Northern Illinois University

Undergraduate Admissions

Monitor Application Status on MyNIU

After submitting your application materials, you will receive an acknowledgment e-mail from NIU Admissions, typically within 72 hours of receiving your online application, or within 2 weeks of receiving a mailed application. 

  • The e-mail will acknowledge receipt of your application and contain information and instructions on how to access your MyNIU account.  If you do not have an e-mail address, you will be mailed an application acknowledgement letter with the MyNIU instructions and procedures.
  • If you access MyNIU prior to receiving your acknowledgement e-mail or letter, your information may not yet be available in the system. 
  • You can check your application status and review your application file information online, from start to final decision, using MyNIU once you learn how to Access MyNIU.
  • Updates are continuously added as received, some college determinations require extensive review time, and all admissions decisions involve processing time before being posted to MyNIU.  Be patient and continue to monitor your MyNIU pages for status updates through a final decision on a daily/weekly basis.
  • Applicants receiving an admission offer decision, confirm plans to attend NIU at
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