First Time Students
First-time students have never attended college before. Miami University Hamilton has an open admission policy for first-time first year students.
Admission requirements
How can you apply?
When should you apply?
Process for non-online applications
Application fees (Info will open in a new page. Close it to return to this page.)
Current High
School Students, GED Recipients, Home Schooled,
or Alternatively-Educated Students
Miami University Hamilton has an open admission
policy for first-time entering first-year students. You will
be admitted if you have earned a diploma from
a secondary program chartered by the state board
of education, a General Educational Development
(GED) diploma, or if you are alternatively educated.
ACT or SAT
Test Scores
Test scores are required ONLY from current high
school seniors and recent high school graduates.
Assessment
New students must participate in the COMPASS English,
reading and mathematics assessment program, the
results of which are used for placement and advising.
You will receive more information about COMPASS
after you have been accepted.
Recommended
High School Curriculum
If you are planning to pursue a bachelor's degree
and graduated from high school after 1985, Miami
University recommends that you have completed
the following in high school or through alternative
education:
- four units of college preparatory English;
- three units of college preparatory mathematics
(including Algebra II);
- three units of college preparatory natural science
(including both a physical and biological science);
- three units of college preparatory social studies
(including one unit of history);
- two units of foreign language, both in the same
language; and
- one unit of fine arts, including
art, drama, or music, either appreciation or performance.
If you take any high school units
during junior high school, Algebra I in the eighth
grade, for example, these units will count toward
this requirement. You will not be denied admission
if you do not meet these standards. Instead, you
will be required to complete additional courses,
which will count toward graduation. They are regular,
not remedial, courses.
If you will enroll as a first-time freshman, you have two choices:
OR
IMPORTANT NOTE: Read the process for non-online applications below.
We recommend high school students apply during
the fall or winter of their senior year. Others
should apply at least a month before the term
they want to begin taking classes. If you want
to apply to the nursing program, you must submit
a separate nursing application. Home-schooled
or alternatively-educated students, please contact
the Admission Office several weeks before classes
begin for specific information on materials required
for curriculum evaluation.
Step 1: Download, complete and sign the Miami Hamilton Application for Admission
Step 2: Mail the Application for Admission with a check or money order for the application fee, payable to Miami University, to:
Office of Admission
Miami University Hamilton
1601 University Boulevard
Hamilton, Ohio 45011-3399
Step 3: Have your ACT or SAT scores sent directly from the testing agency. (NOTE: If you have been out of high school two years, or are a non-degree student, you do not have to submit these scores.)
Step 4: Have your High School Record(s) and College Transcript(s) from all prior college work sent directly from the institution(s) to Miami Hamilton.
GED transcripts must be sent from the state Department of Education.
Home-schooled or alternatively-educated students must present official GED transcripts or other credentials which demonstrate levels of academic achievement, ability, and performance equivalent to that of a state charted diploma.
