JCU Undergraduate Bulletin 2005-2007: Admission -- Transfer Students

Transfer Students

Students in good academic and behavioral standing at another accredited university, college, or junior college may apply for transfer to John Carroll University. The university considers academic record, recommendations, character, and evidence of commitment to studies when individually evaluating a transfer applicant for admission. JCU reserves the right to deny admission to any applicant.

Transfer applicants on probation, suspended, or dismissed for any reason from another accredited university, college, or community college are ineligible for admission until one calendar year has elapsed from the date of such probation, suspension, or dismissal and will not be admitted except by special action of the Committee on Admission.

Transfer students should submit to the Office of Transfer and Part-Time Student Admission copies of high school and college transcripts. Transfer students must be in good standing at the time of application. For those who have attended only one college or university, the most recent term average and the cumulative average must be 2.00 or better to be considered for admission. For those who have attended more than one college or university, the most recent term average and the cumulative average at the home school must be 2.00 or better to be considered for admission. In addition the cumulative average for all schools attended must be 2.00 or better. A GPA of 2.50 or above, however, is recommended.

An application, together with complete credentials from all colleges or universities attended, must be returned by August 1 for the fall semester, or by January 1 for the spring semester. These credentials must include official transcripts of all high school and college records, plus a transfer student reference. Failure to report collegiate level attendance at any institution will make a student liable for immediate dismissal. The application should be returned to the Office of Admission with the non refundable application fee of $25. If the application fee is submitted online, the application fee is waived. A Health Certificate properly completed by a physician and signed by a parent or guardian must also be presented before matriculation.

Determination of credit transferability occurs at the time of admission evaluation and decision. A listing of the applicant's courses and credits which are transferable to John Carroll University will be sent to the admitted student after the admission decision has been made. All academic petitions of transfer courses for further consideration (i.e., divisional core and/or special designations) must be submitted by the end of the second semester after matriculation in order to be considered. Petitions should be submitted (with course descriptions and syllabi) to the chairperson of the University Core Committee.

Credit for advanced standing will be accepted from regionally accredited institutions, subject to the following restrictions. Credit will not be given for courses completed with the lowest passing grade, though these courses need not always be repeated. Courses completed with a "Pass" grade will not be accepted unless it can be established that the "Pass" was the equivalent of a "C-" grade or higher. No credit will be given, even as general electives, for courses in orientation, applied arts, athletics, or technical training which do not contribute to the goals of a liberal arts education.

The limit of transfer credit from a community college is 64 semester hours (96 quarter hours). This total includes course work taken at any four year school prior to enrollment in a community college. In no instance will a degree be awarded to a transfer student unless the last 30 semester hours have been completed at John Carroll University.

Courses offered to satisfy Core requirements must conform in content to courses offered at John Carroll University. Quantitatively, credits from other schools must be within one credit hour of the Core requirements in the subject area involved. Quality points are not transferred, but only credit hours. Approval of application of transfer credits to a major program is determined by the chair of the major department with the approval of the appropriate dean. Most departments require that at least half of the major be completed at John Carroll University. For the specific requirements, transfer students should consult the sections of this Bulletin devoted to individual departments and majors.

Credit will be given for courses completed under the auspices of the United States Armed Forces Institute, provided they are equivalent to those offered by John Carroll University. Correspondence-course credits will be accepted provided the accredited institution administering the courses gives credit for them toward its own degrees.