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First Time Freshman Admission Fall 2024:

Standardized Test Scores and Applying Test Optional

WVU’s test optional policy means you can apply for admission to WVU without an ACT or SAT score. However, we encourage students interested in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics to submit test scores to be eligible for merit-based scholarships. Students who meet the criteria for Scholarship of Distinction Levels 1-3 will be eligible for the Chambers Dean’s Scholarship. 

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Test scores can be submitted either before or after the point of admission. WVU accepts superscores for scholarship determination and offers multiple options for submitting test scores.

To be admitted as a first time freshman to the John Chambers College of Business and Economics for Fall 2024:

  • Direct Admission to a Major within the College - 3.0 high school GPA.
  • Admission to Business - admitted to WVU AND a Math score of 20 on the ACT OR 520 on the SAT OR an ALEKS score of 40.

Students who do not meet these requirements will be referred to the WVU Center for Learning, Advising and Student Success (CLASS) until they complete their pre-business curriculum.

Earning a BSBA in Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management requires successful completion of MATH 150 - Applied Calculus. To earn a BS in Supply Chain Management Science, you must complete MATH 156 – Calculus 2. Please refer to the WVU course catalog to see grade requirements for specific majors. Math placement information can be found here.

For current WVU students who wish to change their major to business, new transfer students, and international students, admission will be determined based on cumulative GPA and level of MATH.

  • Must have a minimum GPA of 2.25 and
  • Must be able to take MATH 124 – Algebra with Applications

    • If college algebra has already been taken, students must have earned at least a C-.

    *All students entering the John Chambers College of Business and Economics who do not qualify for direct admission to a major as freshmen will declare their major once prerequisites have been met with the minimum required GPA for that major.

Admission Requirements for Majors

Students must meet the following requirements in order to take upper-level courses within their declared major:

  • A minimum overall GPA of 2.5 (2.0 for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, General Business, and Hospitality and Tourism)
  • ENGL 101 and 102, or 103 with a minimum grade of C-
  • BCOR 121 or CS 101 with a minimum grade of C-
  • ACCT 201 with a minimum grade of C-. Accounting majors need ACCT 201 and 202 with a minimum grade of B-, and Finance majors need ACCT 201 and 202 with a minimum grade of C-
  • ECON 201 and 202 with a minimum grade of C- (Minimum grade of B- in both for Finance majors, and B- or better in either 201 or 202 for Economics majors)
  • ECON 225 or STAT 211 with a minimum grade of C-
  • MATH 124 with a minimum grade of C- for Accounting, Entrepreneurship, General Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Human Resource Management, and Marketing.
  • MATH 150 with a minimum of C-, or 155 with a minimum grade of D- for Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management
  • MATH 156 with a minimum grade of C- for the BS in Supply Chain Management Science

*All prospective students must apply for admission to West Virginia University. For information on how to apply visit apply.wvu.edu.