Email: admission@champlain.edu
Call or Text: (802) 625-0201
At Champlain College, we're different by design. Our intentionally unconventional academic model will get you ready to tackle all parts of your life: your career, your wellbeing, your independence, and your future self. With career-focused majors and signature upside-down curriculum, the Core curriculum, and InSight program, you'll be ready to intern early and often. You'll gain confidence through experience, making you Champlain Ready.
If you're ready for that kind of education, consider applying Early Decision, and enjoy all of the benefits that come with it.
Why Apply Early Decision?
We've laid out the top benefits of applying Early Decision in detail, but here's your quick list of why this plan could work best for you:
- Your chances of getting in are higher because you compete with a smaller application pool.
- You won't get locked out of popular majors with enrollment caps.
- You'll receive the same financial aid consideration as all other applicants.
- You'll receive your admission decision and financial aid offer months before other applicants.
- You'll enjoy priority housing preference of your Victorian-era mansion.
How Early Decision Works
It starts with choosing Early Decision on the Champlain College application or on the Common Application. You may still apply to as many other schools as you like through their early action or regular decision admission process; however, you agree to withdraw those applications if admitted to Champlain College.
If you're admitted Early Decision to Champlain College, you'll commit to enroll by submitting your enrollment deposit within three weeks of receiving your offer of admission. Our Early Decision applicants receive the same financial aid consideration as all other applicants. If you feel your financial aid offer is not in line with what your family can afford, you may contact the Office of Financial Aid and request to be released from the agreement. Know that we'll do everything possible to make your Champlain education a financial possibility.
We offer two different deadlines for Early Decision applicants:
- Early Decision I: November 15
- Early Decision II: December 15
Is Champlain's Early Decision Plan Right for You?
There are significant advantages to applying Early Decision—including an increased chance of getting admitted and receiving your admission decision months ahead of Regular Decision applicants.
Frequently Asked Questions About Early Decision
Is it easier to get admitted through the Early Decision plan? (Yes!) Do Early Decision applicants receive their financial aid offer earlier? (Yes!) See answers to these and other common questions.
How to Apply to Champlain College as an Early Decision Applicant
1
Fill Out an Application (No Application Fee)
You can apply to Champlain College using the Common Application or the Champlain College Application. We do not charge an application fee. All Early Decision applications are considered equally, regardless of which option you choose to submit. Please do not submit more than one application for admission. View application deadlines.
2
Send Us Your Academic Records
Please follow the directions on your application to submit required documentation (listed below). If you prefer you may fax or mail documents directly: Fax to (802) 860-2767, Attn: Admissions Operations, 163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 05402
High School Transcripts
An official copy of your high school transcript is required. Your school counselor can submit the transcript via:
- Common App, Parchment, or Scoir
- Mail to Attention: Admissions Operations, 163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 05401
- Fax to (802) 860-2767 // Attention: Admission Operations
View our academic requirements
Letters of Recommendation
One recommendation should be from your school counselor and the other recommendation should be from someone who can best highlight your academic potential and/or work ethic.
Early Decision Agreement Form
Please submit the Early Decision Agreement Form to complete your Early Decision application.
Test Scores (optional)
Champlain College is a test-optional institution. Please indicate on your application whether you would like us to consider your test scores (SAT and/or ACT). Students who choose to submit tests scores will use code 3291 for the College Board SAT and code 4298 for the ACT.
Transfer Credits
If you have taken college courses and you would like those courses evaluated for transfer credit, please send official college transcripts.
Portfolio
If you are applying to the Creative Media, Filmmaking, Game Art, Game Design, or Graphic Design & Visual Communication majors, please send us your portfolio. View our portfolio requirements.
3
Apply for Financial Aid (optional but recommended)
Completing your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could be an important step in financing your Champlain education.
We have a number of merit- and need-based institutional grants and scholarships, but in order to be considered for one or more of these, we must have a submitted FAFSA when it becomes available, currently projected to be in December 2023. Champlain's FAFSA code is 003684. View application deadlines.
For Early Decision, please submit the Champlain Student Aid Estimator Form that we email you by these deadlines to be considered for need-based aid. If you do not receive an email from us, please email us at admissions@champlain.edu and we will send you the link. With this form, you will automatically be considered for Champlain's Merit Scholarships.
- Early Decision I - Tuesday, November 28, 2023
- Early Decision II - Tuesday, January 2, 2024
We Are a Test-Optional School
Champlain is a test-optional school. What does that mean to you as an applicant? If you would like us to consider your standardized test scores, by all means, feel free to include them with your submitted application. If you would rather us consider your application without them, we are happy to do that as well.
Personal Interviews Are Wonderful!
You can tell a lot about people by simply speaking with them. We encourage virtual Personal Interviews for high school seniors and transfer students interested in applying to Champlain. The conversation is casual—it's like two friends getting to know one another.
Champlain Application Dashboard
Our Application Dashboard allows you to monitor the status of your application and determine if you have any outstanding requirements. If you do not already have an account for our Dashboard, please create one using the same email address you used when applying.
Application Deadlines
| Application Dates | Decision Release Dates* | |
|---|---|---|
| Early Decision I | November 15 | Mid December |
| Early Decision II | December 15 | Mid January |
| Regular Decision | January 15 |
Mid February |
| Transfer | Priority Deadline: June 1 | Rolling |
| Spring Enrollment** |
Priority Deadline: October 1 | Rolling |
All deadlines are 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
File your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) when it becomes available to ensure that your financial aid award includes all of the institutional and federal aid you are eligible to receive.
Champlain's FAFSA code is 003684
*Decision release dates are contingent on receiving all requisite application materials by the stated deadlines, including transcripts and portfolios, if required.
**Certain majors are not eligible for Spring enrollment.
