Individual Review. If you do not meet the grade point average requirement to transfer and you have not been enrolled in any institution of higher education for at least three years, you may receive individual review by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.

No Transferable Hours of Credit. If you have not attempted any transferable hours, your admission may be determined by a review of your high school credentials, standardized test scores, and/or course work completed at any degree granting institution of higher education.

One Term of Enrollment. If you enrolled for one term only at any other college or university and did not achieve the required grade point average for transfer, and you meet regular ETSU requirements for freshman admission or admission as an exception, you may be admitted on appropriate academic probation. Students admitted on probation are subject to ETSU regulations regarding removal of probationary status.

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High School Course Requirements

If you began college study in fall 1989 or later and you have not completed 60 semester hours of transferable work or earned an associate’s degree designed for transfer, you are subject to high school course requirements. If you have not completed all these courses you will be admitted, but you must remove any deficiencies within the first 30 semester hours after you enroll at ETSU for the first time.

COMPASS Testing

Review of your transfer credit may determine that you must complete the COMPASS test in part or total before registering for classes. Transfer students with less than 60 semester hours of credit who have not earned college-level math or English credit must take COMPASS test(s) in the appropriate area(s). For transfer students with less than 12 semester hours of credit, assessment in reading is also required.

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Other Information for Transfer Students

Deadlines. Transfer applicants beginning fall 2007 must provide official transcript(s), application for admission, and application fee by the deadline date. If you are currently enrolled, a final transcript including the last semester of your enrollment may be provided after the deadline date. All previous semesters of enrollment at your college should be provided at the time of application.
Fall semester deadline date: August 15th
Spring semester deadline date: December 15th

Transfer Credit. The Office of Admissions evaluates courses for transfer to ETSU using historical precedent, current articulated program information, and/or review by the appropriate ETSU college dean and faculty. For more information, see Checking Course Equivalencies or contact the Office of Admissions at 1-800-462-3878 or 423-439-4213 or Go2ETSU@mail.etsu.edu. Grades accepted in transfer become a part of your ETSU grade point average. Transfer grades are computed in the same manner as they would be if you had earned them at ETSU (including repeated courses). However, ETSU does not recognize forgiveness policies or academic bankruptcies administered by other institutions. For more information, see the Undergraduate Catalog.

Degree Requirements. Transfer students must complete enough work in residence at ETSU in both the major and minor to satisfy the chair of the departments that they are qualified in the major and minor fields. Transfer students must take a minimum of six semester hours at ETSU in the major field.

ETSU Proficiency-Intensive Requirements. ETSU requires undergraduate students to complete across-the-curriculum requirements in writing, oral communication and information technology. You must meet these requirements with courses you take at ETSU; courses in transfer do not satisfy the requirements.

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