FGCU Office of Admissions - Prospective Students

Transfer Admission Requirements

All applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible – up to twelve months before the requested entry date. The application and all official supporting documents must be submitted by the posted deadlines below for the requested entry term. Applications received or completed after the posted deadlines may not be processed for admission into the requested term due to space or time limitations and may be offered admission in the next available term.

Florida Gulf Coast University aims to promptly notify students of their admission status. Students are typically notified within three to four weeks, from the time that their application for admissions is completed. (All portions of application form completed and submitted with fee, all official transcripts and official test scores received) Students interested in applying for Financial Aid and Housing should also be aware of priority deadlines that exist. Transcripts and test scores received and opened by the university may not be transferred to a third party or the applicant and become the sole property of FGCU.

*******Students applying to one of FGCU’s Limited Access Programs (Athletic Training, Nursing, Professional Golf Management concentration, Music) should verify separate application requirements and deadlines with each program. Information on the programs is listed below. *******

Limited Access Program Admission

 If you are applying to a Limited Access program in the College of Health Professions, please check with the advisor for that program regarding individual deadlines and requirements or visit the College's web site .

Freshmen do not need to submit Supplemental Applications until their sophomore year or completion of program prerequisite requirements.

If you are applying to the Limited Access program in music, visit the Bower School of Music’s website, www.fgcu.edu/cas/bsm, regarding audition information, BSM application and deadlines. Further questions should be addressed to Pam Harkins, Music Program Coordinator.

Florida Gulf Coast University separates transfer student types into 2 different categories due to the difference in admission criteria. Those 2 types are Lower Level Transfer and Upper Level Transfer applicants. The differences are noted below. Please read each category to help you decide which application process you should follow. Failure to provide the required documents may slow down the application review process.

Lower Level Transfer

Students who are Lower Level Transfer applicants (those with fewer than 60 semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must meet all requirements of incoming first-time-in-college applicants. These students must also have a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in all previous college work and be eligible to return as a degree-seeking student in good standing (with at least a 2.0 GPA) to the last institution attended. The high school requirements for first-time-in-college applicants and Lower Level Transfer applicants are stated below.

All Lower Level Transfer applicants must show proof that they are high school graduates or have a GED certificate. Official high school transcripts reflecting courses completed from ninth grade through the twelfth grade with a date of graduation, must be sent by the applicant's high school to FGCU when the applicant applies to FGCU. Applicants who hold a GED must submit official GED test score results.

Florida Gulf Coast University requires that applicants be graduates of a regionally accredited high school with specific academic units. An academic unit is a year-long course which is not remedial in nature. FGCU requires that an applicant have an acceptable cumulative high school grade point average in the following academic units as computed by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions:

• Four units of English (at least three with substantial writing requirements)
• Three units of Mathematics (Algebra 1 and above)
• Three units of Natural Science (at least two with laboratory)
• Three units of Social Science
• Two units of the same Foreign Language
• Three elective units preferably from English, Mathematics, Natural Science, Foreign Language, Humanities, or Social Science area.

Florida Gulf Coast University requires that applicants submit test scores. Scores from the American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are required of all applicants for Lower Level Transfer admissions. If you have not taken either one of these tests in the past, you should make arrangements to take either one of these tests as soon as possible. Be sure to have the official test scores sent to FGCU. Information about these tests may be obtained from your high school counselor or by writing:

 Lower Level Transfer applicants are considered for admission to FGCU based on the following:

• A 3.0 grade point average (recalculated by Undergraduate Admissions using academic courses) on a 4.0 scale paired with one of the standardized admission tests. Sub sections of each test should be above minimum/remedial levels. (A student must have at least a minimum SAT Reasoning revised Critical Reading score of 440 and Math score of 440 or enhanced ACT minimum score of 17 for English, 19 for Math, and 18 for Reading).
• A combination of high school GPA (recalculated by Undergraduate Admissions using academic courses) and admission test score as indicated in the scale below based on the State University System Minimum Freshman Eligibility Index for Admission Consideration (sub sections of each test should be above minimum/remedial levels as described above).
• Any student applying for admission who completed a non-traditional high school program of study which is not measured in Carnegie Units such as home schooling or a student who presents a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) instead of a standard high school diploma, must present a score of at least 1010 on the re-centered SAT I (Critical Reading + Math) or a 21 composite on the E-ACT. Sub-sections of each test must be above the minimum/remedial levels as described above. This admission criteria is also true for those applicants who hold a degree, equivalent to a US high school diploma, from an out of country school where the evaluating agency does not provide FGCU with an overall GPA.

