Steps To Apply


Your Application

We are glad you are interested in applying for admission to Covenant College! The required steps to apply for admission are outlined below. We will begin processing your application file as soon as we receive your signed application for admission, and we will evaluate your completed file when we have received all of the components listed below.

 

If you have any questions about this process, please let us know. It would be our pleasure to assist you.


1. Signed Application for Admission

You may complete the application for admission online or print and mail in your application.


2. $35 Application Fee

You may pay your application fee online or mail us a check.


3. Personal Testimony

In 1-2 pages, tell us about your conversion experience, your assurance of salvation, and your personal walk with the Lord.

 

4. High School Transcript

Your transcript should be mailed directly from your high school to our admissions office. Your transcript should include the total number of units you have completed, your GPA on a four-point scale, and your class rank, if available.

 

5. SAT/ACT Scores (ACT Preferred)

If your scores are not included on your official high school transcript, you may request them directly from the College Board (SAT) or the American College Testing Program (ACT).

Covenant's college code numbers are 6124 for the SAT and 3951 for the ACT.

International students: If you live overseas and are unable to take the SAT or ACT, you may take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Please have an official score report sent to us by using our college code number, 6124. We require a minimum total score of 540 (paper-based), 207 (computer-based) or 76 (Internet-based).

 

6. Completed Academic Reference and Church Reference Forms

Complete Part 1 of each form yourself, and ask your references to complete Part 2.


7. Release of Information Form

Due to federal privacy regulations, Covenant is not permitted to release your academic, financial, or medical information to anyone other than you without your written consent. Please print this form, designate who you give us permission to share your information with, and mail the signed form to our office.


8. College Transcript

If you have completed college coursework, provide an official transcript from each college or post-secondary institution that you have attended.

 

9. Photograph (Optional)

When we're talking with you online or on the phone, it's great to be able to picture you; it makes our conversations more personal. Want to see who you're talking with? Meet us here.

Please e-mail a photo of yourself in JPEG format to admissions@covenant.edu or mail a photograph to our office. Include your full name and address in your e-mail or with the photograph you mail.

10. Additional Items for Applicants Who Do Not Meet Minimum Academic Requirements

Our minimum academic requirements for admission are a GPA of 2.5 or above and New SAT score of 1500 (or 1000 considering critical reading and math only) or above or ACT score of 21 or above. If you do not meet these requirements, you must submit the following two additional items.

  • The original copy of a graded essay, including your teacher's comments, written within the last year.
  • One of the following essays. Your essay will be evaluated based on writing ability, evidence of intellectual engagement, and maturity of Christian discernment. Please include your name and social security number on each page. As you write, you may draw on any sources you wish, but be sure to acknowledge thoughts that are not originally yours. We only need one copy; however, we recommend that you retain a copy of everything you send to us for your own records.

    Option 1
    As a reformer, Martin Luther certainly changed the world of the Church. Would you say that his opposition to the existing religious authority of his day could be justified from a scriptural standpoint? How might it not? Which biblical principles affect your own responsibility to promote justice and righteousness when such actions come into conflict with an established order? Submit approximately 2 pages.

    Option 2
    For much of the twentieth century, evangelicals have felt threatened by the scientific enterprise. In your view, have the truth claims of science replaced the Bible as the standard of cultural authority? If so, what are the consequences of this shift? What might an appropriate biblical view of science be for a Christian? Submit approximately 2 pages.