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Ready for a life journey grounded in personal attention and opportunities? You’ll never know how the TCU experience will propel your future until you take the next step. We look forward to learning more about you.
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Apply FAQs
TCU has no minimum requirement for GPA or test score to be considered for admission. TCU is test optional for applicants through 2024. For the class that entered TCU in fall 2019, the middle 50 percent scored between 1150 and 1340 on the SAT, or between 26 and 31 on the ACT.
First-year fall applicants who apply by November 1 learn an admission decision by January 1. First-year and transfer fall applicants who apply by February 1 learn a decision by April 1.Transfer fall applicants who apply by June 1 will learn a decision by August 1. First-year and transfer spring applicants who apply by November 1 will learn a decision by December 1.
All applicants who are first-generation, veterans, PTK members, or who qualify for free-or-reduced lunch are eligible for fee waivers. All other applicants should pay the $50 application fee.
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