After You've Applied
Don't Forget...
You've submitted the Common Application, but don't forget to do the following:
- Submit the $55.00 application fee
- Submit the SCU Supplement to the Common Application
- Send in your supporting documents, including transcripts and recommendations
- Check your application status online for any missing items
- Apply for financial aid
Send in your supporting documents
Submitting the application form is just the first step of making your application for admission to Santa Clara University. There are supporting documents that you need to send in addition to your application, including transcripts, test scores, and recommendations. Review the how to apply page for the list of items that must be sent. Don’t forget to submit the SCU Supplement to the Common Application.
Check your application status online
When we receive your application, we will send an acknowledgment e-mail with a link to the check application status page of our site. Please visit this page to confirm that your application was received and to check whether we’ve received the supporting documents. Please do not telephone us to find out the status of your application unless you’ve already checked that page. Because of the high volume of incoming mail, please allow up to two weeks from the time the materials were mailed for the updated information to appear on this site.
Expect to hear from us
Once we have received all your supporting documents, your application is marked “complete” and your file is forwarded to the admission committee. Committee members will read your application and take all evidence-academic as well as personal and extracurricular-into consideration when making an admission decision.When the admission committee has reached a decision on your application, we will notify you in writing. All decision letters will be mailed at the end of December if you applied by the Early Action deadline. For Regular Decision applicants, we send decision letters on a rolling basis as admission decisions are being made. All decision letters will be mailed by the first week of April. You might not hear anything from us until then-be patient and don’t panic!
Apply for financial aid
While you are waiting to hear from us, don’t forget to apply for financial aid, if you haven’t already done so.
What’s next for admitted students?
If you are accepted, you will receive an e-campus ID by e-mail shortly after receiving your decision letter. Use this ID to log in to e-campus in order to confirm your enrollment, reaffirm your major, pay your tuition deposit, accept your financial aid award, and fill out housing forms. The deadline for confirming your enrollment is May 1.
Be sure to visit the admitted students site to keep up to date on events especially for admitted students and to review the list of next steps you need to complete to join the Santa Clara community. There you can also read stories in The Student Voice written by current students about their experiences living and learning at SCU.
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