FAQs & Quick Facts

Most often asked...

1. How do I apply for admission?
2. What are your required scores on the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement exams?
3. Does Jewell grant credit for CLEP tests? 
4. Will my college credit transfer?
5. What is the cost of attendance at William Jewell and how does the College help with funding my Jewell education?
6. What about Visiting Campus?
7. Can I get a look at the William Jewell campus on-line?
8. What high school courses does Jewell require for admission?
9. How many students attend Jewell and what is the average class size?

Academics

1. What majors are offered at William Jewell?
2. What are the professors like at Jewell?
3. What leadership training is available?
4. What opportunities for internships does Jewell offer?
5. Does Jewell Offer Study Abroad Opportunities?
6. What role does service learning play in a Jewell education?

Student Life

1. What about residence life at Jewell?
2. What is campus life like? What do students do for fun outside of class?
3. What about Greek Life at Jewell?

Admission & Enrollment

1. Does Jewell have an application deadline?
2. I've applied for admission. What's next?
3. I’m admitted. What do I do next?
4. I've submitted my Enrollment Confirmation Form and Residence Hall Application and commitment deposit. What do I do next?

General Information

1. What is Jewell's institutional code for the ACT, the SAT, and the FAFSA?

How do I apply for admission?

We’re glad you’ve asked! Whether you are applying as a new first-year student or a transfer student you will need to complete the Undergraduate Application for Admission and Scholarship. You can apply online at no cost or if you prefer a paper application, please call 816-415-7700 or email us at admission AT william.jewell DOT edu and we’ll be happy to mail you one. Students living outside of the United States need to complete the International Student Application for Admission.

Though Jewell accepts applications year-round and makes admission decisions on a rolling basis, new first-year students are encouraged to apply early in the fall semester of their senior year of high school. Our priority application date is December 1.

Transfer students are encouraged to apply early in the semester prior to the semester they plan to enroll at Jewell. 


What are your required scores on the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement exams?

Jewell awards credit for both the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement exams. For specific required scores and credit granted please click on the link above.

Does Jewell grant credit for CLEP tests?

Credit may be granted through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). Official CLEP score reports must be sent to the Office of the Registrar for evaluation and determination of credit. The actual awarding of academic credit for CLEP tests is at the discretion of the individual departments and the Registrar.

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Will my college credit transfer?

In many cases, the college credit you’ve earned will transfer to Jewell. It is always best to check with your admission counselor regarding specific credit. Additionally, William Jewell College has articulation guides with several schools in the metropolitan Kansas City area including the Metropolitan Community College system, Kansas City, Kansas Community College, Johnson County Community College and others.
Articulation guides are helpful to both “transfer” students who are thinking about transferring to William Jewell College as well as prospective “first-year” students. Both types of students can refer to the links below regarding coursework and credit. Please contact the Office of Admission for information on transferring credits from other regionally accredited institutions not listed below.

JCCC  I   KCKCC  I  MCC

What is the cost of attendance at William Jewell and how does the College help with funding my Jewell education?

99% of the most recent incoming class received a combination of merit-based scholarship and/or financial aid. If Jewell is the best fit for you, we’ll work hard to help you secure the funding you need for an invaluable education.

While educational experience is the most important piece of your college choice, we recognize that affordability is also a concern of many families. William Jewell’s goal is to ensure that its array of life-changing experiences is available and affordable to the broadest possible spectrum of students. Our Office of Financial Aid will form a partnership with you and your family to explore the many opportunities for financial assistance based on your unique profile and financial need.

All students are encouraged to submit the Free Application for Federal Aid (FAFSA) as early as January 1 of each year. Jewell’s FAFSA code is 002524.

For information about merit and co-curricular scholarships, click here.

For the Office of Financial Aid, click here. 

The comprehensive costs (tuition, fees, room and board) for the 2011-2012 academic year for first-year students is $37,160.  

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What about Visiting Campus?

Whether you come for an individual visit or for a visit event, there is no doubt that visiting campus is the single most important piece of your college search. And by the way, we think you’ll like what you find at Jewell!

William Jewell encourages individual visits Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm and may include your choice(s) of the following. Please allow a minimum of 1 weeks notice for arranging faculty, class, or coach visits:

• Visiting with faculty in your choice of major(s)
• Sitting in on a class
• Campus Tour
• Interview with your Admission Counselor
• Meeting with athletic coaches, if available

To schedule an individual visit, email or call your admission counselor or our individual visit Coordinator, Kayle Buscher atbuscherk AT william.jewell DOT edu or at 816-415-7700 or 888-2-JEWELL. Or schedule a visit online.

Additionally, informational group visits occur throughout the year with sessions for both students and parents. Please refer to the Campus Visit page for upcoming events. You are welcome to visit Jewell as often as you like but please remember to register for all group events.

