FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Can you tell me about academic scholarships?
Christendom offers academic scholarships to students who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and who have scored a 1920 or higher on the SAT or a 29 or higher on the ACT. These scholarships are automatic and there are three different levels of scholarships, depending on the score. They are four year scholarships, renewable each semester if a 3.25 GPA is maintained.

2. How does work study and financial aid work?
Christendom offers student loans, grants, and work-study as part of its need-based financial aid program. Each February, the College sets its tuition costs and publishes its own Financial Aid Form (which can be found on our website). At that time, students who have applied for the upcoming fall semester may fill in the financial aid form to determine how much a student can get in loans, grants, or scholarship.

3. What is the minimum SAT/ACT score you are looking for in order to be accepted?
Normally, our Admissions Committee is hoping that our applicants have a combined SAT score of 1650 or higher (all three sections) or an ACT score of 24 or higher. They do take many other things into consideration when looking at applications, but those are the normal minimum scores that they are hoping to see.

4. What are your majors?
Students may major in one of six subjects: History, Theology, Philosophy, Political Science and Economics, English Language and Literature, or Classical and Early Christian Studies. Students may also minor in any of these areas as well as in Economics, Liturgical Music, and Math.

5. My son is homeschooled. What classes do you require of him to be accepted? What about transcripts?
We actually don't require any specific classes, but only make recommendations (which can be found here). A student need not have graduated from high school or earned a GED, either. High school transcripts, if not available from a homeschooling group may be downloaded from our website and returned to us.

6. When is the application deadline? Do you have Early admission or early action?
The regular application deadline is March 1 with an answer given by April 1. We do have an early decision deadline of December 1 afterwhich you will receive the Admissions Committee's decision by December 15.

7. My daughter is taking classes at a community college. Which classes should she take so that they will transfer to Christendom?
Generally, we recommend that students wishing to take classes at a community college should take a math or science class, or maybe a foreign language or humanities course. The Math or Science course would transfer in to Christendom as part of the core curriculum, whereas the other humanities may transfer in as an elective. Feel free to contact the Admissions office for specifics.

8. How much does it cost to attend Christendom?

Tuition and Fees 2010-11 

9. What do your alumni do when they graduate? What percentages go on to graduate school?
As of 2010, Christendom has approximately 1500 graduates. About 15% of them each year do go on to graduate school, particularly law school (University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, William and Mary, Washington and Lee, Catholic University of America, and others), while others choose to continue coursework in their field of studies at universities such as Fordham, Virginia Tech, Harvard, the Angelicum, and elsewhere. Other alumni enter the workforce upon graduation and enter many different fields, such as business, sales, computers, marketing, education, publishing, journalism, and much more. To learn more, please see "Skills for Life: The Power of a Christendom college Liberal Arts Degree."

10. What do I have to do to schedule a visit?
You can go to our Visit page on our website, see if any of the listed Visit Weekends fit your schedule, and then fill in the Visit Request Form. If you are hoping to visit during the week, you may do so pretty much anytime throughout the academic year. Email Eve Owen at admissions@christendom.edu if you have any questions.