# Undergraduate Admission

**Source**: https://admission.brown.edu/rue/eligibility-requirements
**Parent**: https://admission.brown.edu/rue

Undergraduate Admission

# Eligibility Requirements for RUE Applicants

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# Eligibility Requirements for RUE Applicants

- Applicants must have earned a high school diploma or equivalent and have been out of high school for six or more years by the time of proposed enrollment at Brown.
- Individuals who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree or have substantially more than two years of full-time college experience are not eligible for the program.
- Applicants with **little or no college experience** are considered RUE first-year applicants. Evidence of some college-level or postsecondary work is not required, but strongly encouraged.
- Those with one to **two years of college credits** are considered RUE transfer applicants.
- Please note that U.S. military veterans are highly encouraged to apply using Brown's specialized [Veterans Application.](https://admission.brown.edu/veterans/application-details)

## Start Your Application

RUE applicants complete the RUE application, not the Common Application. The application is available October 1 for prospective entrance in the fall of the following year. The annual application deadline for the RUE program is March 2 for entrance in September, 2026.

[Apply for the RUE Program](http://apply.college.brown.edu/apply)