- Admissions
- Incoming Freshman
Incoming Freshmen
FAU High School offers a single round of applications every school year. Admissions selections are based on the competitiveness of applicants, with acceptances offered to the most competitive candidates.
Download the FAU High School Admission Checklist
Required application documentation
(BELOW ARE THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM CRITERIA LEVELS FOR ADMISSIONS CONSIDERATION)
Choose One Completed Online Application
Core Un-weighted GPA
High School Math Courses
Algebra I successfully completed with A or B grade. Geometry preferred to be completed.
Next Generation AccuPlacer College Readiness Test, SAT Test Score Report or ACT Test Score Report
Next Generation AccuPlacer Test (minimum for admissions consideration): SAT Test Score Report - SAT is out of 1600 (minimum for admissions consideration):
School Based Standardized Tests
Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Personal Statement
Interview**
If the applicant is selected, an interview will be required by the Admissions Team
Admissions decisions are based on a completed application, with documents, including a completed interview. Applicants who fail to provide all required documentation including but is not limited to, résumé, personal statement, recommendation forms, and entrance exams by the admissions deadline will not receive the opportunity to interview.
Un-weighted GPA: 3.6 (minimum)
Academic Records are required as part of the online application and are self-reported by the applicant. Final grades from 7th grade, and first semester of 8th grade, are required. Applicants must include a copy of an official high school transcript, showing cumulative GPA, standardized test scores, and all high school courses attempted (including high school courses completed in middle school).
Academic Records are required as part of the online application and are self-reported by the applicant. Final grades from 7th grade, and first semester of 8th grade, are required. Applicants must include a copy of an official high school transcript, showing cumulative GPA, standardized test scores, and all high school courses attempted (including high school courses completed in middle school).
Reading
265 (out of 300)
Writing
265 (out of 300)
Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QAS)
265 (out of 300)
WritePlacer
4 (out of 8)
9th Grade
500 per section
ACT Test Score Report - ACT is out of 36 (minimum for admissions consideration):
9th Grade
20
The Admissions team does not encourage multiple retakes of the AccuPlacer. We will accept two score reports.
*Students are highly encouraged to submit PSAT, SAT, ACT, or ACT Residual score reports (in place of the Next Generation AccuPlacer) when applying, it is not an admission requirement, however if you have taken either the PSAT, SAT, ACT, or ACT Residual and would like to share the scores, be sure to upload the report within your application.
FSA Reading
Level 4
FSA Mathematics
Level 4
Florida End of Course (EOC) Assessments
Level 4
Students without Florida Assessment Scores should submit other school based standardized test scores (e.g. Stanford 10, Iowa Test of Basic Skills, TerraNova)
Recommendation forms must be submitted electronically within the application from the applicant’s current school. We do not accept recommendations via email or in paper form. The principal/school counselor and academic instructors need to complete the electronic FAU High School form.
Must be submitted as part of online application
Must be submitted as part of online application
**If the applicant is selected, an interview will be required by the Admissions Team.
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- Current Driver's License
- State Approved ID
- Current Passport
- Current Federal ID Card
- Tribal ID Card