Linfield University supplemental essays
Yes, but every one is optional. Linfield University prints one supplemental essay in 2026-27 and requires none of them. Common App, Linfield application, Niche Direct Admission. Personal statement optional (250-650 words).
That is one supplement plus the Common App personal statement: at most two pieces of writing in all. Early Action closes November 1, 2026 (priority) and Regular Decision closes February 1, 2027 (priority). Every Linfield University prompt is printed on this page in full, with its word limit and who has to answer it, checked against the college’s own admissions page.
Deadlines
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Early Action | November 1, 2026 (priority) |
| Regular Decision | February 1, 2027 (priority) |
Checked against catalog.linfield.edu/admission-policies/mcminnville-campus/undergraduate-programs/first-year-students/application-procedure. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
The essays, 2026-27
Optional · cannot exceed 200 words (or 1,000 characters including spaces and tabs)
Common Application and Linfield-application applicants must respond to all questions on the Linfield University Member Page (Common Application) or contained in the application (Linfield application).
Linfield's 2026-27 catalog names this short-answer requirement and its word limit but does not print the question text on Linfield's own site. Third-party guides (not Linfield's domain) describe a past cycle's version as a roommate-themed question; that text is not used here because it is not confirmed first-party for 2026-27.
Your Linfield University checklist
One supplement, optional. The first deadline, Early Action, is November 1, 2026 (priority).
- Common App personal statementOptional250-650 words
- SupplementOptional
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Getting into Linfield University
Linfield University admits 85.2% of applicants. In the federal admissions survey it reports that SAT and ACT scores are neither required nor recommended.
About 9 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 1,621 undergraduates.
US Department of Education, College Scorecard (2026-09-17). Percentiles describe students who enrolled, not everyone admitted.
- Does Linfield University require the SAT or ACT?
- Not according to the federal admissions survey, where Linfield University reports that SAT and ACT scores are neither required nor recommended. Read that as "not required" rather than "never looked at": the survey lags real policy by a cycle or more, and some colleges carrying this flag have since brought testing back while others genuinely ignore scores altogether. Check Linfield University's own admissions page before deciding whether to sit or send a test, and treat that page as the answer where the two disagree. Either way, grades and course load are doing most of the work here.
- What GPA do you need for Linfield University?
- The honest answer is that the federal data behind this page does not contain one. Colleges report their admit rate and their enrolled students' test scores to the Department of Education; they do not report a GPA distribution, so any site quoting an exact average GPA for Linfield University is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that Linfield University admits 85.2% of applicants, and the more selective a college is, the closer to the top of the class its admitted students sit and the more the strength of your course load counts alongside the number itself.
- How hard is it to get into Linfield University?
- Linfield University admits 85.2% of the people who apply, which is about 9 in 10 applicants. Numbers inside the reported range put you in a real position here, and the application itself decides the rest.
What Linfield University costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
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Linfield University essay questions, answered
- Does Linfield University have supplemental essays?
- Yes, but every one is optional. Linfield University prints one supplemental essay in 2026-27 and requires none of them. Every prompt is printed in full on this page.
- How many essays do you write for Linfield University in 2026-27?
- One supplement, plus the Common App personal statement if you choose to send it.
Schools with similar admit rates
Linfield University admits 85.2% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: Michigan State University (84.8%), Ohio University (85.0%), Butler University (85.1%), University of Cincinnati (85.3%), University of Northern Colorado (85.9%), University of Utah (86.0%).