities, school choice, and more. Learn more about our decision-making process, as well as high school course requirements and test scores of regularly admitted students.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Application Dates & Deadlines
October 1:
Spring transfer applicants
November 1:
Early action deadline for first-year applicants
December 1:
Regular decision deadline for first-year applicants
February 1:
Fall transfer applicants
Review our campus-specific decision dates and candidate reply deadlines.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Other Undergraduate Applications
Re-Enrollment Application
If you’ve previously enrolled in a Rutgers undergraduate degree program (other than the School of Health Professions) and wish to return to undergraduate courses, use the Re-Enrollment Application.
Re-Enroll
School-to-School Application
If you are currently enrolled in a Rutgers undergraduate degree program (other than the School of Health Professions) and wish to transfer to another Rutgers undergraduate school, use the School-to-School Application.
School-to-School
Graduate Education
Continue your Rutgers journey and join more than 15,000 graduate and professional students from around the world. Find the right path for you with programs on campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, and beyond.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
All transfer applicants must use our Rutgers Application. The Common Application is specifically for fall, first-year students applying to Rutgers for the first time and seeking full-time degree study.
When applying to Rutgers University through the Common App, please add Rutgers to your My Colleges list. Once you have added Rutgers University, you will be prompted to answer questions for the desired fall term. Under the “Academics” section of the Rutgers Common App questions, you will be prompted to select the schools you wish to apply to. You may select schools from our different regional campuses: Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick. Please be sure all information is listed as desired before completing and submitting the application.
A non-refundable application fee or a fee waiver is required. Check your eligibility for a need-based fee waiver in your Common App profile section. If you meet the Common App fee waiver criteria, your application fee will be waived. To receive a Common App fee waiver, you must affirm at least one of the following indicators of economic need:
I have received or am eligible to receive an ACT or SAT testing fee waiver;
I am enrolled in or am eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) program;
My annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service;
I am enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs such as Upward Bound)
My family received public assistance;
I live in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home, or am homeless;
I am a ward of the state or an orphan;
I can provide a supporting statement from a school official, college access counselor, financial aid officer, or community leader.
Congratulations on applying to Rutgers! If you applied through the Common App, and after Rutgers receives your submitted application, you will receive an email with instructions for creating your Rutgers CommunityID. Please
do not
attempt to create a CommunityID before receiving this email. Once you set up your CommunityID, you can log in to the
Rutgers Application Portal
to submit your required documents.
Congratulations on applying to Rutgers! If you applied through the Rutgers Application, your CommunityID has already been created. You can log into the
Rutgers Application Portal
to submit your required documents using the login credentials (email and password) used to create your Rutgers application.
Whether you submit your application through the Common App or the Rutgers Application, log in to the
Rutgers Application Portal
using your Rutgers CommunityID to check your application status.
If you applied to Rutgers using the Common App, please wait until you receive our application confirmation and “next steps” email, as this includes specific CommunityID set-up instructions
.
Yes. You must complete a Self-reported Transcript and Academic Record System (STARS) Record within one week of submitting your application. STARS allows applicants to self-report their courses, grades, GPAs, and other academic information. All applicants currently enrolled in high school are required to complete and submit a STARS Record. High school graduates do not complete a STARS Record. Please visit our
STARS page
for more information.
We have additional resources for first-generation, veteran, and military students, school counselors, and more. Our goal is to equip the students applying and the families and teachers who support them throughout the application process, and when they are admitted to Rutgers University. Explore our additional resources below:
First-generation students
Veterans and military students
Parents and guardians
School counselors
Skip to main content
Home
How to Apply
Choose from one of the applications below to get started. Not ready to apply yet? Review this page for details about application due dates, required credentials, and how we make decisions.
Undergraduate Applications
If you’ve never been enrolled in a degree program at Rutgers, use the Common App or the Rutgers Application. If you are a transfer applicant, you must use the Rutgers Application. When applying, please select only one platform to submit your application. You can also view
other undergraduate applications
below.
