Transfer Policy

As an accredited institution, college-level credits from Everett Community College may be evaluated for transfer credit by other colleges and universities. The transfer institution determines the transferability of courses toward baccalaureate degrees. Courses are evaluated by the transfer institution on a course-by-course basis as equivalent to required or elective courses. The Associate of Arts and Sciences degree-DTA, the Associate of Science, and the Associate in Business-DTA operate under special transfer agreements with other Washington colleges and universities and with some Oregon colleges and universities, usually enabling the student to transfer two full years of credit to the transfer institution.

EvCC curriculum guides assist students in the selection of appropriate courses for various programs, but it is the responsibility of each student to determine that the courses chosen meet the requirements of the selected transfer institution. The transferability of non-traditional credits such as military and CLEP should be confirmed with the institution to which the student intends to transfer. Courses numbered below 100 are not transferable. Students should maintain a 2.0 (C) or higher grade in each course applied toward communication, quantitative skills, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences distribution areas, as well as in all courses applicable to their intended majors. Some upper-division schools will not accept courses with grades lower than a 2.0. Most universities will require a cumulative GPA well above 2.0.

A transferring student will be expected to meet the entrance requirements of the two-year or four-year college or university at the time of transfer. An institution to which an official transcript has been sent may re-compute the grade point average of the entering student in accordance with its own requirements and policies; this may happen frequently when non-traditional grades (S,U,I,W,Y, and V) are on the transcript.

Students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university from Everett Community College should complete the following steps: ● Obtain an EvCC curriculum guide for the chosen program from the Enrollment Services office. Confer with your faculty advisor each quarter. You may find that you need to explore some areas before deciding on a major. ● Obtain a current copy of the catalog of the college to which you want to transfer and study the requirements. Most colleges have placed their catalogs on the web. Our transfer website can be helpful also: EverettCC.edu/Transfer. ● Identify a university major no later than the beginning of your second year, and focus on the university requirements for that major with your advisor. Some universities give admission preference to applicants who have completed courses that prepare them to start their major. In some cases, priority for admission is given to qualified students who have completed their associate degree with courses preparatory for a specific major. ● Confer with an admissions officer at the transfer college to obtain application forms and arrange to see an advisor.

● Check periodically before transferring to be sure that all requirements are being met and all necessary steps are taken in