Admissions Checklist for Capital University Center
◊ 2. Drop off the $20 application fee (check or money order made out to the university offering the degree program to which you are applying) at CUC’s administrative offices, located on the second floor, 925 E. Sioux Ave in Pierre, SD –or mail the fee to your selected university’s admissions office listed below:
|
SDSU:
Undergraduate Admissions
SDSU Admissions Office
Box 2201
Brookings, SD 57007
|
USD:
USD Admissions
414 E. Clark
Vermillion, SD 57069
|
NSU:
NSU Admissions Office
Dacotah Hall Room 101
1200 South Jay Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198
|
|
BHSU:
BHSU Admissions
Enrollment Service Center
414 E. Clark Street, SDU 317
Vermillion, SD 57069
|
SDSM&T:
Admissions Office, SDSM & T
501 East St. Joseph Street,
Mineral Industries Building, Room 235
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3995
|
DSU:
DSU Office of Admissions
820 N. Washington Ave.
Madison, SD 57042
|
3. Have the following records sent directly to your selected university’s admissions office listed above:
◊ a. high school transcripts (or GED records)
◊ b. ANY transcripts from universities or colleges you have previously attended
◊ c. your ACT/COMPASS scores
o If you are under age 22 and need to take the ACT exam, you can register online for the next ACT exam administered at Riggs High School (605-773-7350 for questions) at http://www.actstudent.org/. Or, you can check with the university to which you are applying (phone numbers listed at 6. below) to find out if you can take a residual ACT test which is some¬times available on campus more frequently than the nationally scheduled tests.
[Online ACT practice tests are available at http://www.actstudent.org/pdf/preparing.pdf]
o COMPASS scores are required of any applicants over 21 years of age who have no ACT scores or whose ACT scores are from more than five years ago. COMPASS tests may be taken any week¬day at CUC between 8am & 3pm.
Contact the CUC secretary at 605-773-2160 to schedule yours.
[Practice tests available at http://www.act.org/compass/sample/ and http://www.sdstate.edu/aea/placement/index.cfm.]
◊ 4. Students born after 1956 are required to prove they have received 2 doses of MMR vaccination. [People who had their shots in South Dakota after 1971 can check with the SD Department of Health (605-773-3737) or their county health nurse for their records.] Bring or fax (605-773-3020) your MMR records with or on your intended university’s MMR form to CUC.
◊ 5. Apply for financial aid. For more information about completing the FAFSA online, see the financial aid section of our website www.cucpierre.com or contact CUC’s Financial Aid Coordinator at 605-773-3023 with questions.
◊ 6. Check with the admissions office of the university to which you applied to see if they have received all your materials.
Follow through on anything that is missing.
|
SDSU: CALL: 1-800-952-3541
|
USD: CALL: 1-800-874-7518
|
NSU: CALL: 1-800-678-5330
|
|
BHSU: CALL: 1-800-255-2478
|
SDSM&T: CALL: 1-877-877-6044
|
DSU: CALL: 1-888-378-9988
|
◊ 7. Upon receiving notification of your acceptance, call CUC (605-773-2160) to arrange an office visit to register for classes.