Northwoods University is looking for students who can benefit from what the university has to offer and who will contribute to our academic community. We are interested in students who have challenged themselves in high school, who have performed well in their academic work, who express themselves well both verbally and in writing, who understand the value of a liberal arts education, and who are imaginative, energetic, and willing to become active members of a learning community. Northwoods University considers the strength of each applicant's course of study, grades, standardized test scores (if submitted), recommendations, and extracurricular activities, roughly in that order.