Application Materials Information Form

ACT/SAT Scores

ACT AND/OR SAT SCORE REPORTS
All applicants must submit complete scores from at least one ACT or SAT testing session. STEPP accepts both the ACT and the SAT and has no preference regarding which test you take.
If you have taken the ACT and/or SAT more than once, we encourage you to submit scores from all your test sessions. Our Admissions Committee uses “Superscores” (combining your highest section scores across multiple testings) and considers trends or progress that may be reflected when multiple scores are available.
There are two components to this requirement:
Part 1 – Online Form

• The first step is to answer the questions about your ACT and/or SAT testing in the College Admission Testing section of the Application Materials Information Form.
• The form will ask you for the approximate dates (month and year) of your ACT and/or SAT and ask you a series of questions about your accommodations on those tests.
• The form will tell you whether you need to complete the next step based on your answers.

Part 2 – Submit Your ACT/SAT Score Report
The second step is to submit a copy of your ACT and/or SAT score report.
The STEPP Program cannot accept score reports directly from the SAT or ACT testing services. Scores sent to ECU by the testing services go to the Admissions Office; the STEPP Program cannot access those records. Thus, you must send your score reports directly to STEPP as part of your application packet.

• Since we cannot accept official scores through the standard reporting procedure, we accept unofficial score reports in various formats. Most applicants submit either a scanned copy of the score report they received or a PDF of the online score report.
• The score report you submit must include all the following information: your full name, the date of the test, and all your scores from that testing session (including the total/composite and each section or sub score).

Your score report must be submitted electronically as a PDF file. There are two options for this:

• You can upload the file directly within the Application Materials Form when you complete it in part 1; or
• You can have your school submit the file via the Application Materials Upload Form for Educators.

ACT/SAT Accommodations Documentation

There are two components to this requirement:
Part 1 – Online Form

• The first step is to answer the questions about your ACT and/or SAT accommodations in the College Admission Testing section of the Application Materials Information Form.
• The form will ask you for the approximate dates (month and year) of your ACT and/or SAT tests and ask you a series of questions about your accommodations on those tests.
• The form will tell you whether you need to complete the next step based on your answers.

Part 2 – Submit Documentation
The second step is to submit the documentation of your ACT and/or SAT accommodations. Your documentation must be submitted electronically as a PDF file. There are two options for this:

• You can upload the file directly within the Application Materials Form when you complete it in part 1; or
• You can have your school submit the file via the Application Materials Upload Form for Educators.

It does not matter which of these options you choose. When you complete the College Admission Testing section of the Application Materials Information Form, you will be given the option to either upload the file at that time or to select or “My school will upload this item instead.”
Required Documentation to Submit

• If you did not request accommodations for your ACT or SATs, you only need to complete part 1. The online form will confirm this when you answer the College Admission Testing section questions.
• If you requested accommodations but were denied, please submit either the denial letter /documentation provided by the testing service or a brief written description of the situation.
• If you were approved to use accommodations for any of your testing sessions:
  • Please submit a copy of the official notification you received from the College Board (SAT) or the ACT testing service.
  • The appropriate documentation to submit might be an “Eligibility Letter” (SAT) or a “Decision Notification” (ACT).
  • The documentation you submit must include your full name and a list of the accommodations you were approved to receive.

If you received accommodations for both the SAT and the ACT, you must submit the corresponding documentation from both testing services (even if both testing services approved the same accommodations).
If you have taken either test more than once… (i.e., you took the SAT more than once or you took the ACT more than once):

• and received the same accommodations for each session: You only need to send in one set of documentation.
• and received different accommodations for each session. Please submit documentation.

If you do not have a copy of the necessary documentation, we recommend contacting your school (or other test administrator) to request a copy of the approval notification they received from the testing service. If your school or test administrator cannot provide this documentation, you may need to request a copy of your accommodations approval directly from the testing service.
If you were approved to use accommodations for a testing session but did not use those accommodations, please submit a brief written description of the situation.

Current Psychoeducational Evaluation or Re-Evaluation

There are two components to this requirement:
Part 1 – Online Form

• The first step is to answer the questions about your evaluations in the Psychoeducational Evaluations section of the Application Materials Information Form.
• The form will ensure that STEPP has accurate information about the evaluation(s) you will be submitting and any upcoming re-evaluations you have scheduled.

Part 2 – Submit Documentation
The second step is to submit your evaluation. There are two options for this:

• You can upload the file directly within the Application Materials Form when you complete it in part 1; or
• You can have your school submit the file via the Application Materials Upload Form for Educators.

Required Documentation to Submit

The evaluation you submit must be current and comprehensive to fulfill the application requirements. If your available evaluations do not meet the following criteria, please refer to the information on the next page* for further instructions.
To be considered “current,” an evaluation must be from approximately the past three years.

