
All students who apply to St. John's will be considered for merit-based scholarships (including full tuition).
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Explore the types of aid you may eligible for, including merit-based scholarships offered by St. John’s College.
Applicants for both St. John’s campuses may apply Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision, or Rolling Admission for the fall. Students also have the option of applying for Rolling Admissions throughout the fall semester for a spring start through the January Freshman Program.
DECISION TYPE | DEADLINE | ADMISSIONS DECISION RETURNED |
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Early Decision 1 | November 1 | First Friday in December |
Early Decision 2 | January 15 | First Friday in February |
Early Action | November 15 | Third Friday in December |
Regular Decision | January 15 | Third Friday in February |
Rolling Admission (Fall) | after February 15 | Within 1 Month |
Rolling Admission (Spring) | until January 1 | Within 1 Month |
For Discussion-Based Applications, students must apply under Early Decision or Early Action and complete all requirements by January 15. Decisions will be released within one month of all completed application requirements received.
Decisions will be posted on the student’s application portal by 11 p.m. ET on the dates listed above.
Please also remember our financial aid deadlines.
For admission to St. John’s, you should have a solid college-prep background, including two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and two years of a foreign language. Additional work in mathematics and foreign language is advised, as well as two or three years of natural science. We recommend taking the most challenging courses in your high school, whether AP, IB, or honors courses.
St. John’s is test optional for most applicants, meaning we do not require standardized test scores. About 75% of our applicants still submit some form of test score, and they may prove helpful to your application. Some applicants are encouraged or required to submit test scores:
College Entrance Examination Board (SAT and TOEFL) School Code:
The American College Test (ACT) School Code:
We are known for having the most personalized admissions process in the country. We care more about essays than test scores (which are optional anyways and have been for forty years). We personally guide every student through the admissions process, offering application essay-writing advice, reading every application, reviewing financial aid with students and families, and making funds available for any student (regardless of means) to visit campus.
We want to take this one step further, though, and do something few colleges do today: have a genuine conversation with each and every applicant. While this conversation with admissions isn’t required for most students at St. John’s, we find it helps most applicants:
You can request a video interview with your counselor, or meet with us while we are traveling near your home.
St. John’s welcomes applications from homeschooled students and offer a special guide to assist homeschooled applicants.
Early Decision acceptances are binding, and students have two weeks after receiving their offer of admission to make their deposit. All Early Action, Regular Decision, and Rolling applicants have until May 1 to make enrollment decisions and deposits. If applying via Rolling Admission after May 1, applicants have two weeks after receiving the offer of admission to make their deposit. Students accepted to the Santa Fe January Freshman Program have until January 1 to make their deposit.
St. John’s sometimes accepts applicants who have graduated high school early or have chosen to start college without graduating from high school. If you are ready for college, but haven’t taken a traditional path, you are welcome at St. John’s. Read more about starting college early at St. John’s.
The Santa Fe campus offers a January Freshman Program. Freshmen who enter in January stay on campus the following summer to complete the first year; allowing them to graduate a year earlier than if they had postponed their entrance until the following fall. The January Freshman Program is of particular interest to students who come to St. John’s from other colleges, those who have traveled or worked since graduation from high school, or those who wish to enter St. John’s immediately after the first semester of their senior year of high school.
All students who apply to St. John's will be considered for merit-based scholarships (including full tuition).