December 2019 High School Counselor Newsletter

Thank you to all the students who have applied so far! We are still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester! Please encourage your students to apply online.
Letters of recommendation and personal essays are not required for an application for admission to the University of Utah. To keep the admission evaluation process consistent across all applicants, the Office of Admissions does not review letters of recommendation and personal essays submitted with an application for admission. However, students applying to the Business Scholars Program or the Honors College will be required to submit an essay as part of the application for admission to be considered for entry into either program.
We urge students to complete the additional information section of the Common Application for our team to get a more complete background of the applicants.

The University of Utah is moving our admissions decisions to electronic notifications! This move means that students will be learning their admissions decision sooner.
Those who completed their applciation by our first early action date for Fall 2020 (November 1, 2019) will receive their admissions decision by email on January 15, 2020.
Those who complete their application by our second early action date, February 1, 2020, will receive their admissions decision on March 1, 2020.
Please note that official high school transcripts and official ACT/SAT scores are required for an application to be considered complete.
Students may also view their admissions decisions online at admissions.utah.edu/track/.
For a more detailed list of upcoming deadlines, as well as a helpful application timeline, go here.

Please note that currently, the U does not reach out to high schools requesting missing transcripts and we are not able to pull electronic transcripts from any central transcript system. As such, students are responsible for requesting that the appropriate person at their high school send transcripts to the U through one of the approved methods identified here.
Counselors are encouraged to submit official transcripts electronically through the Common Application. Alternatively, official transcripts can still be sent through one of the following electronic services, by mail or in person.
Electronic Transcripts:
- Credential Solutions
- Parchment/Naviance
- National Student Clearinghouse
- eScrip-Safe
- Scoir

Mail or in Person:

- The University of Utah Office of Admissions
  201 South 1460 East, Room 250S
  Salt Lake City, UT 84112

The 2020-21 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available at fafsa.gov. The University of Utah's school code is 003675. Students can learn more about filing the FAFSA and scholarship resources at the University Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid website.

Students can have their high school counselor submit fee waiver verifications through the Common Application.
If the waiver is not submitted through the Common Application then students can find the NACAC Freshman Fee Waiver Form on the following webpage: admissions.utah.edu/fee-waiver/. The completed form can be sent to admissions_feewaiver@utah.edu.

We encourage students to contact their admissions counselor if they have questions during the application process. Students can search for their assigned counselor here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us! The Office of Admissions email is admissions@utah.edu and our phone number is 801-581-8761. We'd also love to hear your feedback! You can find a short survey here, or feel free to reach out to us directly!

A reminder that the Office of Admissions will be closed December 24th-26th and January 1st for the holiday recess.

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