{"id":4,"date":"2015-10-22T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:52:00","slug":"apply-and-check-status","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/apply-and-check-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply &amp; Check Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to apply to Montclair? Great! There are two ways to apply:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apply.montclair.edu\/portal\/admissions\">Montclair State University Application<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>or\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apply.commonapp.org\/login?ma=1135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/CommonApp_Logo_RGB-300x118.png\" alt=\"Common App\" width=\"168\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note: The Common App option is for Freshman applicants only.<\/p>\n<p>Have questions about Bloomfield College of Montclair State University? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/apply-and-check-status\/bloomfield-college-of-montclair-state-university-admission-faqs\/\">Visit our Bloomfield Admissions FAQ page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications for undergraduate admissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.montclair.edu\/apply\/status?tab=nextsteps\">Check your application status<\/a>. (If you applied through The Common App, you must create a Montclair State account to check your status. An email will be sent to you with those log-in credentials once your application is received.)<\/li>\n<li>Montclair State University considers a number of factors in reviewing admissions applications. Well-qualified candidates for admission have a 3.2 or higher cumulative high school GPA on an unweighted, 4.0 scale, a challenging course load (particularly in junior and senior years), and a variety of extracurricular activities.<\/li>\n<li>Submission of SAT or ACT scores is not required, but, if you chose to submit those scores, they will be considered in the admissions process.<\/li>\n<li>Other factors considered in our holistic review process include: strong letters of recommendation from teachers and\/or counselors; a well-written, thoughtful admissions essay; and a commitment to extracurricular engagement, both in school and in the community.<\/li>\n<li>Students must be at least 16 years old to take classes on campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to apply to Montclair? Great! There are two ways to apply: \u00a0 \u00a0or\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Please note: The Common App option is for Freshman applicants only. Have questions about Bloomfield College of Montclair State University? Visit our Bloomfield Admissions FAQ page. Applications for undergraduate admissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Check your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"parent":0,"menu_order":65,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9952,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/9952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}