Transfer Admission Requirements – Fall 2018
Minimum GPA and Other Guidelines for Admission Consideration
All applications receive a comprehensive review. Academic preparation is the primary criteria used in the admissions review process. Students with at least a 2.50 cumulative grade point average in all previous college-level course work will be stronger candidates for admission.
Students with a cumulative grade point average between 2.00 and 2.49 will be considered for admission if space is available.
Students from a UW College (freshman/sophomore campuses) who earn an associate degree or 60 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 will be admitted.
Minimum GPA Requirements for Admission Consideration to Specific Majors
The following list shows majors and corresponding minimum GPA requirements that exceed the minimum for admission to the campus.
| GPA | Majors |
|---|---|
| 2.75 | Athletic Training |
| 2.50 | Business |
| 2.75 | Clinical Laboratory Science |
| 2.70 | Communication Studies |
| 2.75 | Community Health Education |
| GPA | Majors |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | Early Childhood-Middle Childhood (birth – age 11) |
| 3.00 | Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence (ages 6-12/13) |
| 2.75 | Early Adolescence-Adolescence (STEP) (ages 10-21) |
| 2.75 | Early Childhood-Adolescence (birth – age 21: includes Art, Music, French, German & Spanish) |
| 2.75 | Physical Education (birth – age 21) |
| 2.75 | School Health Education (birth – age 21) |
| 2.75 | Exercise Science Fitness Track |
| 3.00 | Exercise Science Pre-Professional Track |
| GPA | Majors |
|---|---|
| Music—audition required | |
| 2.50 | Nuclear Medicine Technology |
| 2.25 | Public Health and Community Health Education (2.75 UWL cumulative gpa required to graduate) |
| 2.75 | Radiation Therapy |
| 2.50 | Recreation Management |
| 2.75 | Sport Management |
| 2.50 | Therapeutic Recreation |
Contact the admissions office for more detailed information about course sequence, GPA, and other admission requirements.
Credit and Other Requirements for Admission Consideration
Applicants who were not admissible as new freshmen must present at least 18 transferable semester credits to be considered for admission as a transfer student.
Anticipated Application Deadlines/Priority Dates
Applications are accepted beginning September 15, 2017.
The campus will admit until full.
Registration Dates
Admitted transfer students who have paid their deposit register with continuing students beginning April 9, 2018.
All admitted transfer students register based on the number of earned credits.
Special Information
Enrollment deposit is $100.
Admission requirements and dates may be modified because of changing enrollment demands. (See above.)
Special Note for UW System Transfer Applicants
The UW System undergraduate transfer policy states that priority for admission will be given to UW Colleges transfers and other UW System transfers from campuses where a major is not available, subject to the limits of a campus’s enrollment target. All UW System campuses have Guaranteed Transfer agreements with the UW Colleges. Students admitted under these agreements should follow the requirements of the agreement. The stipulations of these agreements are not included in this listing.