Students should prepare for the challenges at Wofford by taking a strong academic programs in high school. Students should be in the senior year of high school when they apply for admission, and normally must be high school graduates when they enroll at Wofford. While the college does not prescribe a rigid set of course requirements for admission, it is strongly recommended that applicants’ high school study include the following:

Each applicant is judged on his or her merit as a potential Wofford student. In reaching each of its decisions, the Committee on Admission pays particular attention to the applicant’s courses, grades, level of curriculum, class rank, test scores (if submitted), extracurricular involvement, leadership, and service, and recommendations from the guidance counselor, and others who know the student well.

The college will consider applicants whose educational circumstances are unusual. Students desiring to enter Wofford prior to attaining a high school diploma and students who by nontraditional means have attained the equivalent of admission requirements will be considered on an individual basis. The Committee on Admission carefully reviews such applicants and may grant admission upon evidence of superior ability and maturity.