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Expanding Access to Success: TCU Extends Test-Optional Policy Through 2026
TCU’s test-optional admission policy has been extended through 2026. Students graduating high school in the next two years can decide whether to submit results from the SAT or ACT as part of their TCU application, which opens on August 1.
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Academic Scholarships at TCU
There’s nothing you have to do in order to apply for a scholarship from TCU! Simply by applying for admission, you’re throwing your hat in the ring for a scholarship and we will automatically award you if you qualify.
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The Chancellor's Scholarship
The Chancellor’s Scholarship is TCU’s most-prestigious scholarship, covering full tuition over eight semesters. However, it’s much more than that. The Chancellor’s Scholarship is also a program that invites TCU’s top scholars to grow and develop as scholars, leaders, and citizens in the global community.
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How Much Do Rankings Really Matter?
Each year, hundreds of magazines, websites and companies put out lists designed to provide an objective set of college rankings. They peruse everything from survey data to student-faculty ratios to alumni giving rates, putting all of their numbers into formulas designed to let us know just which schools are the very best. However, there’s an open secret in the admissions world: those rankings are mainly rubbish.