Oakland University supplemental essays
Yes, but every one is optional. Oakland University prints one supplemental essay in 2026-27 and requires none of them. Oakland University's own application.
That is one piece of writing in all; Oakland University takes no personal statement. Every Oakland 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 |
|---|---|
| Rolling admission | March 1, 2027 scholarship priority deadline |
Checked against www.oakland.edu/futurestudents/apply/freshmen. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
The essays, 2026-27
Optional
Oakland University invites an optional admission essay.
OU's freshman-admission page says only: "While an essay is optional, interested students may choose to include an essay for consideration." No prompt topic or word limit is published.
Your Oakland University checklist
One supplement, optional. There is no fixed deadline: applications are read as they arrive (March 1, 2027 scholarship priority deadline).
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Getting into Oakland University
Oakland University admits 87.8% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1030-1230 on the SAT.
About 9 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 12,351 undergraduates.
| Enrolled students | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT total | 1030 | 1120 | 1230 |
| SAT reading and writing | 540 | 570 | 640 |
| SAT math | 490 | 550 | 590 |
What SAT score do you need for Oakland University?
A 1230 puts you in the top quarter of the students who enrolled, a 1120 at their midpoint, and a 1030 at the bottom quarter, meaning one in four enrolled students scored below it. A quarter of an enrolled class scoring under the 25th percentile is not a rounding error, so a score below the range is a reason to strengthen the rest of the application rather than a reason not to apply.
US Department of Education, College Scorecard (2026-09-17). Percentiles describe students who enrolled, not everyone admitted. SAT totals are the reading and math bands added together, which is how every source in this market reports them and is an approximation of about 10 to 20 points, because the two sections are correlated.
- What SAT score do you need for Oakland University?
- Oakland University sets no minimum. Among students who enrolled, the middle 50% scored 1030-1230 on the SAT: a 1030 sits at the 25th percentile, 1120 at the median and 1230 at the 75th. A score at or above 1230 is a clear strength in the application; below 1030 it is the part of the file the rest has to make up for. These are the figures Oakland University reports to the US Department of Education, released in the College Scorecard of 2026-09-17.
- What GPA do you need for Oakland 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 Oakland University is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that Oakland University admits 87.8% 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 Oakland University?
- Oakland University admits 87.8% 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 Oakland University costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
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Oakland University essay questions, answered
- Does Oakland University have supplemental essays?
- Yes, but every one is optional. Oakland 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 Oakland University in 2026-27?
- One supplement, plus the Oakland University's own application personal statement.
Schools with similar admit rates
Oakland University admits 87.8% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: George Mason University (87.5%), University of Nebraska–Lincoln (87.5%), Roger Williams University (87.7%), Georgia Southern University (87.9%), Montclair State University (87.9%), Illinois State University (88.1%).