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A transfer student is one who has attended another college or university in a fall, winter, or spring term after graduating from high school or passing a GED or state high school equivalency test. Technical courses do not transfer to SWAU and are not used to determine student classification at SWAU. Transfer students may be admitted in any semester.

Admission Procedures for Transfer Students:

1. Complete and return an application to the Admissions Office. To receive Federal financial aid transfer students must indicate on the application when they graduated from high school or passed a GED or state high school equivalency test.
2. Submit an official undergraduate transcript from each college or university the student has attended.  Students who have completed less than 12 semester hours of transferrable college credit (refer to Transfer Credit in Academics section of Bulletin for details) must submit an official high school transcript showing graduation.  Transfer students with less than 12 transferrable semester hours who were home schooled or did not graduate from high school must submit an official GED or other state issued high school equivalency diploma. Transfer students who were home schooled or did not graduate from high school must submit an official GED or other state issued high school equivalency diploma.

Any student who has not completed their math requirement before beginning studies at SWAU must take a Math Aptitude Profile (MAP) to determine math class options.  Students may be required to enroll in math their first semester at SWAU and remain enrolled in a math course each semester until they pass either MATH 101 or 110 (including any needed prerequisites). (See Mathematics section of the Bulletin for details.)  For all students, satisfactory completion of MATH 101 or higher is prerequisite to registration after 56 semester hours have been completed.

If no English Composition course has been passed, a transfer student must submit an ACT English score or take SWAU's English Composition test to determine English class options.  Math and English class options must be determined before a transfer student can register for classes.

Applicants receive notification of acceptance status from the admissions office. Conditional acceptance may be granted when unofficial transcripts from all schools attended are on file but registration is dependent on all offical transcripts being submitted.  A transfer student will be accepted in good standing as a regular student in a degree program when all requirements are met. A transfer student who has completed 12 or more hours with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.0 from previous college work will be accepted on academic probation (refer to Academic Probation in the Bulletin for details).

Transfer students who were home schooled at the high school level and have not completed a college program of at least two years in length must have passed a state recognized high school equivalency program or GED to receive Federal financial aid.

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*Note: The Nursing, and Education, programs have additional admission requirements. Contact the departments regarding these requirements. Department chairpersons are the initial advisors for new students.