DRAK

ETRANSFER TO A UNIVERSITY OF OPPORTUNITIES

CHOOSE YOUR MOVE

When you transfer to Drake, you will earn a degree from a university

consistently ranked at the top for academic reputation among 145

Midwestern universities by U.S.News & World Report magazine.

That high-quality education will serve you for a lifetime.

This guide highlights issues specific to you –– the transfer student.

Use it as a supplement to the accompanying Drake Viewbook to

learn more about Drake’s academics, campus life, and financial aid

opportunities and services.

LIVE YOUR EDUCATION

THINK BLUE

GET TO CLASSDrake offers more than 70 undergraduate programs of study. You can combine majorsor, with faculty guidance, create your own. You will acquire relevant and stimulatingexperiences by taking classes from any of Drake’s five undergraduate colleges and schools.

PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL ATTENTIONDrake’s faculty members — 95 percent of whom hold the highest degree in their field —work hard to involve themselves with students individually both in the classroom asteachers and out of the classroom as advisers and mentors.Classes at Drake are taught only by professors — not teaching assistants — who

engage students in hands-on learning opportunities.With Drake’s student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, not only can you count on being a part

of class discussion, your professor also will call you by name. Students of all ages areempowered to think critically, contribute independently, and collaborate and learn withtheir peers.

GET A JOBNot only do Drake graduates gain a broad-based liberal arts education, nearly 80percent also graduate with professional experience earned through internships. Drake’slocation in Iowa’s capital city offers career advantages, too. A center for government,industry, business, publishing, education and more, Des Moines presents a myriad ofinternship, volunteer and career opportunities.Since Drake students graduate as effective communicators and problem solvers, they

have an exceptional hiring rate. Ninety-nine percent of Drake students are employed intheir chosen career or enroll in graduate school within six months of graduation.

SO YOU’RE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSEWHETHER YOU ARE A FULL-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL, A PART-TIME STUDENT WITH A FULL-TIME JOB OR AN ADULT STUDENT RETURNING TOSCHOOL, YOU’LL REAP THE BENEFITS OF DRAKE’SHANDS-ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

STUDENTS CHOOSE FROM MORE THAN 70 PROGRAMS OF STUDY,DESIGN A PERSONAL ACADEMIC PLAN, COMBINE MAJORS OR CREATETHEIR OWN MAJOR.

CAREER MOVES: Drake’s Professional and Career DevelopmentServices provides excellent resources and professional opportunities. Counselors will help you assess your abilities,write your resume and activate your career plan. PCDS counselors offer workshops and seminars on job-search strategies and assistance applying to graduate school. Theoffice can also refer you to off-campus employment and internship opportunities.Recent Drake students have earned internships and post-

graduation employment with such companies as Nike, TimeInc., John Deere, General Electric, Walgreens, MeredithCorporation, The Principal Financial Group, Eli Lilly andCompany, Procter & Gamble, area hospitals, and state andlocal governments. Recent Drake grads have been acceptedinto such prestigious graduate and professional institutions asJohn Hopkins University, Yale, University of North Carolina,Harvard, Northwestern and Washington University.

GET INVOLVED: At Drake you’ll find a variety of enlighteningand entertaining activities that will foster your talents andshape your goals outside the classroom.

The University offers more than 160 campus organizationsfrom professional societies to sports and special-interestgroups. Listen to nationally known speakers; attend concerts,art exhibits and theatrical performances; and use outstandingrecreational and athletic facilities, all on campus.

THE COMFORTS OF HOME: Drake’s residence halls offer airconditioning, quiet study floors, and high-speed, wirelessaccess to the World Wide Web in all rooms and lounge areas.The apartments in the newly completed Drake West Villagecomplex are available to juniors, seniors and graduate students.Goodwin-Kirk residence hall, recently renovated into three-room suites, is available only to sophomores, juniors and seniors.Students required to live on-campus receive a housing contract

in their admission packet. Those not required to live on-campuscan request a contract on the application for admission.

GET CONNECTED: Off-campus residents also connect withfaculty and other students through technology by using theCowles Library computer lab or by tapping into Drake’scomputer network using any Internet service provider.

CAMPUS AND CAREERDRAKE’S OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, A CONVENIENT CAMPUS AND ABUNDANT CREATURE COMFORTS TO KEEP YOU CONNECTED AND COMFORTABLE

MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPSFOR TRANSFER STUDENTSBoth Peterson’s Guide to Competitive Collegesand Barron’s 300 Best Buys in CollegeEducation rate Drake as one of today’s bestvalues in higher education. Ranked as a “bestvalue” for academic quality and affordabilityby Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.Approximately 98 percent of Drake studentsreceive financial aid and scholarships. Aidpackages can include scholarships, grants,work-study programs and loans.

