Deadlines and Decisions

Your admissions application and all required supporting documents must be received by your preferred application deadline.

• At least one test score must be submitted before the material deadline, but additional tests may be considered if provided by the test score deadlines.
  Please note: FSU does not accept self-reported test scores from the Common App.
  Students should self-report their test scores on the Application Status Check using the Self-reported Test Scores form.
• February test scores are the last exam date that can be used for admissions purposes.
• Admissions decisions are made available through the Application Status Check.

For information about potential decisions for each release, please visit https://admissions.fsu.edu/first-year/decisions.

Starting in April 2025, the ACT exam no longer requires the Science subsection, though the 1-36 scoring scale remains unchanged. Beginning with the 2025-26 application cycle, FSU will no longer require a Science score to be eligible for admission. The ACT composite score (or, if using multiple test attempts, the composite superscore) used by FSU for admissions will now only include the English, Mathematics, and Reading subsections.

Guidance from the state of Florida is:

Therefore, while the Science subsection will not be used in our composite superscoring calculations, we encourage Florida students to continue to take the Science subsection if they hope to receive the Bright Futures scholarship.

Application Fee & Waivers

Florida State University's first-year application fee is $30.

Students who qualify for an ACT, College Board, or NACAC application fee waiver or who meet other indicators of economic need may have the application fee waived by selecting the qualifying application fee waiver category on the admissions application.