The Application Process

The application process normally involves submission of an application for admission to Fisk University between August1 and July1 of the applicant’s senior year in high school. Applicants for admission to the second term (spring semester) should file completed applications by May 1. Applicants who wish to be considered for financial aid are urged to apply no later than April 1 in order to receive full aid consideration. Many sources of financial aid are already fully committed after that date.

Later applicants in need of financial aid should, however, proceed with an aid application; the University’s Office of Student Financial Aid makes every effort to find adequate aid for all qualified students. Financial aid applications for spring semester entrants are accepted until November 1. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that all credentials are received by the Office of Admissions. The steps of the application process are:

• Complete the application for admission and mail it to the Office of Admissions. Every question should be answered carefully and completely. Any false statement, or any omission of an essential fact in a student's application, is grounds for denial of admission or for subsequent cancellation of the student's registration.
• Submit, with the application, the $25.00 nonrefundable fee.
• Have the School Report and Teacher Report forms, along with an official high school transcript, submitted directly from the high school to the Office of Admission at Fisk. Acceptable transcripts must contain an official school seal and graduation date or an authorizing signature and graduation date. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that official documents have been received prior to matriculation. Failure to do so could impede the registration process. The official record should be as complete as possible up to the time the application is submitted. If the student has attended more than one secondary school, transcripts must be submitted from each secondary school attended.
• Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) or American College Tests (ACT) are required. SCOREs of tests taken prior to January of the senior year are preferred. Official test results should be sent to:

  The Office of Admission

  Fisk University

  1000 Seventeenth Avenue North

  Nashville, Tennessee 37208-3051

Fisk utilizes what is called "rolling" admission; that is, the application is acted upon when the file is complete. When the application file is complete, and the student's credentials have been reviewed and evaluated, the student is notified of the University's action on the application. Accepted candidates should then submit a fee of $200 for the enrollment deposit to the Office of Admissions. This fee (100% refundable if submitted on or before May 1) is credited to the student’s tuition, room, and board, and guarantees the student space in the entering class.

Under no circumstances should a student come to the University to register without first having received a letter of admittance from the Director of Recruitment and Admission.