{"id":16106,"date":"2025-09-08T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=16106"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:18:58","slug":"checklist-and-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/apply\/checklist-and-deadlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Checklist and Deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center site-section__title--sm\" id=\"application-checklist\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Application Checklist<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>Application<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.commonapp.org\/Login\">Common Application<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.scoir.com\/app\/signup\/2800071\">Coalition Application<\/a> (including the St. Olaf specific questions)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>Official High school transcript<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This must be submitted directly from your high school. It can be sent online or as an attachment directly from your school to admissions@stolaf.edu.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>Teacher rECOMMENDATION<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One letter of recommendation from a teacher in a core academic subject: English, international language, history, social studies, mathematics, or the natural sciences. This letter may be submitted via the Common Application or Coalition Application, or emailed as an attachment directly from the recommender to admissions@stolaf.edu.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>oFFICIAL TEST scores<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>(Optional) <\/b>Standardized test scores are not required. Should you choose to submit test scores, we will accept self-reported test scores for the application process. If you choose to enroll at St. Olaf, you will need to provide official test score reports from College Board, ACT, or on your official high school transcript. You may self-report your test scores via emailed score reports or screenshots from you or your counselor; on your Common Application\/Coalition Application; or by filling out this <a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.stolaf.edu\/account\/login?r=https%3a%2f%2fadmissions.stolaf.edu%2fregister%2ftestreport\">quick form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Reminder: we super score the SAT and the ACT. We will super score your ACT or SAT results by combining your highest subsection score from different test dates to create your composite score.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>Early decision agreement<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/files\/2019\/11\/19-20-Early-Decision-Agreement.pdf\"><b>Early Decision Agreement<\/b><\/a> (only required for students applying Early Decision)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 400; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\"><b><strong>Additional Application Materials <\/strong><\/b>(not required)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/scholarships\/\">Fine Arts Scholarship Application \u2013 due the same day as your application for admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Additional Recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Admissions Interview<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/prospective-students\/\">Application for Direct Admission to Nursing<\/a> (if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Are you planning to apply for need-based financial aid? Submit your <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">FAFSA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cssprofile.collegeboard.org\/\">CSS Profile<\/a>, which are both required, by the same deadline as your application for admission. Learn more about financial aid <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/how-to-apply-for-financial-aid\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you an international student? Learn more about our application process <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-applications\/checklist\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; 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