Note: Please keep in mind that Jewell is closed for visits during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day holiday breaks as well as Good Friday, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July.

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Can I get a look at the William Jewell campus on-line?

Yes! For your convenience, we have included a virtual tour of the campus.

What high school courses does Jewell require for admission?

William Jewell College requires applicants to complete a minimum of 15 college prep academic units (as distributed below) in an accredited high school to be eligible for admission. The college further recommends at least an additional four academic electives, particularly one each in math and foreign language.

• 4 units of English - Two units must emphasize composition or writing skills; one unit may be in speech or debate.
• 3 units of mathematics - Algebra I and higher units must be used to meet the requirement.
• 3 units of science - General science is not included; one unit must be a lab science.
• 3 units of social studies
• 2 units of a foreign language
• 4 additional units selected from the areas above

How many students attend Jewell and what is the average class size?

Jewell’s engaged learning environment provides a setting in which faculty members and students know each other by name and even more importantly, faculty members understand the dreams and goals of their students. In fact, professors often understand the potential of their students before the student understands the heights they can achieve. Simply put, at Jewell you’ll personally engage with faculty who are committed to helping you fulfill your potential and achieve success.

Enrollment at Jewell is approximately 1,100 full-time students. The student-faculty ratio is 11:1 and the average class size is 16.

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What majors are offered at William Jewell?

From accounting to theatre, over 44 majors, 22 minors and 9 pre-professional programs offered at William Jewell. Students at Jewell often double major. In fact, as a result of our ACT-In major (a second major offered to all students) a number of William Jewell Students graduate with a triple major. Sounds too good to be true, but it’s not! And you can do it all in 4 years and for the same cost as one major! For a complete listing of academic majors and programs, click here.

Tell me about students who choose to study at Jewell.

Glad you asked! As a Jewell student, you’ll study with a group of talented peers who will encourage you to pursue heights you may not have imagined! You’ll spur one another on to achievement.

The academic profile of the entering class is the strongest of all small private colleges and universities in Missouri and the surrounding states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
Over the last six years, William Jewell College students, with the support of faculty, have earned an impressive number of national and international prestigious and competitive honors, scholarships and fellowships including three Goldwater Scholars, a Marshall Scholar, three Truman Scholars, two USA Today Scholars, a Mitchell Scholar, a James Madison Fellow and a Point Foundation Scholar. Additionally from 2006-2008, Jewell claimed a Fulbright Scholar, two Rhodes Scholar national finalists, a National Institutes of Health Fellow, a George J. Mitchell Scholar, a Council of Independent Colleges American Graduate Fellowship finalist and a Teach for America corps placement.

What are the professors like at Jewell?

The kind of education you’ll receive at Jewell requires faculty who don’t merely lecture and teach facts. Rather, they help students learn to think for themselves which may mean demanding more from them intellectually than they realize they are capable of giving. Jewell faculty are especially good at talent development. They’ll help you identify and acknowledge your own potential and then put you on a path to fulfill it.
 
William Jewell faculty are teachers, researchers, mentors, and yes, friends, who take every opportunity, both in the classroom and beyond, to interact with students and help them reach their goals.

In the past several years, William Jewell has hosted visiting Fulbright Scholars from several nations, including Thailand, Yemen, and Morocco. Sponsored by the United States Department of State, the Fulbright Program provides funding for advanced research and teaching around the world with the aim to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.

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Tell me about Jewell’s Oxbridge Honors Program

Though Jewell provides an honors college environment for all of our students, our Oxbridge Honors Program is one of the most distinctive honors programs in the country. In fact, it’s more like graduate school for undergraduates with a year at Oxford or Cambridge thrown in.

Students admitted to the Oxbridge program go head-to-head with professors in weekly tutorial sessions. Your professor creates your syllabus then you go to work independently. You’ll spend your junior year studying at Oxford or Cambridge. Oxbridgers are bold, self-reliant, independent, headstrong, determined, and adventurous. The program is writing-intense, thought-provoking, and idea-challenging. We don’t recommend it for the faint-of-heart!

Candidates for the Oxbridge Honors Program should have a minimum 28 ACT or 1260 SAT (CR+M) and a 3.75 GPA. Approximately 20 students are accepted into the Oxbridge Program annually. Once admitted to the program you’ll be awarded an automatic scholarship valued at $15,000 annually.

To read more about the Oxbridge Honors Program, click here.

To apply for the Oxbridge Program:

• Complete Jewell's Application for Admission but substitute the Oxbridge Essay for the general essay.
• Send two letters of academic recommendation (please request teacher recommendations).
• Interview with the Oxbridge Committee (if selected for an interview you’ll be notified)
• In weeks following the interview you’ll be notified by the Senior Oxbridge tutor of the decision.

