Request that official transcripts be sent from the high school directly to the Office of Admissions. For a transcript to be official, it may not be marked “Issued to Student.” Electronic copies are accepted from Parchment, Clearinghouse, Naviance or SCOIR (if your school participates).

Or you may have an official hard copy mailed directly to our offices at:

Office of Admissions
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212

Belmont is test optional. Students should select if they would like test scores to be considered when they fill out their application for admission. Should you choose to report your test scores, please request official ACT or SAT score reports be sent directly to Belmont from the relevant testing agency. Test scores will also be accepted as official if submitted on an official high school transcript. Belmont does not consider the Writing component from either the ACT or SAT and will consider the super-score for admission and scholarship purposes.

Belmont’s ACT code is 3946
Belmont’s SAT code is 1058

Provide the School Counselor Recommendation (or School Report Form if using the Common Application) to the appropriate person in your school counseling office and have him or her send the completed recommendation directly to Belmont. 

Homeschooled students should submit one Personal Recommendation letter from someone other than a family member in place of the Counselor Recommendation.  

Non US Citizens include Permanent Resident, Undocumented, DACA, TPS, Refugee, and Asylee students. While Belmont is test optional, Non US Citizen applicants are required to submit Proof of English Proficiency in addition to the items listed above before an admissions decision can be made. This requirement may be satisfied by meeting one of the following options: 

• Minimum TOEFL iBT, including the Home Edition and Paper Edition, score of 80 (Equivalent TOEFL myBest scores are accepted) (Belmont’s TOEFL code is 1058); or
• Minimum IELTS academic score of 6.5 (including the IELTS Indicator); or 
• Minimum SAT Reading Score of 29 or Writing and Language score of 550 (Belmont’s SAT code is 1058); or 
• Minimum ACT English or Reading sub score of 23 (Belmont’s ACT code is 3946); or 
• Minimum Duolingo English Test score of 105; or 
• Minimum Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English score of C1 Advanced (180 overall); or 
• Minimum Cambridge Certificate of English Proficiency score of C2 (180 overall) ; or
• Minimum English3 (E3) Proficiency Test score of 68; or 
• Minimum Pearson (PTE) Academic Plus score of 58; or 
• Minimum General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) score of C or 4 and above on the English language exam; or 
• Minimum International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) score of 5 or higher on English A Language and Literature (SL/HL) or English Language B (SL/HL) (English ab initio is not accepted); or 
• Minimum iTEP Academic score of 3.9; or
• 3 years of US high school without ESL coursework; or
• 6 hours of English Composition coursework with a grade of 'C' or higher at a US college/university; or 

Citizenship with one of the following countries: 

• Antigua
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbuda
• Barbados
• Belize
• British Virgin Islands
• Canada (except Quebec)
• Dominica
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Ireland
• Jamaica
• Malta
• New Zealand
• St Kitts and Nevi
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United Kingdom – Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales 

For any questions regarding the application process, please contact your admissions counselor, Caroline Bizot. 

Please see the homeschool admissions webpage for more information.

International applicants include current visa holders as well as those who will apply for a student visa. Please see the international admissions webpage for more information.

In addition to the items listed above, US Citizens Living Abroad who have not attended a US or IB high school may also need to submit a transcript evaluation. 

• High Schools Outside of the US - A formal credential evaluation of your high school transcript is required for any student who has completed their education outside of the United States. Official evaluations must be course-by-course, contain a GPA (grade point average), and be sent directly from the evaluation company to Belmont. Only evaluations from an NACES accredited evaluation company will be accepted. For high school transcript evaluation, Belmont suggests using Josef Silny & Associates, SpanTran or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE). 

Click here to access our transcript evaluation guide for instructions and more information. 

• US High Schools - Request that official transcripts be sent from the high school directly to the Office of Admissions. For a transcript to be official, it may not be marked "Issued to Student." (remove) Electronic copies are accepted from Parchment, Clearinghouse, Naviance or SCOIR (if your school participates). 

For any questions regarding the application process, please contact your admissions counselor, Lily Scott.

• The application process opens on August 1, 2022 for 2023 admission consideration.
• Admission decisions at Belmont are made on a rolling basis, and all candidates with completed application files are given equal consideration throughout the admission cycle.
• The Admissions Committee will begin communicating admission decisions with applicants in mid-September.
• All admitted freshman applicants are automatically considered for academic merit scholarships throughout the admission cycle. No additional application is necessary for merit scholarship consideration. General freshman academic merit scholarship notification is included in the offer of admission.
  
  A cumulative high school grade point average of 3.7+ is considered competitive for a general freshman academic scholarship.
• Belmont’s most competitive academic merit scholarship programs require that freshman candidates for Fall 2023 have completed application files by December 1, 2022. This deadline applies only to top scholarship program consideration.
  
  Belmont’s most competitive academic merit scholarship programs (including Archer Presidential and Faculty Scholar awards) recognize approximately the top 2 percent of freshman applicants for admission. In 2022 the average cumulative high school grade point average was 4.34 and the ACT Composite score was 33, or SAT score of 1480. Selection criteria include a review of academic and leadership accomplishments. Demonstrated financial need may also be considered. Submission of the annual Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is also required.

• December 1 – The Undergraduate FAFSA Priority filing date for Fall 2023 enrollment
• May 1 – National Candidate Reply Date (deadline for freshman non-refundable enrollment deposit submission)

• April 1 – Fall
• October 1 – Spring
• March 1 – Summer