Checklist and Procedures
Endicott demonstrates a commitment to enrolling students from a wide geographic range as well as from all ethnic and racial heritages. When considering candidates for admission, the Admission Review Committee looks at the entire individual. In addition to reviewing the application and the student essay, the Committee concentrates on a student's academic record, recommendations, extra-curricular activities, and test scores.
We welcome applications without regard to race, religion, color, disability, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, political belief, or prior military status. We give additional consideration for admission to applicants who possess unusual strengths or accomplishments.
Application Deadlines:
Fall Admission
Freshmen students - February 15; Transfer and International students - March 15
Spring Admission
All students - December 15
Admission Checklist:
We are pleased that you are interested in completing the application to Endicott. This section of the web page will provide you with a checklist of materials needed. Please review the following to make sure your application is complete:
Please submit a completed Endicott College Application for Admission accompanied by a $50 non-refundable application fee payable to Endicott College. Students who submit their application online may submit the application fee online using a major credit card.
Arrange to have the following information sent along with your application or under separate cover:
- A response to either essay statement located on the back portion of our Application for Admission (the essay should be submitted electronically with the online application).
- An official transcript of your high school or secondary school record including senior year first quarter/marking period grades. We ask that you have your guidance counselor or principal forward this information directly to the Office of Admission. Applicants that have not graduated from high school must submit a GED certificate issued by their state Department of Education.
- One letter of recommendation from your guidance counselor and/or teacher.
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT) scores. The College requests that test scores be sent directly from ETS (code 3369) or ACT (code 1824). **There may be a delay in recording test scores if you choose not to provide your social security number to the testing service. Please notify our office so that we can verify your scores manually.
Checklist for Transfer and International Students:
Art Portfolio
Students planning to major in one of the Art or Design programs are required to submit a portfolio of their artwork for review by the School of Visual and Performing Arts. The portfolio evaluation will augment the Application for Admission. The portfolio should include the following:
- 20 samples of your artwork as jpgs on a CD (do not send originals). Examples in various media are encouraged, such as drawing, ceramics, photography, drafting or graphics; rather than a concentration of images in one medium or discipline.
- One application-specific portfolio assignment. Choose one of the following:
- The Center of the Universe, in any medium, or
- Self-portrait in any medium.
We encourage broad creativity in your interpretation of this assignment and anticipate your unique response.
- Checklist description of artwork including medium, title, size, date, and software, if applicable.
- One-page statement in the following order that includes:
- Which degree, major, and concentration are you applying for,
- Why you want to study Art and Design at Endicott College,
- What led to your interest in visual and creative media.
This statement is in addition to, not in place of, the Application for Admission essay.
Please note: your CD and materials will not be returned.
Send materials by January 15 to: Portfolio Review, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915.
Upon receipt of the portfolio, the Dean, Department Chair, and appropriate faculty will review the work. The evaluation will then be sent to the Admission Office as a supplemental assessment tool.
Application Timeline
We advise students who are applying for freshmen status to submit all application materials by the deadline of February 15 for Fall admission. We may continue to accept applications thereafter on a space-available basis; however some programs reach capacity early in the application cycle. The Admission Review Committee will not consider applications until ALL of the materials listed above have been received by the Office of Admission. Once the application is complete, we typically notify candidates by mail of an admission decision within seven to ten weeks. The deadline for Spring semester admission is December 15.
If you decide to change your program of study after admission is offered, you must request a change in writing to the Office of Admission. This request is necessary due to the limited number of positions available within each School of the College.
Prior to your enrollment at Endicott, your official FINAL high school transcript is required.