*SAT taken after 3-31-95

A Lower Level Transfer applicant who meets the State University System Minimum Freshman Eligibility Index for Admission Consideration is not guaranteed admission to the University, even though everything possible will be done to admit all qualified applicants who apply by posted admission deadlines. However, if the number of qualified Lower Level Transfer applicants exceeds the number the University is permitted to enroll in a given term, admission will be on a selective basis.

Foreign Language Requirement

All students admitted must satisfy or meet exemption qualifications from the state foreign language admission requirement. American Sign Language satisfies the criteria of a foreign language for the purposes of this requirement. Students who do not meet this requirement may be admitted with the condition that they fulfill the requirement by completing a two-semester sequence of a foreign language prior to graduation from FGCU.

Students satisfy the requirement by having completed two (2) years of a foreign language sequence in high school or eight (8) or more semester hours of a foreign language sequence in a previously attended college or university. They can demonstrate equivalent foreign language competence through credit awarded on the basis of scores on the foreign language subject matter examinations in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), which must be equivalent to 8 to 10 semester hours of college-level work. Acceptable scores for awarding CLEP credit can be found in the Transferring Credit section of the catalog.

Upper Level Transfer

Students who are Upper Level Transfer applicants (those with at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) are not required to submit test scores for admission to the University but test scores may be required for admission to a specific limited access program. If the student’s grade point average is at least 2.0 on previous coursework and the applicant is in good standing at the last institution attended, the applicant is admissible to FGCU.

*Applicants who have received an Associate of Arts degree from a public Florida Community College (which includes passing all four parts of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) or meeting the CLAST alternatives) immediately prior to transferring to FGCU and have applied for a non-limited access program will be admitted. However, transfer applicants with an Associate in Arts degree who matriculate to an institution of higher learning and fail to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in additional courses, will not be eligible to transfer to Florida Gulf Coast University. The admission of students transferring from a public Florida community college and holding an Associate in Arts degree is governed by the Articulation Agreement between state universities and public community colleges in Florida. Admission is not guaranteed to programs designated as limited access. If a student transfers into FGCU without passing all sections of the CLAST, he/she must pass all sections before progressing beyond 96 credit hours.

*FGCU has entered into articulation agreements with several public Florida Community Colleges for the purpose of facilitating transfer into FGCU degree programs. Applicants who have received an Associate of Science degree immediately prior to transferring to FGCU will be admitted IF AND ONLY IF the AS degree is in one of the approved disciplines listed below AND from an approved public Florida Community College listed below AND the applicant has applied for the corresponding FGCU degree program listed below. However, transfer applicants with an Associate of Science degree who matriculate to an institution of higher learning and fail to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in additional courses, will not be eligible to transfer to Florida Gulf Coast University. Admission is not guaranteed to programs designated as limited access.

 FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY
AS to BS ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS
PUBLIC FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Foreign Language Requirement

All students admitted must satisfy or meet exemption qualifications from the state foreign language admission requirement. American Sign Language satisfies the criteria of a foreign language for the purposes of this requirement. Students who do not meet this requirement may be admitted with the condition that they fulfill the requirement by completing a two-semester sequence of a foreign language prior to graduation from FGCU.

Students satisfy the requirement by having completed two (2) years of a foreign language sequence in high school or eight (8) or more semester hours of a foreign language sequence in a previously attended college or university. They can demonstrate equivalent foreign language competence through credit awarded on the basis of scores on the foreign language subject matter examinations in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), which must be equivalent to 8 to 10 semester hours of college-level work. Acceptable scores for awarding CLEP credit can be found in the Transferring Credit section of the catalog.

Second Bachelor’s Degree

Graduates from regionally accredited four-year U.S. institutions may apply for admission for a second undergraduate degree. The first baccalaureate degree satisfies the general education and Gordon Rule requirements and provides exemption from the foreign language requirement for admission. Admission test scores are not required by the University, but may be required by a limited access program. Admission to a limited access program is not guaranteed. If the student’s grade point average is at least 2.0 on previous coursework and the applicant is in good standing at the last institution attended, the applicant is admissible to FGCU.