Admissions

If you have attended another college-level institution and attempted one or more courses, regardless of credit earned, you are a transfer student. If you have attempted less than 24 semester hours of college-level work, you must meet both transfer and freshman entrance requirements.

To apply for admission, Transfer applicants must:

• Complete an application for admission
• Submit the $45 application fee
• Submit official transcripts from all colleges attended through the time of application, supplemented by final transcripts to reflect complete academic work before beginning classes at USCA. Official transcripts must be sent directly to USCA from the issuing institutions. Documents handled by the applicant or anyone else are considered unofficial.
• Submit official high school transcripts, including SAT/ACT scores, if less than 24 semester hours of college-level course work has been completed. Official transcripts must be sent directly to USCA from the issuing high school. Documents handled by the applicant or anyone else are considered unofficial.

Applications and all supporting documents for the fall semester must be submitted by July 1 and for the spring semester by December 1.

Standardized test scores

There is no time limit for using standardized test scores in considering transfer applicants. Courses taken at non-baccalaureate degree-granting schools are not transferrable if they are upper-level or upper-division at USCA.

Courses taken while on academic suspension

There are no limitations on transferring courses taken at other schools by a suspended student (other than the criteria listed above under evaluation of transfer credits) unless suspended from the University of South Carolina.

Institutional maximums of transferable credit

The senior year of work (30 semester hours) must be completed at USCA. In addition, at least half of the credit hours in the student’s major and half of the credit hours in the student’s minor (if applicable) must be taken at USCA. At least 25 percent of semester credit hours applicable toward the degree must be earned at USCA. Most baccalaureate degrees require one hundred twenty semester credit hours with a minimum system grade point average of 2.0.