Apply by Mail

In keeping with Daemen Colleges commitment to environmental sustainablity, we encourage you to complete and submit your application online.  However, if you would like to apply by mail, you can download a copy of the application and send it to:
 
Daemen College
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226

Either application listed below can be used to apply to Daemen College. 

Daemen College Printable Undergraduate Application
Common Application Printable Undergraduate Application 

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Your application

Apply online or through the mail.  

Your transcript

Please have your high school and/or college send an official copy of your transcript to Daemen College Admissions.  Be sure to include your test scores, if you plan to have them reviewed.

Your counselor recommendation

Please have your counselor complete the recommendation section of the application.

Application Fee

Submit your $25 check or money order payable to Daemen College (fee waived for applications submitted online).

Personal Essay

Please write an untimed essay of at least 250 words or an untimed graded paper of at least 250 words on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed.  This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself.      

    *Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
      *Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
      *Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
      *Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
     *A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.

Short Statement

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extra curricular activities or work experiences (150 words or fewer).

For Test Optional

Please provide transcripts including grade performance and rigor of courses selected, extracurricular activities, class rank, a writing sample and counselor or teacher recommendation.  If you do not identify your application as test optional, we will assume you would like your test scores to be considered for your application review.

Core Competencies

The core comprises required courses for all students, regardless of major, and it is designed to strengthen the student's abilities to become intellectually curious, to acquire professional rewards, to become responsible citizens and to deal with change and uncertainty.

World of Opportunity Wizard

Wow! Did you know Daemen students travel to help people in need!

Health Care Studies Professor Justine Tutuska, accompanied by her students, traveled to the Dominican Republic to work on Public Health Issues and school building.

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Student Profiles

Chelsea Foss

Chelsea Foss

Physical Therapy

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Chelsea Foss had two important criteria to narrow down her college search. The school had to be in the Northeastern United States, and it had to have a physical therapy program. The Holden, Maine native aspired to become a practicing physical therapist with a specialization in pediatric care, and she chose Daemen College to help her reach her professional goals.