High School Counselor FAQs
Letters of Recommendation are not required to complete an application. As such, you or your student can submit letters in either PDF or Word format to admissions@wwu.edu. Students can also attach copies of their letters to their application online.
If a transcript is sent directly from a high school official (counselor, registrar, etc.), through Parchment/Naviance, or in a signed/sealed envelope, it will be considered official. First-Year students may submit unofficial transcripts as long as they have not graduated from High School.
The WUE is our most prestigious non-resident scholarship and is highly competitive. Selection for this scholarship is based on information provided in the application for admission, including unweighted cumulative grade point average (GPA); minimum eligibility for the WUE is set at an unweighted GPA of 3.50. First-year applicants who are residents of Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FM), Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Marshall Islands, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Republic of Palau, South Dakota, Utah, or Wyoming.
Western also offers the Western Award for Excellence (WAE). The WAE is a highly competitive merit scholarship for incoming first-year students. Awarding of the WAE is based on the unweighted cumulative grade point average (GPA), and past recipients have had a minimum 3.00 GPA. Students are notified of their scholarship by mail after the point of admission. You can visit our scholarships page for more information.
Students will have the option to request a fee waiver at the time they submit their application. If they plan on using the paper application, they should contact our office for a fee waiver request form and submit that form with their completed application. To prevent processing delays, students who plan to request an application fee waiver should submit their application well in advance of the application deadline.
Although most first year students choose to live on campus, it is not required. It is strongly recommended but not mandatory for students of any year.
Most likely! Email admissions.counselors@wwu.edu and let us know what you are looking for and we may have something available.
You can plan a visit by looking at available options on our visit page.
Our team would love a chance to talk to your students. You can explore group visit options, email groupvisit@wwu.edu, or find the Admissions Counselor who works with students in your area.