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Transfer Students, Adult Students, and International Students . . . Questions and

Answers

Jill Lemaire & Lana Rodriguez

Fall 2011

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UL Lafayette Student EnrollmentFall 2011 Fall 2010

Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate

15,321 1,564 15,306 1,457

2011 2010

Continuing 10,648 10,625

First-time Freshman 2,809 2,847

Reentry 575 637

Transfer 756 707

Transfer-Reentry 225 178

Cross-Enrolled 14 12

University College 137 192

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New Transfer Student PopulationFall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011

Total Enrollment 643 714 756

Art 46 44 56

Business 71 102 113

Education 138 151 140

Engineering 75 85 87

General Studies 36 35 51

Liberal Arts 111 111 115

Nursing 72 73 71

Science 68 82 79

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Fall 2012 Transfer Admission Requirements

***All applicants must be eligible to return to the most recent institution attended, successfully completed both college-level freshman English and college algebra

AND at least one of the following:

•Earned an associate degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution •Earned 24 hours or more (excluding developmental/remedial courses)

• Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher•Earned fewer than 24 hours (excluding developmental/remedial courses)

•Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 (excluding developmental/remedial courses) and meet all other admissions standards for first-time freshmen

University Transfer Student Admissions Process

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• Students complete the online application• 10 – 14 day period for admissions eligibility determination once all transcripts are received• Admissions Office enters transfer credit from transcripts• Registrar’s Office evaluates all courses found on the Board of Regents matrix (Master Course Articulation Matrix)

• Dean’s office is responsible for final evaluation of any course not on the matrix

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College of the Arts: Lori CrainBI Moody III College of Business Administration: Jill LemaireCollege of Education: Kay RiedelCollege of Engineering: Terrence Chambers

Burke HunerCHEE James GarberCIVE Kenneth McManisEECE George ThomasITEC Shelton HoustonMCHE Sally McInernyPETE Fathi Boukadi

Transfer Advisors

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College of General Studies: Sue Ann OzbirnCollege of Liberal Arts: Carolyn DuralCollege of Nursing and Allied Health Professions:

Nursing & Dietetics Michelle WeaverHealth Service Adm Cheri DomengeauxPre-Dental Hygiene Lucy GammonHIM Michelle Weaver

Ray P. Authement College of Science: Lee PriceBiology Pegge AlciatoreChemistry August GalloCMPS Nona EtheridgeGeology Carl RichterInformatics Mike TotaroMath Kathleen LopezPhysics N. SidorovskaiaEnvironmental Science Durga Poudel

Transfer Advisors

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Adult Students

By definition, a 25+ Adult Student must be a degree-seeking first time freshman 25 years of age or older. Adults must meet the first time freshman requirements that are currently in place. A high school transcript and ACT or SAT scores are required for an admissions decision to be made.

Matthew Caleb Thomas25+ Adult Coordinator

337-482-6437adults@louisiana.edu

• Students from 37 different countries (Graduate and Undergraduate)

• In Fall 2011 61 Undergraduate and 44 Graduate Students

• Most students are from India and China

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International Students

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• 1/3 of International applicants enroll at UL (Visa or financial reasons do not enroll after applying)

• International students are required to maintain full-time status

• Not eligible for Federal Financial Aid

• Can not hold off campus employment

• Freshman students do not receive Orientation documents from the University

• Transfer students have to be released from current institution I-20 before Admissions can fully process application

• 75% of International students live off-campus

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Transfer International Students• If transferring from an out of country institution (even if baccalaureate degree has been earned), required to take Math placement exam for Math placement and placed in ESOL based upon TOEFL, TOEC, or TOEI scores.

• ESOL sequence must be completed to satisfy English 101 & 102 requirement

• Out of country transfer students are generally give CR (credit) for all previously earned courses. Most courses do not articulate to UL equivalents.

Denise Marceaux: ESOL Coordinator and Instructor

marceaux@louisiana.edu 482-5441

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Academic Amnesty• Academic amnesty provides an opportunity for an undergraduate student or applicant to start a new academic record. When academic amnesty is awarded, effective with a given semester all college or university level credits and grades earned prior to that semester are no longer recognized and thus are not used in subsequent academic status determinations or grade point average calculations.

• Academic amnesty can be considered only if the student has not been enrolled in any college or university for at least three years before the effective semester of the amnesty.

(2011-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin p. 390)

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• A request for academic amnesty by a student enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette should be made to the student’s academic dean within one calendar year of the date of re-enrollment. • An applicant who seeks academic amnesty in order to be admitted to the university will present his or her request to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee.

**Request to Change: Approval for amnesty to be granted by student’s academic Dean when requesting amnesty for enrollment purposes.

Academic Amnesty

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Military Credit

• UL Lafayette follows the recommendations of the American Council on Education's Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services and will grant credit for certain military schools, subject to the approval of the Director of Admissions and the student’s academic Dean.

• Most military credit is evaluated as credit (CR) for military training schools.

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Jill Lemaire

B. I. Moody College of Business Administration

482-6205 jlemaire@louisiana.edu

Lana Rodriguez

Academic Success Center

482-2059 lana@louisiana.edu

http://studentsuccess.louisiana.edu/?q=node/9

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