IBE sends admissions letters

Idaho high school seniors are receiving their direct admissions letter from the Idaho Board of Education beginning this week, notifying them that they are automatically accepted to Idaho’s colleges and universities.

Starting Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, those same students can submit their college applications free of charge using Apply Idaho on the nextsteps.idaho.gov website.

The State Board’s Direct Admissions program automatically admits all high school seniors either to six, or all eight of Idaho’s public colleges and universities, depending on their academic performance in high school.

In November, Idaho Board of Education officials will send a letter addressed to parents of high school seniors reminding them to encourage their student to submit their college application.

“Apply Idaho is a great tool for students that makes submitting college applications a very quick and easy process,” Yankey said. “Most students can complete an application to one or more colleges or universities in less than 15 minutes. We’ve also included a how-to video on Apply Idaho to help them along.”

Last year, 9,000 high school seniors (about 45 percent) used Apply Idaho to submit their applications to an average of 2.5 institutions each.