Admitted Students

All new freshman and transfer students are required to register for Student Orientation Advising & Registration (SOAR). Your undergraduate advising session kicks off your new student experience. At your advising session, you will learn about the advising process, academic resources, and register for classes.

Talk to your academic advisor about taking the online math placement exam and the writing placement exam. If you have transferable college credit in math and English, you might not need to take these so check with your counselor!

Note: It is important to complete your placement exams as it may prevent enrollment in math, English and science courses.

Sign in to myWSU (WSU’s student information system) and review your personal to-do lists for financial aid, orientation, and more.

Have your official transcripts from all colleges and universities sent to:

Office of Admissions
Washington State University Tri-Cities
2710 Crimson Way
Richland, WA 99354-1671

Please note: When ordering an electronic transcript from a school that partners with e-Script Safe, National Student Clearinghouse or Parchment, do not enter an email address. The partner agency will send us your transcript directly.

If your school does not partner with one of the listed agencies, request that your school mail a sealed official transcript to the address above.

Every WSU student has an official WSU e-mail address that is available to them. People at WSU will use this official WSU e-mail address to correspond with you.

Once accepted to WSU and after making your advance payment on tuition you will receive an email notification regarding the creation of your WSU student email account. This notification should arrive within two business days of making your advance payment and will contain your new e-mail address and provide instructions for activating your WSU student e-mail account.

Note: It is important to activate your WSU e-mail account as soon as possible. This e-mail address will automatically be set as your primary e-mail account. You won’t want to miss out on important communication!