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General Admission Requirements For Transfers
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Transfer Student Admission
A student from an accredited college or university will be admitted without
examination, provided he/she withdrew in good standing and has completed at
least 16 hours of college work.
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If the student has fewer than 16 hours, he/she will be required to take
the ACT or SAT. Transfer applicants must present an official transcript
showing evidence of at least a 2.0 average in all academic work previously
taken and should request that ACT or SAT scores be sent to the Undergraduate
Admissions Center.
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A high school transcript is not required if a student has earned 16 or
more semester hours of college work.
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Transfer students who have less than a 2.0 grade point average can be
accepted on academic probation. An official transcript must be sent from
each institution attended, regardless of whether credit was earned or is
desired. A student who fails to acknowledge attendance in any college
or university where he/she has been previously registered is subject to
dismissal from Lee University.
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Transfer of credit shall not be denied solely on the basis of the agency
or association that accredited such other institution of higher education if
that agency or association is recognized by the Secretary of the Department
of Education pursuant to Section 496 to be a reliable authority as to the
quality of the education or training offered. Transfer of credit is the
result of an academic review process which may include the registrar, the
dean and/or chair of respective departments and the Vice-Presidents for
Academic Affairs and Administration.
Requests for Credit Evaluations
During non-registration periods, at least one week will be allowed for review.
However, during peak registration periods, at least two weeks will be allowed
for the complete review process. Further, if transcripts from multiple
institutions are being reviewed, original transcripts from each institution will
be required and all coursework will be reviewed separately and individually. No
credit or transcripts from Lee will be issued until all previous transcripts are
on file in the Office of Records.
Transient Student
A student is in good standing at an accredited college or university who
wishes to enroll in the summer term only may be considered for admission as a
non-matriculated (transient) student. Such admission will terminate at the end
of the summer term and does not presuppose acceptance by the university. A
non-matriculated student may submit, in lieu of official transcripts of college
credits, a statement of good standing from the Dean or Registrar of the last
school attended. This statement must include the total number of semester
or quarter hours previously earned. All work from previous schools is reviewed
and evaluated for acceptance. The cumulative grade point average includes
credit hours attempted on all accepted courses.
From Non-Accredited Institutions
For schools in which accreditation cannot be established, Lee reserves the
right to examine coursework requested to be transferred to the Lee transcript.
Each transcript will be considered individually and separately. Letter
grades will not be given; only pass-fail status will be recorded on the
transcript. Documentation required for transcript review is the following: (1)
original transcript, (2) a school catalog (for course comparison), (3) a
description of faculty credentials (if not included in the catalog), (4) proof
that the school is post-high school, (5) a research means, such as website
and/or phone number. Securing this documentation is the responsibility of the
student. If the above criteria are met, a review committee which may be
composed of the respective deans/chairs in conjunction with the Vice Presidents
for Academic Affairs and Administration will make the final decision as to
whether transfer work is accepted and how much credit is awarded.
Credit may be awarded for prior learning at an unaccredited institution provided
Lee University has sufficient evidence of the quality of the prior learning
experiences. Such credit will be placed on the Lee transcript only after
the successful completion of a semester at Lee and will be subject to an
evaluation of the appropriate application of such prior learning credits to the
specific program of studies chosen by the transfer student. All of the courses
completed at an accredited junior college by a transfer applicant may be
accepted provided the courses are submitted at the time of the original
application. A junior college graduate, however, must complete a minimum of 60
additional hours at a senior level institution with the last 33 hours required
to be taken in residence at Lee.
From Institutions Outside the United States
Grading systems and coursework vary greatly outside the United States. In
order for international students to receive full credit for their post-high
school educational experience, students will be required to submit all
transcripts from international educational institutions to World Education
Services (WES) for credit review. Instructions for submitting a transcript for
review can be found at www.wes.org. The
transfer work will not be added to the Lee transcript until the official
academic credit report is received from WES. The financial responsibility for
this service belongs to the student. |
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