Automatic Admission Partnership Info

PLU has partnered with school districts throughout Washington to offer this program. We work with counselors at your high school to identify seniors who meet our academic standards for admission and who would also be great members of the PLU community.

If you have a 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA and have taken Intermediate Algebra by your senior year, your school lets us know and we will automatically send you an admission offer via email and mail.

You then get to skip the application process! To move forward in the process, you’ll fill out a simple “Acceptance Form”.

Nope! This partnership really means you are automatically admitted and won’t need to write an admission essay or submit a recommendation letter. As part of the partnership, your school will send us your official transcript, so you won’t have to request that either.

As mentioned in the previous FAQ, the thing you’ll need to do to move forward in the process is fill out an “Acceptance Form” that will take about 15 minutes to complete.

No! Filling out the form just means you want to learn more about PLU.  It will allow us to send you more information to see if PLU is the right school for you – academically, socially and financially.

If you’re eligible for the Automatic Admission Partnership, you will also be offered an academic scholarship worth at least $23,000 per year. Once we know that you are accepting our offer of admission by filling out the “Acceptance Form” we can determine your exact scholarship amount.

Interested in art & design, dance, media, music, or theatre? Consider applying and auditioning for our Artistic Achievement Scholarships, which range from $1,000-$7,500 per year (and are stacked on academic scholarships).

We’ll also encourage you to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) or WASFA (Washington Application for State Financial Aid). PLU’s FAFSA code is:003785. PLU uses information from the FAFSA or WASFA to determine what need-based scholarships and grants, as well as loans and work study we can offer you. (The WASFA is for Washington residents who are not eligible to complete the FAFSA, i.e. undocumented students)

Yes, generally we will! You’ll find details on our Running Start Students webpage.

It generally depends on the scores from your exams or the type of program you completed.  You can find details on our College-level Credit Policies webpage.

PLU has an on-campus living/residency requirement for first-year students. First-year students must live in on-campus housing unless they live at home with parent(s) within 25 driving miles or have achieved Junior status before September 1 of the academic year.

There are certain advantages to living on-campus, including some of our themed learning communities based on interests or identities. You can learn more about living on-campus on the Residential Life webpage and on the Learning Communities webpage.

There’s also a strong community of and resources for students who live off-campus (commuters)! Check out our Commuter Students webpage.

If you are interested in PLU, we do want you to apply! Not being selected for automatic admission just means we would like to get a bit more information about you, which our application process will allow us to collect. Apply to PLU through the Common Application (it’s FREE!).