Fall typically is a popular time for high school seniors to tour campuses as they begin applying to colleges.
Along with a variety of tour options at University of Wisconsin-Stout, the Admissions Office is offering an extra incentive this fall to take a look at the university — waiving the standard $50 application fee from Sunday, Oct. 20, through Saturday, Oct. 26.
Free application week applies to all new undergraduate students — first-year, transfer and international. Students can fill out the UW System e-app or the Common Application.
“We’re excited to offer this one-week opportunity to students who are interested in UW-Stout and who want to get a head start on their plans for next year,” said Joel Helms, Admissions Office director. “We want to help them take a significant step toward college.”
Admissions offers six types of tours for prospective students: daily, Campus Preview Days, Stout Saturdays, Transfer Days, International Student Day and group visits.
Along with the daily tours, upcoming dates are:
- Campus Preview Days and Stout Saturdays: Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 17-19; Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26; Friday, Nov. 1; and Friday, Nov. 15.
- Transfer Days, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26; and Friday, Nov. 15.
- International Student Day, Saturday, Oct. 26.
Students also can take a virtual tour of the university.
For more information, contact Admissions, 715-232-1232, which is in Sorensen Hall
First-year students who are accepted and meet ACT and grade-point average requirements automatically receive the Blue Devil Guarantee scholarship. The scholarship provides from $1,000 to $3,000, depending on a student’s qualifications and is renewable for a second year, providing the student maintains a GPA of 3.0 at UW-Stout and is enrolled full time.
Helms noted that UW-Stout has 50 undergraduate and 23 graduate programs. UW-Stout graduates are in demand: the employment and continuing education rate of recent graduates has risen four straight years and is at 98.7%.
“Students who choose UW-Stout love our applied learning focus, small class sizes, great faculty and beautiful campus,” Helms said. “Their lives are changed here, and many of them have job offers before they graduate.”
In the 2020 U.S. News and World Report rankings that came out Sept. 9, UW-Stout was No. 14 in the Midwest among public regional schools.
Helms said UW-Stout already is an affordable option, especially considering the eStout digital learning program, which provides first-year students with a laptop computer and necessary software; and a textbook rental program that minimizes the cost of instructional materials.
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UW-Stout student Carly Segulia talks with visitors recently while leading a campus tour for the Admissions Office. Numerous campus tours are offered in the fall, and UW-Stout is holding a free application week Oct. 20-26.
Student Arthur Roques leads a campus tour recently for prospective students.