Rutgers Application
Common App
Check Your Status
Required Credentials
Learn what additional requirements are required to apply.
First-year Applicants
Transfer Applicants
International Applicants
Part-time and Non-degree Applicants
How We Make Decisions
We conduct a holistic review of each student’s application, including academic strength and performance, the essay, extracurricular activities, school choice, and more. Learn more about our decision-making process, as well as high school course requirements and test scores of regularly admitted students.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Application Dates & Deadlines
October 1:
Spring transfer applicants
November 1:
Early action deadline for first-year applicants
December 1:
Regular decision deadline for first-year applicants
February 1:
Fall transfer applicants
Review our campus-specific decision dates and candidate reply deadlines.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Other Undergraduate Applications
Re-Enrollment Application
If you’ve previously enrolled in a Rutgers undergraduate degree program (other than the School of Health Professions) and wish to return to undergraduate courses, use the Re-Enrollment Application.
Re-Enroll
School-to-School Application
If you are currently enrolled in a Rutgers undergraduate degree program (other than the School of Health Professions) and wish to transfer to another Rutgers undergraduate school, use the School-to-School Application.
School-to-School
Graduate Education
Continue your Rutgers journey and join more than 15,000 graduate and professional students from around the world. Find the right path for you with programs on campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, and beyond.
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers–Newark
Rutgers–New Brunswick
All transfer applicants must use our Rutgers Application. The Common Application is specifically for fall, first-year students applying to Rutgers for the first time and seeking full-time degree study.
When applying to Rutgers University through the Common App, please add Rutgers to your My Colleges list. Once you have added Rutgers University, you will be prompted to answer questions for the desired fall term. Under the “Academics” section of the Rutgers Common App questions, you will be prompted to select the schools you wish to apply to. You may select schools from our different regional campuses: Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick. Please be sure all information is listed as desired before completing and submitting the application.
A non-refundable application fee or a fee waiver is required. Check your eligibility for a need-based fee waiver in your Common App profile section. If you meet the Common App fee waiver criteria, your application fee will be waived. To receive a Common App fee waiver, you must affirm at least one of the following indicators of economic need:
I have received or am eligible to receive an ACT or SAT testing fee waiver;
I am enrolled in or am eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) program;
My annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service;
I am enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs such as Upward Bound)
My family received public assistance;
I live in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home, or am homeless;
I am a ward of the state or an orphan;
I can provide a supporting statement from a school official, college access counselor, financial aid officer, or community leader.
Congratulations on applying to Rutgers! If you applied through the Common App, and after Rutgers receives your submitted application, you will receive an email with instructions for creating your Rutgers CommunityID. Please
do not
attempt to create a CommunityID before receiving this email. Once you set up your CommunityID, you can log in to the
Rutgers Application Portal
to submit your required documents.
Congratulations on applying to Rutgers! If you applied through the Rutgers Application, your CommunityID has already been created. You can log into the
Rutgers Application Portal
to submit your required documents using the login credentials (email and password) used to create your Rutgers application.
Whether you submit your application through the Common App or the Rutgers Application, log in to the
Rutgers Application Portal
using your Rutgers CommunityID to check your application status.
If you applied to Rutgers using the Common App, please wait until you receive our application confirmation and “next steps” email, as this includes specific CommunityID set-up instructions
.
Yes. You must complete a Self-reported Transcript and Academic Record System (STARS) Record within one week of submitting your application. STARS allows applicants to self-report their courses, grades, GPAs, and other academic information. All applicants currently enrolled in high school are required to complete and submit a STARS Record. High school graduates do not complete a STARS Record. Please visit our
STARS page
for more information.
We have additional resources for first-generation, veteran, and military students, school counselors, and more. Our goal is to equip the students applying and the families and teachers who support them throughout the application process, and when they are admitted to Rutgers University. Explore our additional resources below:
First-generation students
Veterans and military students
Parents and guardians
School counselors