Transferring to Georgia State – How to Apply

Transferring to Georgia State – How to Apply

TRANSFER STUDENTS

If you’re already in college but need a change, transferring to Georgia State can provide you with the opportunities you need to succeed — in school and after graduation.

Admission for Transfer Students into Georgia State

If you’re already in college but need a change, transferring to Georgia State can provide you with the opportunities you need to succeed — in school and after graduation.

Note: If you are enrolled in an associate degree pathway at Georgia State’s Perimeter College and wish to transition to the Atlanta Campus for a bachelor’s degree program, follow our instructions for Transition Students.

Admissions Process and Steps to Apply

• After you pay this fee, your application will be valid for the fall, spring and summer semesters of one full academic year.
• If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to another semester within the same academic year, complete a Reactivation Application.
• If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to a semester in another academic year, you must submit a new Undergraduate Application and application fee.

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4009
Atlanta, GA 30302-4009

Georgia State’s approved transcript companies are Parchment, Escrip-safe, National Student Clearinghouse, Credential Solutions or Joint Services Transcript.

• If you’re still enrolled in classes when you submit your application, you will also need to send us your final transcripts upon completion of your coursework.
• We do not accept student copies of transcripts, official transcripts that have already been opened or scanned, faxed or emailed copies of transcripts.

If you have completed fewer than 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework, you must meet all first-year requirements AND submit one of the following:

• Official high school transcript showing a 3.4 or higher core GPA (recalculated based on the 17 units of the Required High School Curriculum) OR
• Official high school transcripts and official test scores sent electronically for the SAT or ACT (or both, if you so choose)* (Note: high school GPA is recalculated based on the 17 units of the Required High School Curriculum.)

*This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.

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Transfer Students Deadlines for Georgia State

Deadlines are subject to change. We cannot guarantee a decision for applications and documents received past the listed deadlines.

Early Deadlines

OCTOBER 1

FEBRUARY 1

FEBRUARY 1

Regular Deadlines

DECEMBER 1

MAY 1

JULY 1

General Admissions Information

• Requirements and Residency
• Transfer Credit Guidelines

Requirements and Residency

Transfer Requirements

• Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.5 for all college-level coursework attempted at previously attended regionally accredited institutions. (Excludes developmental and remedial classes.)
• Have completed 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework. If you haven’t completed the credit hours requirement, you must meet all first-year requirements AND submit one of the following:
  • Official high school transcript showing a 3.4 or higher core GPA OR
  • Test scores sent electronically for the SAT or ACT (or both, if you so choose)

  Note: Admission to Georgia State is a selective process. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

  Establishing Georgia Residency

  To qualify for in-state tuition, you must establish Georgia residency. Here’s how that works:
  • You or your parent(s) must have lived in Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before your enrollment at a college or university.
  • If you entered Georgia to attend an educational institution, your time in school is not normally counted toward the 12-month residence requirement.
  • Your “legal residence” is your permanent home.
  • You must not only live in Georgia but also intend to remain in Georgia indefinitely.

  Transfer Credit Guidelines

  Transfer Credit Guidelines

  You may receive transfer credit for courses at accredited institutions of higher education as long as the courses parallel Georgia State’s curriculum. The department administering the degree program determines how credit hours may be used to satisfy specific course requirements and may elect to test the student’s proficiency in transferred course work.

  • Check course credit equivalencies using our new Transfer Credit Predictor at Georgia State Degree Transfer*.
  • Development, vocational and occupational courses are not acceptable for transfer credit.
  • You can apply no more than 12 semester credit hours of D grades — whether as resident credit (completed at Georgia State) or transfer credit — toward your degree requirements. No credit will be awarded for a course completed at a foreign institution with a grade that is equivalent to a D in the U.S.
  • To be acceptable for transfer credit, English composition courses must have been completed with a grade of C or higher.
  • Additional restrictions for transferring D grades may be included in certain degree programs.
  • Courses completed at two-year colleges are typically awarded lower-division credit.
  • You can earn no more than 30 total semester hours by extension or correspondence.
  • Georgia State does not grant credit for college-level General Educational Development tests or courses completed at the United States Armed Forces Institute or any U.S. armed forces service school, except for military academies.

  Academic Residence Requirement

  To earn a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State, you have to satisfy our academic residence requirements:

  • Earn 39 credit hours at Georgia State for courses numbered 3000 or higher with a grade point average of at least 2.0.
  • Complete one-half of the courses that constitute your major or 11 credit hours in the major, whichever is less, at Georgia State.

  Note: You cannot use credit by examination, credit by validation, credit earned through College Level Examination Program tests or Advanced Placement courses, or credit for courses specifically excluded by university policy to meet the academic residence requirement.

  *This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.