Applying to Haverford: Special Student Admission
If you would like to take a class at Haverford as a part-time, non-degree-seeking student, you may wish to apply as a Special Student.
Please read the following information before printing and completing the Special Student application.
Eligibility
You’re eligible to be a special student if you are a high school student or older and wish to take a class (one per semester maximum) at Haverford. Admission is for one course at a time; a new application must be filed for each term. The program is not available to students on school probation (academic or otherwise) or students wishing to retake courses failed at other institutions. Special Students are not candidates for degrees at Haverford, but they participate fully in the courses in which they are enrolled, receive academic credit for satisfactory performance, and receive official transcripts. Campus housing is not available to special students.
Available Classes
All classes are available except those:
• specifically excluded in the registration materials
• with limited enrollment (unless under-enrolled)
• labeled independent study or project courses (usually numbered 400-499)
• where the professor requested no special students
Cost of Attendance (2012-2013)
One class costs $5,415, not including books or supplies. Tuition remission is available to full-time Haverford employees and to the spouses of full-time Haverford faculty and senior administrative staff. (The children of full-time Haverford employees are eligible as well, but only if they are willing to exchange one year of their tuition remission benefit for each class taken – very few find this an appealing trade.) Part-time and temporary employees are not eligible for tuition remission; please refer to the Staff Handbook for benefit information. Financial aid is not otherwise available for special students.
First-Year, Transfer and Guest Applicants
If you want to be a First-Year Student, a Transfer Student (fall only), or a full-time Guest Student for a semester or an entire year, you must use a different application.
International Applicants
If English is not your first language, we recommend that you take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Haverford code #2289. Please see www.toefl.org for more information.
Application Checklist and Deadlines
Please use this checklist to ensure that you’ve mailed everything that is needed for your application by December 15 (for spring enrollment) or July 31 (for fall enrollment). We’ll notify you of our decision as soon as possible.
You should send:
• Special Student Application
You should ask others to send:
• College transcript or, if none, secondary school transcript with attached test results (SAT or ACT and any SAT Subject Tests you have taken)
• Secondary school students: permission letter from school official if the course meets during school hours
• Haverford employees only: permission letter from supervisor if the course meets during work hours