This checklist details the steps you should take to apply. If you are applying to the Social Work Program, please click here to follow these steps. If you have any questions please contact the nearest campus site.

1. Schedule an on-campus visit. Although this is not mandatory, we highly encourage and welcome all interested students to come and visit the campus of interest. Please call:
   
   
   • Brainerd - (218)855-8006 Toll Free: (800)933-0346 ext. 8006
   • Duluth - (218)723-6772 Toll Free: (877)723-6772
   • Rochester -- (507)424-0144 Toll Free: (866)416-0144
   • St. Cloud - (320)529-6663 Toll Free: (866)211-2337
   • St. Paul - (651)298-1015 Toll Free: (888)298-4723
     
     
2. Fill out an Application for Admission. You may request a paper copy by calling the campus you are applying to or fill out an application on-line.
   
3. Request Official Transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended.
   
4. Please request an official transcript from your high school or GED scores if one or more of the following apply:
   
   • You have not attended a post-secondary school or you have taken less than 12 semester credits at an accredited post-secondary institution
   • You have taken 3 or more years of high school foreign language (you are exempt from the foreign language requirement at CSS)
     
5. Educational Goals Essay, see instructions
   
6. Submit signed copy of the Technology Requirements form
   
7. Optional: You may submit a current resume, to supplement you application
   
8. If you are applying for financial aid, please complete the following:
   
   
   • FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). You may request a paper copy by calling the campus you are applying to or fill-out an on-line version at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The College of St. Scholastica's school code is 002343.
     
     
   • Fill out the CSS Financial Aid Application for Accelerated Degree Undergraduate Students. You may request a paper copy by calling the campus you are applying to or visit the Financial Aid Web site to download the form on-line. Please return this form to the campus you are applying to.
     
     
9. Students must fill out an immunization form before beginning classes. You may request a paper copy by calling the campus you are applying to or download the form on-line, print it, complete it, and return it to the campus you are applying to.
   
   
   • Please note: The Minnesota college immunization law applies to anyone who was born after 1956. Students who graduated from a Minnesota high school in 1997 or later are exempt from these requirements under the law.

Application file is reviewed as soon as file is complete.

The College of St. Scholastica is registered as a private institution with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to sections 136A.61 to 136A.71. Registration is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution may not transfer to all other institutions.