Admissions: Transfer Application Checklist & Filing Deadlines

Transfer Application Checklist & Filing Deadlines

Filing Deadlines
Completed applications are reviewed on a rolling admission basis. Notification for fall admission begins in December and spring admission in September. On average, admission decisions are mailed five to ten days after an application file becomes complete.

Fall Admissions

• Priority deadline: April 15
• Applicants to Communications Media and Nursing are encouraged to submit their completed applications by January 1.
• Deadline for International applicants: June 1

Spring Admissions

• Priority deadline for all applicants: December 1
• Deadline for International applicants: December 1
• Nursing applications are not accepted for the Spring semester.

Application Checklist (Available in PDF format)

• Undergraduate Application (Joint Admissions applicants should not complete this application. Please call the Admissions Office to request an “Intent to Enroll” form.)
  
  
• Non-refundable application fee. Do not send cash. Please print applicant’s first and last name on the check or money order. The application fee may be waived for those applicants with extreme financial need who are recommended in writing by a non-profit agency or their high school guidance counselor.
  

$10 for Massachusetts’ residents of more than one year
$40 for non-Massachusetts’ residents



• Official college transcripts from each college attended. Transcripts are considered official only when sent to Fitchburg State College directly from the college.
  
  
• Official final high school transcript. Transcripts are official only when sent to Fitchburg State College directly from the high school. Applicants who have completed a GED should also submit official test results. Transfer applicants who have earned an associate’s degree are not required to submit high school or GED information.
  
  
• Official SAT and/or ACT test scores are required ONLY from applicants with fewer than twelve transferable college credits and who have been out of high school for less than three years. Fitchburg State College’s CEEB code is: 3518.
  
  
• Application essay (see section IX on the application)
  
  
• OPTIONAL: Letters of recommendation. The Admissions Committee encourages applicants to submit letters of recommendation from transfer counselors or college professors.
  
  
• OPTIONAL: Admissions Interview.
  
  
• OPTIONAL: Communications Media applicants ONLY may also submit ONE of the following:
  
  1. A one to two page statement that addresses previous experience in the field and your career goal.
  2. A personal interview with Admissions
  3. An original script or storyboards. Please submit no more than 5 pages of a script and no more than 5 storyboards (8” x 10”).
  4. An original film or video.
  5. Original artwork or slides of original artwork.

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