Does this mean I can get into this college?

Posted by By Ajarn at 13 August, at 12 : 13 PM Print

If I do well on the ACT?
My GPA is a 2.0 at best…

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.

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 a 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
All the colleges at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln require students to meet the minimum core course and performance admission requirements listed above. Some colleges have additional prerequisites that students must meet before they can be admitted into that college. If you are not admitted into the college you request on your application for admission, it is because you have not met the prerequisites listed below for the college you indicated.

If you are admitted to the Division of General Studies instead of the college you indicated on your application, you will be advised by General Studies until you meet these requirements. At that time, you will have the opportunity to transfer into the college you have requested.

Please note: Some University of Nebraska–Lincoln degree programs require the equivalent of four years of H.S. foreign language in the same language in order to graduate. Click to view a list.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Admissions.
I’m really smart, I just have no common sense..I didn’t really try throughout high school.
What I meant by the common sense thing was that I didn’t have the common sense to try throughout HS

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