The College will begin processing your application file as soon as we receive your application for admission (form or online application). Other pieces may be sent to the Admissions Office as they are completed. In addition to the materials below, please send a wallet-size photograph of yourself. Your application will be evaluated for admission when we have received all of the following:

1. A SIGNED APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
   Online applicants must check the box indicating their agreement to abide by the Standards of Conduct.
   
   
• ONLINE APPLICATION
  
• PRINTABLE APPLICATION (pdf)
  
  
2. $35 APPLICATION FEE
   
   
• CLICK HERE TO PAY APPLICATION FEE
  
  
3. PERSONAL TESTIMONY
   (1-2 pages) Your testimony should tell us about your conversion experience, 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 Covenant’s Admissions Office. The transcript should include the total number of units completed, grade point average on a four-point scale, and class rank, if available.
   
   
5. SAT/ACT SCORES (ACT Preferred)
   If your scores are not included on your official high school transcript, your scores can be requested directly from the College Board (SAT) or the American College Testing Program (ACT). Our 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. 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
   Please complete PART ONE and have PART TWO completed by a reference from your church and school.
   
   
• Academic Reference Form (pdf)
  
• Church Reference Form (pdf)
  
  
7. FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS & PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
   Due to federal privacy regulations, the college is not permitted to release any academic, financial, or medical information to anyone other than you without your written consent.
   
• PRINTABLE FERPA (pdf)


8. COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT
   (For applicants who have completed college course work) Please provide an official transcript from each college or post-secondary institution that you have attended.


9. OPTIONAL PHOTO
   If you wish for your photo to be included with your application, please attach it (in JPEG format) to an email and send it to admissions@covenant.edu. Please include your full name and address in the body of the email.

IF YOU DO NOT MEET MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS (2.5 GPA and 1500 Total SAT or 1000 Critical Reading and Math SAT or 21 ACT scores) In addition to the requirements (listed above) that will be evaluated by the Admissions Committee, the following is required:

• The original copy of a graded essay, including teacher's comments, written within the last year and
• One of the following essays:

  Your essay will be evaluated in terms of writing ability, evidence of intellectual engagement, and maturity of Christian discernment. Please be sure to include your name and social security number on each page. As you write, 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.

COMPETITIVE HONORS AND LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS
These scholarships are closed for Fall 2008 applicants. New scholarships will be available for Fall 2009 applicants at a later date.

• MACLELLAN & LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• DONALDSON SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• EMERGING ARTIST SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• FUTURE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• GENESIS 1:28 BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

• WILBERFORCE SCHOLARSHIP - Deadline is December 1, 2008

OTHER MERIT AND NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

• MORE SCHOLARSHIPS

If you have questions concerning the status of your application, please contact the Admissions Office at (888) 451-2683.