Transfer Eligibility and Requirements
Requirements
The deadline to apply for September admission is March 15, although your application may be submitted as early as January 1. Decisions will be released in mid-May. You must apply using the Common Application and the Penn Application Supplement.
At least one full year of transferable academic coursework (8 courses) must be completed by the close of the spring term prior to the September of anticipated enrollment at Penn. All transcripts are due in the Admissions Office by the March 15 deadline, and it is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that all credentials have been received by the Admissions Office (with official certified English translations if appropriate). Once an applicant's Common Application AND Penn Application Supplement are received, they are emailed a User Name and Password to access their MyPenn Applicant Portal. The portal allows applicants to track their application's status. Decisions are released online and by mail. Decisions will not be released over the telephone.
Eligibility
Students' records must be free of all "failure," "conditional," and "incomplete" grades. In addition, records from summer school, study-abroad programs, or special college programs must be submitted in official transcript form with official certified English translations if applicable. These records will be considered along with other credentials. If you have taken courses on a PASS/FAIL or CREDIT/NO CREDIT basis, please have grades, or written evaluations of your performance, sent by the professors of these courses. If you attend a school that records only PASS/FAIL on your transcript for your first semester or first year courses, please request that your grades be released on the transcript sent to our office. Due to the competitive nature of Penn's admissions process, it is imperative that we receive these grades or written evaluations.
The University does not admit freshmen or transfers at mid-year. Students who leave college at the end of the first term may apply to the freshman class entering in the subsequent September. A student may not enroll in any courses at the college level during the spring semester once their application has been submitted.
The freshman application deadline is January 1. Students who are completing their senior year of high school concurrently with their first year of college should apply as freshmen.
Penn maintains a two-year academic enrollment requirement. One-half of the total number of courses required for the degree must be completed here, regardless of the number of transferable credits completed elsewhere.