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What leadership training is available?
Jewell is incredibly intentional about helping our students develop their leadership potential. From our co-curricular Pryor Leadership Program, which combines classroom leadership studies with experience-based opportunities like a 15 day outward bound experience to the Florida Everglades, service-learning, and mentor shadowing, to our Non-Profit Leadership major, you'll have plenty of opportunities to build your leadership skills. Additionally, the Tucker Leadership Lab offers high and low ropes course training right on our campus. First-year students with demonstrated leadership skills are invited to participate in the Emerging Leaders Conference which focuses on developing new insights into personal approaches to leadership. You'll graduate from Jewell having developed leadership skills that prepare you to be a leader in your chosen field.

What opportunities for internships does Jewell offer?

William Jewell offers a wide range of internship opportunities throughout the majors. Since our campus is only twenty minutes from Downtown Kansas City, our students have a wide variety of internship opportunities with regional, national and international companies. More information on internships is available from each department's web pages.
 
Does Jewell Offer Study Abroad Opportunities?

Jewell provides remarkable opportunity for students desiring to study abroad. We believe strongly that when students immerse themselves in other cultures their academic experience, personal insight and growth, and ability to understand the world will be broadened and enhanced in positive ways. Approximately one-third of Jewell students study abroad. Typically, overseas study occurs during the fall semester, junior year. However, for certain majors, it may occur earlier. Jewell students choose their study abroad destination from among an ever-growing number of experiences which include both English and non-English speaking programs of study. For the current list of opportunities, please review the following list:

Africa
South Africa  - Cape Town
Morocco - Capetown

Argentina
Buenos Aires

Australia
Melbourne

Austria
Vienna

China
Beijing

Czech Republic
Prague

Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Guayaquil
Quito

France
Nantes
Paris

Germany
Berlin
Freiburg
European Union (Freiburg)

Great Britain
Oxford
Cambridge
Harlaxton

Greece
Athens

Hong Kong

Ireland
Dublin

India
Delhi
Kolkata (Calcutta) 

Italy
Milan
Rome
Siena

Jamaica
Kingston

Japan
Nagoya
Tokyo

Mexico
Cuernavaca
Guadalajara

The Netherlands
Amsterdam

New Zealand
Auckland
Christchurch

Semester At Sea

Spain
Barcelona
Granada
Madrid
Salamanca

Thailand
Chiang Mai

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What role does service learning play in a Jewell education?

Jewell students are intent on making a difference in the world. From local service to service in the greater metropolitan Kansas City area, from across the United States to international service, Jewell students are contributing to the common good. It’s part of the Jewell ethos. It’s at the heart of the Jewell community.

Jewell was among a select group of colleges and universities nationwide recognized for extraordinary community service as part of the first-ever President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Students contributed more than 25,000 hours of service learning and community service in 2006-2007. To learn more, click here.

What about residence life at Jewell?

Jewell is a 4-year residential campus.  Your learning experience at Jewell will extend far beyond the classroom! All of Jewell’s residence halls are unique living-learning communities providing students the opportunity for personal growth and to build incredible life-long friendships. Resident facilities at Jewell include seven residence halls, 4 men’s fraternity houses, and Jewell’s new sorority complex (under construction). First-year female students reside in Melrose Hall and Ely Hall. First-year males live in Eaton Hall. Upper-class residence halls are co-educational by floor. For a complete description of residence halls click here.

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Tell me about athletics at Jewell.

A member of the Heart of America Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Jewell fields teams in men's and women's basketball, track, cross country, tennis, soccer, spirit team, and golf, as well as women's teams in volleyball and softball, and men's teams in football and baseball.
Each year Jewell student athletes excel in the classroom as well as on the field. In 2007 the men's teams notched the highest grade point average in the conference for the fifth consecutive year.

To learn more about individual sports or to contact coaches, click here.

What is campus life like? What do students do for fun outside of class?

Jewell students are very involved outside the classroom! From academic clubs to affinity groups, from student senate to Greek life, you’ll find lots of opportunity to engage or simply relax a bit from your studies. Jewell has over seventy student organizations (thirty-eight nationally affiliated and thirty-three campus-wide organizations) Most students are involved in at least two different organizations.

Our best of both worlds location provides incredible opportunity for just about anything you can imagine in a major metropolitan area! From professional sporting venues to world class cultural events and museums and lots of great dining and shopping, you’ll love your Jewell life beyond the classroom! To learn more about campus organizations, click here.

What about Greek Life at Jewell?

Jewell students have the opportunity go participate in one of 3 nationally affiliated fraternities or 4 nationally affiliated sororities. Approximately 1/3 of Jewell students are Greek. Students currently go through recruitment during the first week of fall semester classes. The Mission of the WJC Greek community is to develop and support our men and women by upholding the core values of the college, emphasizing integrity and excellence through:

• Scholarship
• Leadership
• Responsible community living
• Lifelong brotherhood and sisterhood
• Service to members, college, and community

For more information and to take a look at fraternity housing and/or an artist’s rendering of the new sorority complex, click here.

