How to Apply

Step 1: Apply online

• Complete the ApplyTexas freshman application at GoApplyTexas.org
• Only first-time dual credit students need to apply
• View the ApplyTexas Application Instructions for assistance

• The $50 fee can be paid in the following ways:
• Credit card online through GoApplyTexas.org
• Send a certified check or money order payable to TWU and including the applicant’s full name and ID number, to:
  Graduate Research Building, Room 220
  301 Research Circle
  Denton, TX 76204 (no Saturday delivery)
• TWU no longer accepts personal checks as payment for previously submitted applications.
• Pay in person at the Bursar’s Office (cash, certified check or money order) and bring your receipt to Office of Admissions Processing (second floor of the Graduate Research Building)
• Note: The application fee can be paid online but is the only method prior to submitting the application.

Step 3: Create Account

• Once you receive the email from TWU with your TWU ID number, create a Pioneer Portal account.
  *This can also be done with your social security number

Step 4: Submit Scores

• Complete the TSI Score Release Form which permits TWU to retrieve official TSI scores from other in-state colleges and universities
• OR Submit TSI Waiver/ exemption scores to the Office of Admissions Processing

Step 5: Return a completed Dual Credit Permission Form to your high school counselor

• You must fill out a permission form for every academic year you take courses
• Student, parent/guardian and school official signatures permit enrollment into the Dual Credit Program
• Your high school counselor can also give you a permission form to fill out

Step 6: Submit a recent official high school transcript

Step 7: After acceptance every student must self-register each semester for their courses