• When filling out an application, select "Returning Students" under your student type. See more notes HERE.

• Please view our Harper Promise website for more information!

• Make sure to follow this Senior Year Timeline

• You MUST submit an application (or update your Dual Credit application - see above) by December 15th!

• You MUST submit your FAFSA by May 15th (earlier is better!).

• If you have already applied as a dual credit student, apply as a "Returning Student." There should be no fee asked for at the end.

• All other applicants, please see Mr. Chiakulas or Mrs. Anne for a fee waiver code!

• More info coming!

• NOTE: Harper wants 2nd semester transcripts especially. Make sure to request a mid-year transcript in SchooLinks. This should be sent after 1st semester senior year (aka, your 7th semester transcript). (So, early February of senior year.) More info coming. 

• Download your score report from your College Board (SAT) or ACT Student login and attach in an e-mail to processing@harpercollege.edu 

• If you listed Harper College as a recipient when you registered for the ACT or SAT, you can skip this step.

• Once your application is reviewed, you will be e-mailed a login for your MyHarper portal. 

• Follow Harper College's STEPS TO ENROLL for next steps that pertain to you.

  • Examples:

    • MyHarper portal login

    • Admissions meetings

    • Financial aid and scholarships

    • Placement testing

    • Orientation

    • Academic Advising

    • Course Registration

• Harper College Financial Aid Checklist

• Harper Financial Aid Workshops and Application Assistance

If Harper College does not offer the certificate or degree program you are interested in, you can request to attend a different community college in Illinois for the price of that school's in-district tuition through a joint agreement. Students would apply to both colleges and submit a joint agreement form to Harper College.

• CLICK HERE for the joint agreement form.