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Does Jewell have an application deadline?

Jewell has a priority application date of December 1 though we certainly accept applications during the spring months. However, submitting your application and completing the process by December 1 means you’ll have an admission and merit scholarship decision before the holiday break – a great way to begin the final semester of your senior year. To apply at no cost, click here.

I've applied for admission. What's next?

We're glad you've applied to Jewell! Regardless of whether you applied through the Jewell website, submitted a paper application, used the Jewell Premier Application, or applied using the Common Application you'll need to complete the following steps before an admission and merit scholarship decision will be made:

• Be sure to print, complete, and send the Official Transcript Request Form to the Admission Office. The report can be printed from the application webpage. You'll complete the top two sections and your high school counselor will complete the remainder and send the Secondary School Report to The Admission Office along with your transcript. Common Application Users should submit the William Jewell College Common Application Supplement.
• Send an official copy of your ACT or SAT score to the Office of Admission. Official reports include scores received directly from the testing agency or scores reported on your high school transcript. Please send your test score results and/or transcript to: William Jewell College, Office of Admission, 500 College Hill, Liberty, Missouri 64068
• After your completed application, including essay, the Jewell Secondary School Report, transcript, and test score have been received, a final evaluation and admission and merit scholarship decision will be determined.

Your Admission Counselor will notify you of the decision and an official offer of admission and important supporting documents will be sent to you via mail. If you complete the application process by December 1, you'll be notified before Christmas. The average decision time following receipt of all application materials and supporting documents is two weeks. Decisions are made on a rolling basis.

For step by step application instructions please refer to our Apply Now information.

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I’m admitted. What do I do next?

Congratulations on your admission to William Jewell College! You’ve joined a talented group of students who are preparing to begin their own Jewell Journey.

Take a look at the Admitted Student page for a list of next steps you’ll want to be sure you’ve completed.

We understand that choosing the college that is your best fit isn’t a simple decision. As you consider your choices, keep a few things in mind:

• Understand the personal approach that Jewell will take toward your education-be sure you’ve established a relationship with your admission counselor. He or she can be an excellent source of information about opportunities for you at William Jewell College. Discuss your dreams for college and together determine if Jewell is your best-fit.
• William Jewell College is a nationally-ranked liberal arts college and has the distinction of being named Time Magazine’s “Liberal Arts College of the Year in 2002. The 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement revealed that when compared with other institutions surveyed, significantly larger percentages of Jewell students are actively engaged in the learning process: “The implication for estimating collegiate quality is clear. Those institutions that more fully engage their students in the variety of activities that contribute to valued outcomes of college can claim to be of higher quality compared with other colleges and universities where students are less engaged.”
• Our 98% placement rate means whether your goal is graduate school or moving immediately into your career field, you’ll be doing what you love to do upon graduation from Jewell.
• Consider the stories of Jewell Students like Krystle Chase, Joel Bryce, Ryan Florence, and Sarah Smith and the opportunities their Jewell Journey has allowed them to encounter at Jewell and around the world. Opportunities that have prepared them to make their mark. And then know that you can do the same!

I've submitted my Enrollment Confirmation Form and Residence Hall Application and commitment deposit. What do I do next?

After you've submitted your Enrollment Confirmation Form and deposit(refundable through May 1), check the Admitted Student page for a checklist of items to complete. Be sure you've submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and requested that a report be sent to Jewell. Upon receipt of your Student Aid Report the Office of Financial Aid will build a comprehensive aid package that creates funding options for your Jewell education.

• Your financial aid package will be emailed to you. Review, edit and sign, your financial aid award to indicate acceptance of your scholarships, grants, loans or workstudy opportunities. The College begins emailing financial aid packages in mid-February. Questions about aid packages are encouraged. Feel free to discuss your aid package with your admission counselor or the Jewell Office of Financial Aid at 888-2-JEWELL (888-253-9355) option 2.
• Submit the Health History and Immunization Record.
• If you have not yet visited the campus in person, schedule a visit soon. We really want to meet you!
• Be sure to register for Cardinal Day, a very important day in the lives of all new incoming students. At Cardinal Day you'll engage in a number of activities including meeting with a faculty advisor who will assist you in selecting your classes for the fall semester. Space at each of the three Cardinal Days is limited so register early.
• Submit your final transcripts from high school and any college level work completed. Our address is:

Office of Admission
William Jewell College
500 College Hill
Liberty, MO 64068-1896

Contact your roommate in the summer and get excited for the fall!

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What is Jewell's institutional code for the ACT, the SAT, and the FAFSA?
Our ACT code is 2394, our SAT code is 6941 and our FAFSA code is 002524.

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