Mail Your Application

  1. Submit one of the following:

    …and the nonrefundable fee payable to Maria College to:
    Admissions Office
    Maria College
    700 New Scotland Avenue
    Albany, New York, 12208

  2. Arrange for an official transcript of your record (high school, college) to be sent directly to the Admissions Office at the above address.
  3. If not included on your high school transcript, submit official scores for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT-1), New SAT or American College Testing (ACT).
  4. If you have an equivalency diploma, request that the Department of Education send an official certificate to the Admissions Office.
  5. Students who have graduated or been granted an equivalency diploma and have not taken the SAT or ACT will be required to take Maria’s admissions test.  This requirement may be waived if previous college credit gives evidence of proficiency in reading, writing and mathematics; however, Maria College reserves the right to require the admissions test for any student who does not have SAT or ACT scores or who fails to provide adequate evidence of proficiency in the stated areas.
  6. Applicants whose scores fall below 380 math or verbal on the original SAT, or 480 SAT-I verbal or SAT-I 490 (re-centered scale) on the New SAT, are required to take the Maria College placement test.  Applicant scores may necessitate enrollment in remedial courses.
  7. We request that the recommendation form (high school reference report) or for those students not directly out of high school, the returning student reference report, be completed by a guidance counselor, teacher or other professional, and submitted to the Admissions Office.
  8. Autobiographical essay e-mailed to admissions@mariacollege.edu.
  9. An interview will be scheduled when all of the above have been received.  You may contact the Admissions Office at (518) 438-3111, ext. 217, or at admissions@mariacollege.edu.