Admission as a Full-time Degree-seeking Transfer Student
Transfer students are those who have successfully completed 24 or more non-developmental, credit-bearing, post-high school college credit hours. Those with fewer hours apply as first-time freshmen. The University subscribes to the transfer of credit guidelines set by the Coordinating Board for Higher Education of the State of Missouri.
- Application for Admission. All applicants must submit a completed online application for admission to the Office of Admission. Online Application
- Academic Transcripts. To verify eligibility for admission and financial assistance, transfer applicants must submit official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions previously attended (including dual credit courses) clearly indicating cumulative GPA. Applicants must provide a copy of their high school diploma or official transcript (with completion date, GPA, and class rank), GED, or state certified copy of home school transcript. An ACT or SAT score must also be submitted. All transcripts are part of the students' permanent college record. In addition, all transcripts must be received in the Office of Admission before a student will be eligible to attend classes and receive financial assistance. When CMU accepts associate's and bachelor's degrees from other regionally accredited institutions of higher learning, we honor the means by which those institutions granted credit (including credit granted by internal testing-out procedures, Advanced Placement scores, International Baccalaureate scores, CLEP scores, etc.). [12/11]
- Admission Standards. Transfer students with 24 or more transfer credits must have a 2.0 or higher cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale for all previously attempted college course work and be eligible to return to the last college attended. Those who do not meet these criteria must present a letter of appeal to the Academic Standards and Admission Committee which will determine whether the student will be admitted.
- Deadline. New students (both first-time freshmen and transfer students) who meet CMU's published admission standards (and, in the case of transfer students, who have copies of all official transcripts) will be accepted for admission through Friday of the first week of classes for both the Fall and Spring semesters, as long as there is a clear assurance that they will be in their classes the following Monday. (NOTE: This policy specifically excludes [a] students who would have to be admitted by committee action, and [b] readmission of students who have been previously suspended - since the deadline for appeals would already have passed.)