You are a first-year applicant if you will complete high school during the 2024-25 academic year or if you have completed less than one semester of college coursework. Additional information about eligibility guidelines for the first-year and other application rounds is available here. The fundamental curriculum for a Brown-bound student often includes four years of English; four years of Math; three to four years of science, including two years of lab science; three to four years of history or social studies; and three to four years of foreign language, preferably the same language when possible. Before you apply, be sure to review our first-year application checklist. 

Brown admits transfers who will begin their time at the University as first-semester sophomores, second-semester sophomores and first-semester juniors in either the spring or the fall. There is only one transfer admission process per year, with a deadline of March 1. All transfers must successfully complete a minimum of four semesters and 15 courses at the University in order to earn their undergraduate degree. Before you apply, be sure to review our transfer application checklist.