Transfers - Admissions Requirements

Transfers (attended another college or university)

Applicants who have attended other colleges.

must request that an official transcript be sent directly to the Admissions Office of Gainesville State College from EACH college or university previously attended. Official transcripts are required whether or not the applicant wishes to receive transfer credit. Documents must be mailed directly from the other college to the Gainesville State College Admissions Office.

who graduated from high school during the last five years and have earned fewer than 30 semester hours of transferable college credit must also submit official high school transcripts or satisfied requirements for the General Educational Development (GED) Equivalency Certificate and satisfy College Preparatory Curriculum requirements. Effective August 1 2006, GED test score reports must be mailed directly from the Georgia Department of Adult and Technical Education Office of Adult Literacy/GED Testing Service to the Office of Admissions at Gainesville State College . Please take note that processing of official GED transcript requests from the Georgia Department of Adult and Technical Education can take up to four weeks.

who have graduated from high school five or more years earlier and have earned fewer than 30 semester hours of transferable college credit must submit high school transcripts or satisfied requirements for the General Educational Development (GED) Equivalency Certificate but are not required to satisfy College Preparatory Curriculum requirements. Effective August 1, 2006, GED test score reports must be mailed directly from the Georgia Department of Adult and Technical Education Office of Adult Literacy/GED Testing Service to the Office of Admissions at Gainesville State College. Please take note that processing of official GED transcript requests from the Georgia Department of Adult and Technical Education can take up to four weeks.

Transfer credit is usually awarded for courses that are designed to be part of a baccalaureate degree program and are completed with satisfactory grades in regionally accredited colleges. Such courses must generally correspond to the length, time and content of those offered in the curricula at Gainesville State College.

Transfer students are required to earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1101 and 1102 (or equivalents) in order for these courses to transfer. Other courses earned at accredited institutions may be permitted to transfer with grades of "D", to the extent that the grades on all credits accepted for transfer average at least 2.0. All "D" grades in Core Curriculum courses taken within the University System of Georgia are transferable, with the exception of English 1101 and 1102.

Applicants on academic suspension, dismissal, or exclusion at the last college or university attended are required to serve a one-semester suspension before they are considered for admission to Gainesville State College. If transfer admission is granted before final grades are received by the Admissions Office and a supplemental transcript shows that the student has been suspended, the student's acceptance to Gainesville State College will be rescinded until he or she serves the required one-semester suspension.

Accepted transfer students who are not in good academic standing at their previous colleges or universities must maintain the minimum grade point average specified under the Academic Standing heading in the Academic Information section of this Catalog.