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If you would like to attend Sarah Lawrence for your sophomore, junior or senior year, yet receive your degree from your home campus, you may apply as a guest. This option is often attractive to students interested in pursuing disciplines that are especially strong at Sarah Lawrence. Others come to engage one-to-one with master teachers in Sarah Lawrence's distinctive educational plan or to avail themselves of the campus's proximity to New York City.

During their year at Sarah Lawrence, guest students have full access to our courses and typically earn 30 credits. Guest students may choose to live on campus on a space-available basis. We recommend you discuss a guest year with your academic adviser or appropriate dean since policies regarding the transfer of credit vary among institutions.

Credit/Class Standing for Guests

While the admission office utilizes college transcripts for evaluating an applicant's candidacy, the registrar's office makes all determinations regarding transferable credit and class standing. Typically, enrolling guests receive final confirmation of their status after entering Sarah Lawrence. However, knowing that credit/class standing can have direct bearing on a student's decision to apply, our Registrar's Office is able to provide preliminary evaluations at any time during the process (914.395.2301).

Financial Aid for Guests

Financial aid is not available for guest students.

Guest Application Schedules

September Entrance

The application deadline is March 1. Applications received after March 1 may be considered on a space-available basis.

January Entrance

The application deadline is November 1. Applications received after November 1 may be considered on a space-available basis.

Guest Required Credentials:

1. The Transfer Common Application and $60 application fee or fee waiver (Note: The Common Application may also be filed online).
2. The Sarah Lawrence College Common Application Supplement with "learning essay" and analytical paper.
3. College Official's Report. This report is a required part of your application and is to be completed by a dean of your home campus. If you feel that your high school counselor can provide a more useful evaluation, you may also file a School Report.
4. A final high school transcript.
5. A transcript of all college work through the term most recently completed.
6. Two Teacher/Faculty Evaluations. These should be completed by college faculty in academic subjects. If you wish to submit supplementary teacher recommendations, you may have additional teachers fill out the form or write on college stationery.
7. Applicants for whom English is not the first language should take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A score of 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based) or 100 (Internet-based) is the minimum acceptable score. Limited, need-based financial aid is available to international students (holders of non-U.S. passports).