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Applicants for admission to Penn State who have earned at
least 18 credits from another institution after
graduating from high school are considered as advanced
standing or transfer applicants. Relevant information
for applicants in this category is available from the Office
of Admissions.
Applicants who had at any time been admitted to degree
status and taken courses at Penn State and wish to
return to Penn State after an absence in which they may
have taken courses elsewhere, must apply for
re-enrollment and consult with the Office of the Registrar
about the process.
Deadlines
for Applicants
For applicants wishing to begin in Fall Semester,
applications with complete credentials must be filed by
June 15. For a Spring Semester start, December 1 is the
deadline and for a Summer Session start, April 15 is the
deadline.
Applications with complete credentials must be filed
with the Office
of Admissions
by the deadline. The applications of those who qualify
and who have filed on time will be forwarded to the
office of the Assistant Dean for Student Services for
admission consideration.
Qualifications
Required for Admission with Advanced Standing
Academic performance in all baccalaureate-level
courses (even those that were repeated) will be used to
determine whether an offer of admission will be made.
The minimum grade point average for consideration for
admission will be determined annually and will depend on
the number of attempted and completed credits, the
eligibility of the applicant for a major in the College,
and the major being requested.
In order to be considered for admission directly into
an available major in the College of Engineering, applicants must have
completed approximately 2 years of relevant
baccalaureate-level courses. In addition, a minimum
grade of "C" must be earned in at least 8
credits of calculus (Calculus I & II), a 4-credit
calculus-based physics (mechanics) course (including a
lab) and a 3-credit general chemistry course. For
students wishing to qualify for Computer Science, an
intermediate programming course with a minimum grade of
"C" is required instead of the chemistry
course, in addition to the calculus and physics credits.
However, since Computer Science is under enrollment
control, as explained below, no transfer students are
considered for admission to the major.
Applicants who are not eligible for a major and/or
have less than 2 years of relevant baccalaureate-level
course work should apply for the common year category,
ENGR. Applicants admitted with advanced standing to the
common year category are commonly offered admission to a
location other than University Park. For information
about admission to a major from the common year
category, please refer to that section described in Student
Actions. Applicants offered admission
directly to a major at University Park are expected to
come there.
Offers of transfer admission to the pre-major or common year status
(ENGR) are generally made only for summer and fall
semesters. Spring admission is not available to students
who have completed sufficient course work to be eligible
for a major at the completion of that spring semester.
Applicants for Associate Degree or Technology
Baccalaureate programs should consult the School
of Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Education
(SETCE).
Majors
Under Enrollment Control
With some exceptions, qualified students will be
considered for admission with advanced standing directly
to a College of Engineering major. There are, however,
some majors that are under enrollment control. These are
the majors that have an enrollment limit so that only a
certain number of students are admitted to the major
each year. Unfortunately, not all Penn State students
who wish these majors may be accommodated. Therefore, no
advanced standing applicants are admitted to the majors
under enrollment control. The majors that are under enrollment control and therefore accept no
transfer applicants are: Architectural Engineering, Bioengineering,
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Students
admitted directly to other majors in the College of
Engineering or to any other College of the University
will not, at any time, be able to change to a
major under enrollment control.
Architectural Engineering is not available at
any time to students admitted with advanced standing to
the pre-major status (ENGR). Qualified students who
request Bioengineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering during
the admission to major process will be considered for
those majors based on their GPA after completing at
least two semesters at Penn State as ENGR students.
Transfer
Credits
Credit for all transferable courses taken at
accredited institutions in which a minimum grade of
"C" (2.00 grade points on a 4.00 scale) was
earned will be transferred to a student’s Penn State academic
record. However, only the credits transfer, not the
grades once an offer of admission has been accepted
Credit for transferred courses will appear in one of
two ways. If a course taken at another institution is
sufficiently similar to a Penn State course, it will
transfer as the Penn State course and will appear as
such on the student’s transcript. If not, it will
appear as general credits in the subject matter.
The use of transferred credits, be they for Penn
State numbered courses or general credit, depends on
each student’s academic program at Penn State. Not all
or any of the transfer credits may be useful to meet a
student’s degree requirements. Each student,
therefore, must work with his or her advisor to
determine if and how any of the transfer credits may be
used to meet the degree requirements for their major. It
is the student’s responsibility to arrange such a
discussion with his or her advisor as soon as possible
after accepting the offer of admission.
Advising
and Scheduling
Transfer students admitted to the pre-major status (ENGR)
should contact the College
of Engineering Representative
at their campus location and arrange a meeting. Students
should discuss the use of their transfer credits and
schedule relevant courses for their first semester at
Penn State accordingly. A copy of the Undergraduate
Programs Guide should also be requested.
ENGR students starting at University Park should contact
the Engineering
Advising Center
to do the same thing with an advisor there.
Students admitted directly into a major should
contact their major
department to inquire about their assigned faculty
advisor. They should request an appointment with their
advisor, as soon as possible, to discuss the use of
transfer credits to meet their degree requirements and
to schedule for their first semester at PSU. Transfer
students should also request their department’s
student handbook that describes the degree requirements
for their major. |
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