Seattle Public Schools

High School, Postsecondary, and Career Planning

Washington Guaranteed Admissions Program

Seattle School District has partnered with the Washington Guaranteed Admissions Program (WAGAP) to support our graduating seniors with guaranteed admissions to attend seven Washington state four-year colleges and universities. This program is for guaranteed college admissions only and does not include college financial support. The partnership improves our current efforts to meet the college and career goals of our students and to increase college access.

What is WAGAP?

The Washington Guaranteed Admissions Program (WAGAP) allows guaranteed admissions to attend any of these Washington public, four-year colleges or universities: Central Washington UniversityEastern Washington UniversityThe Evergreen State CollegePacific Lutheran UniversityUniversity of Washington TacomaWashington State University and Western Washington University

Students who meet the criteria or are on track to meet the criteria by fall of their graduation year are guaranteed admission to all seven participating institutions. To be eligible:

  • Families must decline permission to allow the district to share student information with these colleges and universities if they do not wish to participate in the program (see below)
  • Students earn and maintain a 3.0 GPA
  • Students meet these College Academic Distribution Requirement courses (CADRs), which are required courses students must take in high school to be eligible to be admitted to college
    • Students should continue to work with high school teachers, counselors, and other staff to ensure they’re on track to graduate from high school and meet the requirements for this guaranteed college admissions program.
    • Students are encouraged to engage in challenging high school coursework and maintain their high school GPA during their senior year to meet the guaranteed admission criteria.

How to Apply

When its time to apply for college, students and families complete and submit the official application for admission, complete and submit additional requirements identified by the college or university, and apply for student financial aid.

Opt-Out Process

Students are automatically opted in to the WAGAP Program. If you would like to opt-out of the program and decline to share your information, please complete the WAGAP opt-out form in your Start of School packet.

More Information

For more information about the WAGAP program please visit the WAGAP Website.