Requirements

At Holy Family University, we're much more interested in the quality of your work, your general promise and seriousness of purpose than in counting units of study. Therefore, we like to know about not only your academic record but your interests, your personal integrity and your desire to pursue a quality education. While we value diversity in all of its manifestations, neither your religious affiliation nor your ethnic characteristics influence the granting of admission.

Criteria for Admission

1. Proof of graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent.
2. Acceptable scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or ACT.
3. Completion with satisfactory grades of 16-units of high school work distributed as follows:
   

   English (4 units)
   History (2 units)
   Mathematics (3 units)
   Modern Foreign Language** (2 units)
   Science (2 units)
   Electives (3 units)

4. All majors must complete a full year of Algebra I and II and Geometry.
5. Students planning to major in mathematics, nursing, radiologic science or science are expected to have completed the following high school courses:***
   

   Mathematics - Trigonometry
   Nursing - Biology, chemistry, a science elective, and 3 units of social studies (history)
   Radiologic Science - Biology and chemistry; physics recommended but not required
   Science - Biology, chemistry and trigonometry.

* Exceptions to any of these criteria can be made at the discretion of the University authorities. Adult students 25 years of age or older who may not have previously attended college and who seek admission to Holy Family need not submit SAT/ACT scores.

** Students without the foreign language requirement may be admitted to the university and will be placed in the introductory level of a language.

*** Students who have not completed any of these courses will be advised to take the appropriate university courses.

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