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Entrance Requirements and Recommendations
Incoming freshmen students must have completed a core of selected high school courses as well as specific performance criteria listed below. If you graduated high school before 1997 visit the pre-1997 graduation admission requirements section.
Core Courses
There are 16 units of required academic courses required for admission. A unit is described as a Carnegie unit�one year of high school study or a semester or quarter of college coursework.
Category
Units
Requirements
English
4
All units must include intensive reading and writing experiences.
Mathematics
4
Algebra, algebra II and geometry are required for students seeking admission, and one additional unit that builds on a knowledge of algebra.
Social Sciences
3
One unit drawn from American and/or world history; one additional unit drawn from history, American government and/or geography; and a third unit drawn from any social science discipline.
Natural Sciences
3
At least two units selected from biology, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences. One of the above units must include laboratory instruction.
Foreign Language
2
Both units must be in the same language. Students who are unable to take two years of foreign language in high school may still qualify for admission.
* Click for more information on foreign language requirements in various UNL degree programs.
See which Nebraska High School classes count toward these core course requirements, or find information on removing core course deficiencies.
Performance Requirements
In addition to meeting the above core course requirements, traditional freshmen students seeking admission to the University should:
be ranked in the upper one-half of their high school class, OR
have received an ACT composite score of 20 or higher*, OR
have received an SAT total score (Critical Reading and Math only) of 950 or higher*.
*Freshman applicants under 23 years of age are required to submit an ACT or SAT score. Our ACT code is 2482. Our SAT code is 6877.
For more information on sending ACT scores, visit http://www.act/org/aap/scores.
For more information on sending SAT scores, visit http://www.collegeboard.com.
College Specific Requirements: Engineering
In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Engineering you must also have successfully completed:
Math
Pre-calculus and trigonometry as part of the 4 units required and one full unit of Geometry
Natural Sciences
Chemistry and physics must be taken as part of the 3 units required
ACT/SAT Scores
ACT composite score of 24 or higher, OR an SAT combined score of 1110 or higher
Transfer Students
Each year NEBRASKA welcomes hundreds of Transfer Students. We know you have unique needs and specific questions so please review our resources online and let us know how we can help.
http://www.admissions.unl.edu/transfer/
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