The following conditions apply to candidates whether early decision or regular decision.

Eligibility Requirements

Admission is open to U.S. citizens or to non-citizens who live in and are attending or have attended secondary school in the United States or its possessions or territories. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens must apply from a domestic address and must hold a Green Card showing permanent residency. Typically our students are unmarried and between the ages of 16 and 24 on the date of admission. Selection is made without regard to race, religion, creed or gender.

Academic Requirements

Candidates should have the following units of high school credit:

We also recommend you take calculus and mechanical drawing. You should have a B average (85 percent) in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, as well as a generally satisfactory high school record.

The Institute will consider a few outstanding candidates who wish to make Webb Institute their first choice under an early decision plan. Applicants wishing to be considered under this plan must have taken all required College Board tests by the end of June of their junior year in high school and must have an excellent academic record.

October 15: Applications due.

All required application forms, including a transcript indicating rank in class, must be on file by October 15 of the senior year. If the admissions committee agrees to early consideration, the applicant will be expected to come to the campus for the final interview before the end of November. All early decision candidates will be notified by December 10 whether they have been accepted. Accepted candidates will be expected to withdraw all applications to other colleges and to provide a non-refundable deposit to secure their position in the incoming class. Any applicant not accepted under the early decision plan will be considered, without bias, for admission during the regular process beginning in March, unless a final rejection is received in December.

In addition to these requirements specific to Early Decision candidates, the same forms necessary for Regular Decision candidates must also be submitted by Early Decision candidates.

Before December 20: Visit campus and meet with an admissions officer. Visits are not required in the preliminary stage of application, but are highly recommended.

By February 1 of Senior Year: Take the College Board Exams

• Scholastic Aptitude Test (both verbal and mathematical sections)
• SAT II Physics or Chemistry
• SAT II Mathematics, Level I or II

Our College Board code is 2970.

February 15: Applications due.

For most students in the US, there are only four available test dates between the start of the last year of high school and our application deadline of February 15th. They are mid-October, early in November, early in December, and late in January. The best test schedule an applicant can implement is to take the required tests in November and December and leave the January date as a backup in case prior testing cannot be completed or scores obtained do not fall into the desired range for candidates.

It is suggested that those desiring more information regarding these examinations contact the College's Admissions Office or consult their high school guidance officers.

The following forms, furnished by the Institute upon request, should be in the Office of Admissions of the Institute as soon as possible after the beginning of the high school senior year, but, in any event, not later than February 15th for regular applicants and October 15 for early decision applicants:

1. Application form filled out and signed by the applicant. Application fee is $25 and must accompany the application form.
2. Transcript from an approved or accredited high school or preparatory school showing the satisfactory completion at graduation of courses aggregating sixteen units. A unit of work in this connection is defined as representing the work performed during an academic year having four class periods per week. Two hours of laboratory work are considered equivalent to one hour of classroom work. This transcript should not be held until after high school graduation but should be sent in when the application is filed, showing grades for subjects completed and indicating subjects being taken in the last year. Final grades for these subjects must be submitted when obtained. A candidate from another college must present, in addition, a transcript from that institution.
3. Confidential reports in regard to the aptitude and character of the candidate from at least two persons not related to the applicant. One of these reports must be from a teacher of the secondary school from which the candidate will graduate.
4. A copy of the applicant's birth certificate (or evidence of citizenship if not born in the United States).

Of the above forms, the transcript from the high school and the confidential reports will be forwarded directly to the Institute by the persons filling them out and not by the applicant. The Institute will furnish these forms to the applicant, who will distribute them with addressed envelopes to the proper persons for completion and submission to the Institute.

It will be the applicant's responsibility to check whether all papers and required test scores have been sent to the Institute. After all papers and rquired test scores are received, the applicant will be notified. Failure to receive such notice is an indication that all papers have not been received. Candidates will be informed of their acceptance or rejection as soon as possible, usually by April 15th.