• For students applying to the 2026 cohort, evaluations conducted in January 2022 or later will generally be considered current.
• Slightly older evaluations (e.g., those conducted in 2020 or 2021) may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. However, evaluations from before 2020 (e.g., those more than five years old) will generally not be acceptable.

To be considered “comprehensive,” an evaluation must meet specific criteria:

• These criteria include complete aptitude and achievement testing scores, a diagnosis, and recommended academic accommodations.

ECU Disability Support Services (DSS) documentation guidelines: https://accessibility.ecu.edu/students/documentation-guidelines/

If you have more than one current evaluation, we recommend submitting both or all of them. This applies to any evaluation relevant to your academic/educational functioning or disability supports (e.g., psychoeducational, psychological, neuropsychological, educational, speech-language, medical, psychiatric, occupational therapy, etc.).

Please be aware that STEPP sometimes requests previous evaluations (in addition to the current evaluation) to develop a more comprehensive understanding of an applicant’s profile. If you have been evaluated more than once within the past six years (from 6th grade to the present), we recommend submitting your previous evaluation(s) along with your current evaluation.

Before submitting your evaluation, please double-check that all the pages are present, including any score reports or tables appended to the end of the report. STEPP often receives evaluations that are missing pages simply because it’s easy to skip a page when accidentally copying or scanning these documents.

If your available evaluations do not meet STEPP’s criteria…

Complete the Psychoeducational Evaluations section of the Application Materials Info Form.
Submit your available evaluations (as described above) for STEPP to review.
However, please be aware that STEPP cannot waive the current and comprehensive evaluation requirement. We will review any evaluations you submit to determine whether they will be sufficient; however, you need to proceed with the application process with the understanding that we may be unable to move forward without updated testing.
If you were approved to use accommodations for a testing session but did not use those accommodations, please submit a brief written description of the situation.

… but you will be reevaluated before July 2025:

• Complete the Psychoeducational Evaluations section of the Application Materials Info Form and include the date of your upcoming reevaluation.
  Submit your available evaluations (as described above) as a placeholder for STEPP to review.
• After completing your new evaluation, submit the new report to STEPP as soon as it is available.

… and you will not be reevaluated before July 2025:

• Complete the Psychoeducational Evaluations section of the Application Materials Info Form.
  Submit your available evaluations (as described above) for STEPP to review.
  However, please be aware that STEPP cannot waive the current and comprehensive evaluation requirement. We will review any evaluations you submit to determine whether they will be sufficient; however, you need to proceed with the application process with the understanding that we may be unable to move forward without updated testing.

Teacher Recommendation Forms

Required Recommendations

• Two (2) recommendation forms are required.
• Both required recommendations must come from teachers who have taught you in a core academic subject class within the past three years and are very familiar with your academic abilities.
  • Core academic subjects: English, math, science, foreign language, and social studies (history, civics, government, economics, etc.)
• You must submit recommendations from two different subject areas.
• You may substitute a recommendation from an Exceptional Children (Special Education) teacher for one of your two required recommendations.
  • This recommendation must come from someone who has either taught you in a curriculum assistance course (or similar learning support course) or co-taught you in a core academic course.
  • EC case managers, academic coaches, and other educators who have not been your classroom teachers will be considered supplemental recommendations. They will not count as one of your two required recommendations.

Additional & Supplemental Recommendations
You are welcome to submit additional recommendations from core academic teachers.
You may also submit supplemental recommendations from:

• Teachers who have taught you in non-core classes such as fine arts, health, physical education, technology, career/technical education, or any other elective courses. ]
• Individuals who have worked closely with you in a non-teaching capacity, such as a school/guidance counselor, case manager, tutor, coach, advisor, psychologist, employer, etc.

STEPP will review a maximum of seven recommendations. (Most applicants submit 3-4 recommendations.)

Submitting Recommendations
All recommendations (required/core and additional/supplemental) must be submitted online via the STEPP Program Recommendation Form.
All the instructions your references will need are included in the online form.

What applicants need to do:
Share the link to the recommendation form with each person recommending you. Complete and submit the Recommendations section of the online Application Materials Information form. This is where you will tell STEPP, who will provide your recommendations.
Please note that the link to the recommendation form is for the people recommending you. You need to share that link with them, but do not fill out any part of that form yourself. The only recommendations-related info you need to submit directly to STEPP is included in your Application Materials Information form.

Other Info about Recommendations
Your teachers and other references are welcome to submit a letter along with their forms, and they can upload a letter to the online form. However, recommendation letters without an accompanying form will not be considered. If any part of the Recommendation Form is left blank or rated “unable to judge” by your core academic teachers, the STEPP Program may require you to submit further recommendations from other core academic teachers.

After you submit the applicant profile form, you will receive an email with the link to your Application Materials Info Form.