Application Options

• Apply online! Just login here to start. Don't worry, you can do a little, save your work, and come back later. We waive the $50 application fee for online applicants.
  
  
• We welcome the Common Application, too.
  We accept it online (fee waived) or on paper ($50 application fee). We also require a supplement to the Common Application; see our Common Application instructions page for the online and paper versions of our supplement.
  
  
• If you prefer to apply on paper, use the Common Application (see above). Students who apply using a paper application must pay the $50 application processing fee.

Other application information

More than 60 students transfer to Lewis & Clark from other colleges each year. Go to the transfer page to get special instructions and download the additional forms required to apply as a transfer student.

If you are an international student and would like to join approximately 150 other Lewis & Clark students from six continents and more than 50 countries, go to our International Students page, for your application instructions.

The admissions essay is turned in as part of your application. However, because we encourage you to begin writing your essay as soon as possible, we also include the instructions here.

Our Portfolio Path to admission is an alternative application option for students who would like to provide additional application materials in lieu of standardized testing.

If you have submitted your application and received your student ID number and PIN via snail-mail, you can check your file here.

Many students wonder exactly what we're looking for in an applicant, and what happens to applications once they are submitted. Read and learn!

Are you a high school student earning college credits? Please read over our policy regarding college credit earned prior to high school graduation.

Interviews are an optional part of the application process. Read the top ten questions about Lewis & Clark College interviews if you're wondering how, where, and if you should schedule an interview.

If you applied to Lewis & Clark within the past two years and did not enroll, your application materials are still on file in our office. Contact us at 800-444-4111 if you are interested in re-applying to Lewis & Clark.