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“It feels very natural to go from homeschooling to St. John’s. It fits in with what I’ve been doing my whole life.”
–Mitchell Harris ’20

Application Process

There are small differences in the application process for homeschooled students, and you are welcome to contact admissions if you have questions. You may apply using the Common Application, St. John’s Application, or Coalition Application. There is no application fee.

Homeschooled Applicant Checklist

Before you apply

• Select your campus: Annapolis or Santa Fe. Though you will apply to a specific campus, accepted students may change campuses before enrolling if there is space available.
• Select your application: the Common Application, the St. John’s Application, the Coalition Application, or the Discussion-Based Application. The application instructions below are applicable to the Common Application, the St. John’s Application, and the Coalition Application; you can find more information on the different procedure for the Discussion-Based Application. St. John’s has no application fee.
• Select your deadline: Early Decision 1 (November 1), Early Action (November 15), Early Decision 2 (January 15), Regular Decision (January 15), Rolling Admission-Fall (after February 15), or Rolling Admission-Santa Fe Spring (until January 15)

Required materials for all homeschooled applicants

• Application
• Writing Supplement/Essays
• Secondary School Report
• Homeschool transcript (and any other high school or college transcripts). Include an outline of the homeschool curriculum followed, arranged in chronological order by conventional subject matter, with brief descriptions of the course content and any texts used. Include grades or a narrative assessment of your work. The student must complete his or her state homeschool graduation requirements. St. John’s will also need documentation of homeschool graduation and/or GED results.
• One counselor recommendation with the Secondary School Report. This might be completed by your parent, head instructor, or homeschool coordinator. Sometimes the categories on the Secondary School Report do not correspond to the homeschool experience; just have the person completing the report answer to the best of their ability.
• One teacher recommendation. This recommendation should be from a different person from the one who writes the counselor recommendation.
• Homeschooled students are encouraged to submit the results of the SAT, ACT, or Classic Learning Test (CLT). Students may choose an admission interview in place of, or in addition to, submitting test scores.

Optional materials

• Additional letter of recommendation
• Interview
• For US citizens applying for need-based financial aid, the  (FAFSA) is required though the  can be considered if there is a delay in the FAFSA. If applying Early Decision or Early Action, applicants should submit the CSS Profile (open October 1) and then submit the FAFSA when it becomes available (opening date still to be determined by the Department of Education). If applying Regular Decision or Rolling Admission, applicants should submit the FAFSA at the same time they submit the application for admission. All applicants, regardless of whether they apply for need-based aid, are eligible to receive merit scholarships and are assessed for merit scholarships on the basis of their application for admission.
  International students should submit the CSS Profile as soon as it is available.

Deadlines

Applicants for both St. John’s campuses may apply Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision, or Rolling Admission for the fall. Students also have the option of applying for Rolling Admissions throughout the fall semester for a spring start through the January Freshman Program. 

For Discussion-Based Applications, students must apply under Early Decision or Early Action and complete all requirements by January 15. Decisions will be released within one month of all completed application requirements received.

Decisions will be posted on the student’s application portal by 11 p.m. ET on the dates listed above.

Please also remember our financial aid deadlines.

Admission Requirements

For admission to St. John’s, you should have a solid college-prep background, including two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and two years of a foreign language. Additional work in mathematics and foreign language is advised, as well as two or three years of natural science. We recommend taking the most challenging classes available in your homeschool curriculum.

Financial Aid & Merit Scholarships for Homeschooled Students

Applicants seeking need-based financial aid should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). All applicants, regardless of whether they apply for need-based aid, are eligible to receive merit scholarships on the basis of their application for admission.

No Harm – Test Optional

• St. John’s was one of the first colleges in the United States to adopt a test optional admissions policy—over fifty years ago. We continue to be test optional for most students because testing is not part of the academic experience at St. John’s, which focuses on reading, writing, and discussion.
• We recommend that applicants who will not earn high school diplomas or are home schooled submit the results of the SAT, ACT, or Classic Learning Test (CLT), or these students may choose an interview instead of submitting testing.
• For those applicants who choose to submit test scores, St. John’s has a “no harm” test optional policy, meaning test scores will be used only to support your application for admission and will never harm your likelihood of admission.
• Most international students must submit the results of the SAT, ACT, TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, or Duolingo English Test; international students who are currently educated in English may choose an interview instead of submitting testing.

Admission Interviews

Interviews are not required in order to apply for admissions to St. John’s College, but we strongly recommend them. Interviews allow our Admissions Committee to get to know you better, and you will also have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the college. You can request a video interview with your counselor, or .

ACCEPTING YOUR OFFER

Early Decision acceptances are binding, and students have two weeks after receiving their offer of admission to make their deposit. Early Action acceptances are non-binding. All Early Action, Regular Decision, and Rolling applicants have until May 1 to make enrollment decisions and deposits. If applying via Rolling Admission after May 1, applicants have two weeks after receiving the offer of admission to make their deposit. Students accepted to the Santa Fe January Freshman Program have until January 1 to make their deposit.

Starting College Early

St. John’s sometimes accepts an applicant who has graduated high school early or has chosen to start college without graduating from high school. If you are ready for college but haven’t taken the traditional path, you are welcome at St. John’s. Read more about starting college early at St. John’s.

Spring Admission

The Santa Fe campus offers a January Freshman Program. Freshmen who enter in January stay on campus the following summer to complete the first year; allowing them to graduate a year earlier than if they had postponed their entrance until the following fall. The January Freshman Program is of particular interest to students who come to St. John’s from other colleges, or to those who have traveled or worked since graduation from high school, or to those who wish to enter St. John’s immediately after the first semester of their senior year of high school.