Transfer Students
Guilford College welcomes students who are currently attending other colleges and universities but wish to finish their bachelor’s degree here.
Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission to Guilford College, transfer students must:
- Submit a completed online transfer application (selecting the Guilford application or the Common Application). If you select the Common Application, you will also need to complete our Common Application Supplement Form. If you submit a paper Application Form, a $25 fee is required.
- Supply official college transcript(s).
- Course descriptions for each class you have taken, in a Word Document, are required (you do not need to supply this for any North Carolina Community College classes).
- Submit a personal essay that explains why you want to attend Guilford College.
- Submit a completed Dean of Students Form.
If you have earned less than 30 semester hours at other institutions, you must supply your high school transcripts in addition to either SAT I (Guilford SAT code: 5261) or ACT (Guilford ACT code: 3106) scores OR an Academic Portfolio of two writing samples.
Recommendation letters are optional.
Application Deadlines
A student’s application and all required supporting materials must be received by the Admission Office by the dates listed below to receive notification of the admission decision.
For transfer students planning to enter in Fall 2012: June 1, 2012.
For transfer students planning to enter in Spring 2013: December 1, 2012.
Decisions are made on a rolling basis and applications will continue to be reviewed until the class is full.
Transfer Student Classification
First-year student if transferring in with 0-24 semester credits
Sophomore if transferring in with 25-55 semester credits
Junior if transferring in with 56-87 semester credits
Senior if transferring in with 88+ semester credits
Transferring Credits
As a transfer student, you will receive credit for courses you’ve taken at accredited junior colleges, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. Up to 64 semester hours of credit is allowed from two-year institutions. There is no limit to the number of semester hours that may transfer from regionally accredited four-year colleges. Credit is allowed only for courses with a grade of “C-” or higher.
While Guilford is based on a four-credit-hour system, three-credit-hour classes are accepted and will be given conversion credit when appropriate.
To graduate, students must complete a minimum of 32 semester credits at Guilford College and satisfy all degree requirements. A minimum of 128 semester credits is required to graduate, and at least half of the major (16 credits) must be taken at Guilford.
What Credits Transfer
This system is used to determine how courses completed at other institutions are equated as transfer credit at Guilford College. This information is taken from the database maintained by Admission and is the same information used to award transfer credit. If you do not see the course you are seeking to equate, it is because that course has not been evaluated.
This system is used to determine how courses completed at other institutions are equated as transfer credit at Guilford College. This information is taken from the database maintained by Admission and is the same information used to award transfer credit. If you do not see the course you are seeking to equate, it is because that course has not been evaluated.
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