Guaranteed Admissions Program
Bellevue School District is excited to continue our participation in WA GAP, the Washington Guaranteed Admissions Program. Through WA GAP qualifying Bellevue School District seniors will receive guaranteed admission to six Washington colleges and universities. Guaranteed admission is not free admission. Participating colleges and universities are:
- Central Washington University
- Eastern Washington University
- The Evergreen State College
- Washington State University
- Western Washington University
- University of Washington-Tacoma
To qualify, students must meet the GPA requirement and be on track to meet College Academic Distribution Requirements or ‘CADR’ by fall of their senior year.
- Minimum of 3.0 GPA
- CADR are specific to Math, English, Science, Social Studies, World Languages and Fine Arts, and include number of credits and types of courses taken in each area. For specific information about CADR, please visit the BSD Course Catalog
In addition to WA GAP, Bellevue School District has established guaranteed admissions partnerships with Pacific Lutheran University and Saint Martin’s University. Guaranteed admission for Saint Martin’s University uses the same requirements as WA GAP. Pacific Lutheran University requires a 3.3 cumulative GPA, and completion of Algebra 2 or higher by the end of junior year.
Contact information of qualifying Seniors who have the release of information for ‘Institutions of Higher Learning?’ checked as ‘Yes’ in Synergy ParentVUE is submitted to the WA Guaranteed Admissions Program in September. Students will begin receiving communication directly from participating colleges and universities. Students who are not eligible for GAP are encouraged to apply through the general admissions process, which uses a holistic review to determine eligibility for admission.
There are several time frames for districts to submit the information of qualifying seniors. If you have not allowed your student’s information to be released to universities (checked ‘No’), your student’s data will not be included in the September data submission. If you would like to allow your student’s information above to be released to universities participating in GAP, please change the release option to ‘Yes’ by October 15 to be included in the next data submission.
To verify or change the release option for your student, go to ParentVUE. Changes can be made in the ‘Data Verification’ setting.
Video instructions for the Data Verification Process