Commitment to Delawareans

Another new feature of the UD Commitment to Delawareans is that, when you do apply for admission in the fall of your senior year, you will hear much sooner. Out-of-state applicants must wait until mid-March to hear. If, however, a Delaware resident has met the course and grade performance requirements of the UD Commitment to Delawareans, he or she will be notified of admission on a rolling basis starting January 1 of senior year. Admitted students will still have until May 1 to accept or decline our offer of admission. Rolling admissions provides in-state applicants a large window of opportunity to apply to the University of Delaware and assures them of an earlier and speedier review and response.

Our published requirements spell out only the minimum number of college preparatory courses students must complete to be considered for admission. For some students, meeting only these minimum requirements will not be enough to assure them of admission. Whether they are actually admitted to UD – and whether that admission is into a four-year degree program or a two-year Associate in Arts program housed at the Academic Centers in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown – will still depend on such factors as their grades, their test scores, and the rigor of the courses they have selected. In addition to high school performance, the University Admissions Committee takes many factors into consideration when evaluating an applicant, including (but not limited to) letters of recommendation, a well-written essay, and extracurricular and community involvement.

Following the guidelines set forth in the UD Commitment to Delawareans, however, puts a student on track for admission to the Newark campus into a four-year degree program. It ensures that these students will hear sooner about admission to UD. It also ensures that, once a student enrolls, he or she will be among our best prepared students.

In short, the UD Commitment to Delawareans lays out a balanced curriculum of breadth and challenge in English, mathematics, laboratory science, foreign languages, and history and social studies. It is not only a roadmap for admission into an affordable education at the University of Delaware, it is also a curriculum to set a student on a personal path to excellence.

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