First-Year Admission Criteria

Admission to Oregon Tech is based on your unweighted college-preparatory GPA. When you apply, we’ll recalculate your college-prep GPA based on 15 core courses (outlined below), including a required fourth year of math that uses Algebra II as a prerequisite. SAT and ACT scores are optional—you can choose to submit to enhance your application, but they are by no means required.

• You will be offered admission if you have a 3.0 or higher unweighted core GPA based on a 4.0 scale calculated using the 15 core courses (No deficiencies*)
• You will be considered for admission if you have a 2.5 or higher unweighted core GPA based on a 4.0 scale calculated using the 15 core courses (No more than one deficiency in any two core classes)

* Deficiencies are courses not taken or courses in which a grade of F or D was earned. Repeat courses may be used to replace grades.

Effective Fall 2021, standardized test scores such as ACT, SAT, SAT II,  AP, or IB are not required. However, scores may be used to make up course deficiencies in the core subject requirements.

Test scores in no way will penalize your admission review, but you're encouraged to submit them if you have them. If submitted, they will only be used to enhance your admission review and Presidential Scholarship consideration.

ACT Code: 3484
College Board (AP, SAT, SAT II): 4587

Applicants must complete all core subjects below with a C or better in each of the 15 courses. One three-credit hour college course may be substituted in any of the core subjects, if taken at a regionally accredited institution.

You will self-report your courses and grades in your application. Only submit transcripts if requested, if 22 years or older, or if you're an international applicant. If you decide to attend Oregon Tech, a final review of your official high school transcript with your graduation date and all final grades is required before you may start classes.

Submit official transcripts for college-level credit completed and official scores for AP and IB.

Students with international transcripts must also be translated into English and US standards by an approved transcript evaluation service; GPA must also be included on the transcript evaluation.

Among the acceptable transcript evaluation services are AACRAO; Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.; Educational Records Evaluation Service; e-ValReports; Foreign Credentials Service of America (FCSA); Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.; International Education Research Foundation; Josef Silny & Associates; Spantran Evaluation Services; The Foundation for International Services; and World Education Services.

• One deficiency in math and one deficiency in lab science will result in an automatic denial
• Applicants 22 and older—as well as students who took the GED—are exempt from the college-prep course requirements
• Merit-based scholarships awarded at the time of admission will use cumulative high school GPA
• International students must submit all translated and converted transcripts to be reviewed for admission

Applicants who have not graduated from high school and who are applying on the basis of GED scores must submit test results showing a minimum of 170 on each subject area and 680+ overall. A special admission option will be offered to test takers who scored no lower than 150 on the Reasoning Through Language Arts Test, no lower than 150 on the Social Studies Test, no lower than 160 on the Science Test, and no lower than 170 on the Mathematics Reasoning Test. GED tests taken prior to 2014 must show a minimum composite score of 500+ (50+ on GED exams administered prior to 2002) with a minimum score of 410 on each GED subtest (41 on subtests administered prior to 2002). Applicants whose pre-2014 GED scores fall below these standards may qualify on the basis of a combination of GED and SAT Reasoning or ACT exam results:

• Applicants with GED composite score of 680+ with minimum 170 in each content area (50+ on tests administered before 2002; 500+ on tests administered until 2014) need to submit an official score report from the applicable state’s department of education.