Admissions

Students must meet test and grade point average criteria to attend UHS. Students cannot enroll in UHS as a neighborhood school or through Open Enrollment. The TUSD Assessment and Evaluation Department (A&E), not UHS, handles the admission process. Current TUSD students do not have submit an application. Students not currently attending a TUSD school must submit an application before testing.  UHS does not accept mid-year transfers, incoming Seniors or international students applying as exchange students.

Criteria for admission to grades 9 and 10:

Score 7, 8 or 9 on the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) (23-29 points).  Obtain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in core subjects (English, math, science, and social studies, 22-36 points).  Combined points from test and GPA must total at least 50 for admissions offer.

Criteria for admission to grade 11:

The transcript must show successful completion of a rigorous program of studies.  Students must show college readiness with a PSAT/SAT score of 1200 (ACT score of 25) or equivalent indicator of college readiness.

Testing 

The CogAT test is a timed multiple-choice test with verbal, quantitative, and non-verbal batteries. It is an assessment of learned reasoning skills, not of achievement or intelligence. Students must test during one of the scheduled testing days and may not re-test for a given admission year.

Grades

Parents of non-TUSD students are required to submit grades to the Assessment & Evaluation Department or by email to UHS Admissions  Photographs of grades are not accepted.

Communicating decisions

The Assessment and Evaluation Department will mail results/qualification status letters. All students with a combined (CogAT+GPA) score of 50 points or more will be offered admission to University High School.

For more information

• Admissions — email Dr. Dynah Oviedo 
  UHS Admissions office is located at 102 N. Plumer Ave., Tucson AZ 85719
• UHS curriculum, programs, extracurricular activities, tours, and events — email Ms. Katrina Messing
• Transportation — email Ms. Martina Kimball

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