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Application Instructions for First-Year Students
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Print the application (PDF)
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Common Application including the Keystone College supplement (see more information in Step 4 of the Application Process.)
A non-refundable $30 application fee should accompany your application whether you apply online or through the mail.
Steps to Complete the Application Process
- Request that your guidance counselor send official high school transcripts (or GED scores) to the Office of Admissions.
- Request that your SAT or ACT scores are either included with your official transcript or sent directly to the Office of Admissions. Keystone College's school code is SAT-2351 and ACT-3602.
- Please have your teacher complete a Teacher Evaluation Form. Students applying with the Common Application should use the Common Application Teacher Evaluation Form.
- Students using the Common Application must also submit the Keystone College supplement. You can either print the PDF supplement here or use the online supplement found on the Common Application website.
- Write a personal essay, minimum of 250 words, discussing the following: Please describe the most significant accomplishment in your life or provide a copy of a graded academic paper from your senior year.
Submit a Video
To enable us to get to know you better, you may augment your essay with a personal video statement answering the following question: "The Admissions Committee at Keystone College receives over 1,000 applications each year; what makes yours stand out?"
Send you video, with your first and last name as the email subject line to: admissions@keystone.edu.
Materials that need to be sent via the mail should be addressed to:
Keystone CollegeOffice of AdmissionsOne College GreenLa Plume, PA 18440Keystone Promise
We offer you "The Keystone College Promise."
A pledge to first-time, full-time students in good academic, financial, and social standing . . .
That within six months after graduating from Keystone and fulfilling the requirements of the
A First-Year Experience seminar to enable you to acquire the skills necessary for academic, personal, and career success, and a portfolio/resume designed to give you a competitive edge in the job market.
A Real World Experience that explores the world of work.
A Bridge and a Capstone Experience combining knowledge acquired in both the classroom and the real world.
A Pre-Major program that offers academic and career counseling to assist undecided students who need to make an informed decision about a major.
A guarantee for on-campus housing to our first-year and sophomore students for as long as they remain full-time students*.
*Housing deposits must be received by May 1, 2012 in order to be guaranteed housing.
The Keystone College Promise was developed in 1997 by the faculty and staff of
