Lafayette College offers three general Open Houses in the fall, which will include presentations, panels, tours and lunch. Additionally, we have organized a special open house for rising sophomores and juniors who want to get an early start on the college search process. This event will take place on campus on Thursday, August 25, 2009. Click here and page down for more information about the Open Houses and A Look at Lafayette: www.lafayette.edu/admissions

The day’s activities will include the following:

An Introduction to Lafayette
A Student Panel
A Student-Led Tour of Campus
An Opportunity to Attend Classes
Lunch in the Student Dining Room
A Talk by Amina DeBurst, Assistant Director of Intercultural Development

Registration Form

Please go to the MVD website at http://www.lafayette.edu/admissions/multicultural.html and complete the form to register for the Multicultural Visit Day.

Lafayette College offers three general Open Houses in the fall, which will include presentations, panels, tours and lunch. Additionally, we have organized a special open house for rising sophomores and juniors who want to get an early start on the college search process. This event will take place on campus on Thursday, August 25, 2009. Click here and page down for more information about the Open Houses and A Look at Lafayette: www.lafayette.edu/admissions

Lafayette College offers three general Open Houses in the fall, which will include presentations, panels, tours and lunch. Additionally, we have organized a special open house for rising sophomores and juniors who want to get an early start on the college search process. This event will take place on campus on Thursday, August 25, 2009. Click here and page down for more information about the Open Houses and A Look at Lafayette: www.lafayette.edu/admissions

High school juniors and their parents looking to jump start the college admissions process and begin to discover The Lafayette Experience are invited to campus on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

The day is designed to provide an overview of Lafayette and help you prepare for the college search and application process. Below is an approximate schedule for the day's events. Detailed schedules will be available at registration.

Marquis Scholars receive $16,000 a year ($64,000 over four years) or full grants instead of any loans to meet their financial need.

Scholarship recipients typically have the following profile: top 3-4 percent of their graduating class in the most demanding curriculum available, with SAT mid-50 percent range of 1390-1480. Characteristics vary slightly from year to year, depending upon the strength of the College’s applicant pool.

All students who apply to Lafayette are considered for the program, based on the above criteria, though the program is limited to U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents. The scholarship is renewed each year at Lafayette provided the student maintains a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00. Students who are also requesting need-based financial aid must file the CSS Profile and other documents by the deadlines.

First-year students selected for an academic scholarship receive an official letter of notification in March.

Students who have decided that Lafayette is the college of their choice may request early consideration of their application under the Early Decision Plan. Decisions on such applications normally are made within 30 days of receipt of your completed application forms.

Applicants admitted under the Plan must withdraw applications to other institutions. Lafayette guarantees to meet the demonstrated financial need of students admitted under the Early Decision Plan who adhere to the following criteria for consideration.

Early-decision candidates who apply for financial aid are required to file the CSS Profile with estimated information as early as October 1, but no later than two weeks after filing the admissions application, and must also file the FAFSA by February 15, 2008. Copies of 2006 tax returns, W-2 schedules, and any supplements are required for the initial determination of need. Signed copies of 2007 tax returns along with schedules and W-2s for both student and parent(s) must be mailed to the financial aid office by March 15, 2008.

The Early Decision Plan agreement is mailed with Lafayette's official application packet. Students who apply for Early Decision using the Common Application should mark the appropriate box on page 1 of the form. The application deadline is January 1.

After submitting their application, regular-decision students may change their application to Early Decision until February 15. For students who apply for regular decision, notification is sent on or about April 1. Reply must be made by May 1.

No Early Decision applications are considered before November 1. Early Decision candidates who are applying for financial aid must submit the CSS profile within two weeks of filing their applications.