Texas Wesleyan University 2020-2021 Catalog

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Admission of Transfer Students

Students who have successfully completed 12 or more transferable credits from another accredited college are invited to apply for undergraduate transfer admission. Transfer students are those who hold a high school diploma or the accepted equivalent and have attended another college or university.

A student applying for admission to Texas Wesleyan University as a transfer student from another accredited college must submit the following to the Office of Admission:

For all transfer students:

  1. Application for Admission—A completed application for admission. Forms may be obtained online from the Admissions page on the Texas Wesleyan University website, www.txwes.edu.
  2. Transcripts—Official final transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended. Official transcripts must be sent to Texas Wesleyan University directly from the institution or delivered in person via sealed envelope. The transcript must bear an official seal and/or signature. Failure to list all previously attended institutions on the application can result in future dismissal. Transcripts presented for admission will be destroyed after one year if applicant does not enroll.

For transfer students with fewer than 24 hours of transferable work:

  1. Application for Admission—Applications can be obtained from the Texas Wesleyan University website, http://www.txwes.edu/admissions/.
  2. Transcripts—Official final transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended. Official transcripts must be sent to Texas Wesleyan University directly from the institution or delivered in person via sealed envelope. The transcript must bear an official seal and/or signature.
  3. High School Transcript—Each applicant transferring with fewer than 24 hours of transferable work from a regionally accredited institution must submit an official transcript from the high school from which she/he graduated or an official copy of the General Education Development Diploma test results.
  4. Tests—Applicants transferring with fewer than 24 hours of college credit must submit official results from the American College Testing (ACT) program or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Board directly to the Office of Admission from the testing services or via an official high school transcript. Texas Wesleyan's ACT code number is 4222 and SAT code number is 6828. Transfer applicants with fewer than 30 hours of transferable credit who have been out of high school for seven or more years must submit a current ACT, SAT score, or submit official THEA (Texas Higher Education Assessment) results for admission. Higher THEA scores may be required for admission to specific academic programs.

For regular admission, transfer applicants (students with previous college/university level work) must hold a high school diploma or the accepted equivalent and meet the following criteria:

Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale). GPA is computed based on college/university level work transferred from regionally accredited institutions not to include remedial or non-college level work. Coursework taken through a trimester system will be converted to a 4.0 scale.

  1. Students transferring fewer than 24 semester hours must provide official high school transcripts or equivalent, and a combined university-level/high school level GPA will be computed. These students must also submit a SAT combined score of at least 1,000 (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Math), if taken after March 2016 or ACT score of 19 to be eligible for an admission decision. SAT scores taken prior to 2016 will also be accepted for admissions purposes. Transfer applicants who take the THEA must score a 230 on the Reading and Mathematics sections. For the Writing section, the minimum passing score is 220. To determine the SAT score used for an admissions decision, the top scores from each section will be added together to create a “super score”. Super scoring is only done on the same version of a test. Applicants with scores from SAT tests taken prior to March 2016 will be compared using College Board concordance tables.
  2. Specific academic programs may require higher entrance requirements, and applications are subject to review by the dean of the appropriate school for admission approval.
  3. Freshman undergraduate students must declare and be accepted into a major field of study by the time they have earned 60 hours of credit.
  4. Undergraduate students entering with 45 to 74 credit hours must declare and be accepted into a major field of study by the time they have earned 15 credit hours at Texas Wesleyan University.
  5. Undergraduate students entering with 75 or more credit hours must be accepted into a major field of study as a condition for admission.
  6. For information regarding the awarding of transfer credits, please refer to the Transfer Credit section in this catalog.

A student suspended from another university who transfers to Texas Wesleyan University must have served the suspension according to Texas Wesleyan University guidelines or show documentation for eligibility to return to the suspending institution prior to enrollment. Coursework taken during suspension is not transferable to Texas Wesleyan University. Refer to the Academic Probation/Suspension section in this catalog.