Admission of Transfer Students

Any applicant who is degree seeking and has attended any institution of higher learning will be considered a transfer student. Transcripts will be required from high school (or GED scores if applicable) and from all colleges or universities attended. Volunteer State generally accepts credits from other institutions of higher education. All collegiate level coursework for each transfer student who is degree seeking or seeking a technical certificate, will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

(1) course similarity within the programs enrolled in at Volunteer State;
(2) course content equivalent to course taught at the same level at Volunteer State;
(3) same credentialing requirements for faculty at the transferring institution. In some cases Volunteer State may request additional information before awarding credit on a course by course basis.

Transcripts will be evaluated prior to, or during the initial term of enrollment and students notified via mail of credits awarded as evaluations are completed. Only grades of "C" or higher will be accepted for credit. Transfer grades are not calculated in the Volunteer State grade point average. Credit for courses not corresponding with the curriculum at Vol State may be entered on the transcript as elective credits. Students who transfer credit that was taken more than twenty years ago must validate that credit by completing at least 18 hours of satisfactory work with a 2.0 grade point average at Vol State. The transfer credit will not be posted to the student's academic record until the work has been validated.

A student transferring from another institution of higher learning may be permitted to attend Vol State for one semester regardless of academic standing at the last institution attended. Students transferring with a quality point average below 1.500 for the last term of enrollment, or not in good standing at the last institution attended, will be admitted on probation. Transfer students will be notified of probation status by the Office of Records and Registration. Upon completion of the initial term of enrollment, the student's eligibility for continued enrollment will be determined by the academic status and retention standards of Volunteer State. Transfer students who have credit for developmental studies courses (reading, writing, math, study skills) at non-TBR institutions may receive credit for those courses pending review and approval. Transfer students who have not completed a college-level English composition and/or college-level math course with a grade of "C" or better will be assessed upon entry to the College following the assessment and placement procedures; *i.e., students with valid (less than three years old) Enhanced ACT scores will be screened and, depending on those scores, may be required to take the appropriate placement test. Transfer students who have not been assessed at a TBR institution or completed any college-level courses in English composition or college-level math will be assessed according to the College's assessment and placement procedures.

Transfer students pursuing university parallel degrees who graduated from high school or received a GED Diploma in 1989 or thereafter, with 60 or more transferable college-level semester hours are eligible for degree admissions without regard to minimum high school unit requirements.

Transfer students pursuing university parallel degrees with 59 or fewer semester hours of college-level transfer work ,who graduated from high school or received a GED diploma in 1989 or thereafter with high school unit deficiencies, are eligible for admission; however, any high school unit deficiencies should be removed prior to graduation from Volunteer State. Transfer students with fewer than 60 semester hours deficient in required high school English or Mathematics units must complete the appropriate placement test.

Admission of Transient Students

A regularly enrolled student of another institution who desires to take only a limited number of hours during a term and who is not presently working toward a degree at Volunteer State Community College may be admitted as a transient student, subject to the following provisions:

1. Students must submit an application for admission and a $10.00 application fee.
2. Students must have the registrar of his college or university submit to the Office of Admissions a transcript from the last college attended. (Note: If the student later decides to become a permanent transfer student, transcripts of all college work and high school credits must be submitted.)
3. Students must be assessed before registering for a collegelevel course which has Developmental Studies pre-requisites. Transient students who have not been previously assessed at another TBR institution, and who have not completed any course in math or English/Writing with a grade of "C" or better will be required to take and pass a placement test in the appropriate areas, unless the student is deemed to have transferable credit for a Developmental Studies course or courses from a non-TBR institution which would remove the testing requirement. In addition the previous assessments of the student at non-TBR institutions will be reviewed and the student may be exempted from the placement testing requirement.

Admission of International Students and Permanent Residents

Volunteer State Community College welcomes applications from individuals living outside the United States, as well as permanent