PRESIDENTIAL TRANSFER AWARDS rangingfrom $5,000 to $8,000 are awarded to quali-fied transfer students. All first-time transferstudents enrolling full-time at Drake areconsidered for merit-based scholarships at thepoint of admission. No separate application isrequired, but students must first submit anapplication for admission to Drake’s Office ofAdmission. Presidential Transfer Awards arerenewable based on consecutive full-timeundergraduate enrollment. Students who haveearned bachelor’s degrees are not eligible.

PHI THETA KAPPA SCHOLARSHIPS An unlim-ited number of $1,000 Phi Theta Kappa

scholarships will be awarded to qualifiedcommunity college transfer students whocurrently hold active membership. The PhiTheta Kappa Scholarship is given in additionto a Presidential Transfer Award leading to atotal award of $8,000 or $9,000 per year. Aminimum 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and 45transferable credit hours are preferred. Thescholarship is awarded prior to first timeenrollment and is renewable for a secondyear. Verification of current Phi Theta Kappamembership by a chapter advisor is requiredvia a form available at www.choose.drake.edu.Part-time students and students withprevious bachelor’s degrees are not eligible.

DRAKE UNIVERSITY LEGACY AWARDS are available to children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Drake graduates who enrollfull-time. The award, which is not based onfinancial need, is $1,500. It is given inaddition to other awards received and can beapplied only to the cost of tuition. No separateapplication is required.

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS are available toselect students who display exceptional talent inart, music or theatre arts and who are seekinga fine arts degree. Information on these

scholarships is available from each of Drake’sfine arts departments (art, music and theatrearts) and online at www.choose.drake.edu.

NCAA DIVISION I ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS areoffered to outstanding student athletes in bothmen’s and women’s sports. Men’s scholarshipsare available in basketball, soccer, track andfield, cross country, golf and tennis. Women’sscholarships are available in basketball, trackand field, cross country, soccer, volleyball,softball, golf and tennis. Contact the coach ofthe sport in which you participate to obtaininformation on athletic scholarship opportuni-ties or check www.godrakebulldogs.com.

THE CARVER SCHOLARSHIP is a selectivescholarship for students at Iowa communitycolleges, two-year private colleges and four-year colleges who demonstrate high need,have graduated from an Iowa high school orhave been residents of Iowa for at least fiveconsecutive years immediately prior toapplying. Qualified applicants must also havea minimum cumulative grade point averageof 2.80 on a 4.0 scale and be ready to begintheir junior year at Drake. Contact the Officeof Student Financial Planning for an applica-tion. The application deadline is April 1.

APPROXIMATELY 98 PERCENT OF DRAKE FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID, INCLUDING BOTH MERIT- ANDNEED-BASED ASSISTANCE.

SUBMIT the official application foradmission and a $25 non-refundable feeto the Office of Admission. The $25 feeis waived when you apply for admissionelectronically. You’ll find Drake’s onlineapplication at www.choose.drake.edu. Thisapplication may be used for all programsof study with the exception of the PharmDprogram. Please refer to the PharmDsection for application requirements.

REQUEST that official transcripts from allpost-secondary institutions attended forall terms, including summer, be sent tothe Office of Admission. If you’ve earnedfewer than 24 academic credit hours atthe point of application, you must furnishhigh school transcripts with class rankand ACT or SAT scores. All transcriptsmust bear the official seal and signatureof the official in charge of records and besent directly to the Drake Office ofAdmission by each college or universityattended. Transcripts that have been inthe student’s possession are not consideredofficial documents.A transfer applicant who has studied

at a foreign post-secondary institution for any period of time must provide anofficial transcript from that institution. Inappropriate cases, an English translation must be provided.

FILE the FAFSA form and list DrakeUniversity (Title IV code: 001860). It isrecommended that you file the FAFSAbetween January 1 and March 1 toreceive financial aid consideration for anyterm in the next academic year. TheFAFSA may be completed and filed priorto admission.

TRANSFERRING CREDIT AND HOURS:When you enroll at Drake, you maytransfer up to 94 academic credit hoursfor all majors except pharmacy, whichaccepts up to 125 credits. A maximumof 66 credits may be transferred fromtwo-year institutions. Up to 16 credithours of vocational-technical courses maybe accepted at the discretion of theassistant or associate dean of the Drakecollege or school in which you want toenroll. Courses accepted for transfercredits must parallel courses offered atDrake, or otherwise be appropriate forcollege-level credit. Drake considers fulltransfer credit for courses in which youhave received a grade of “A,” “B,” “C”(where “C” is equal to 2.0) or the equiv-alent of “P” on a pass-fail system (where“P” indicates a quality of work no lowerthan “C” on a conventional gradingscale). A minimum of 30 semester hoursmust be completed while in residence at Drake. A course-by-course review of all courses

attempted and completed is prepared for each admitted transfer student bytheir college or school. You will receivedetails on how to access your unofficialDrake transcript online along withcontact information for your college orschool. When final official transcriptsare received, your unofficial transcript is updated.

PHARMD APPLICANTS:Admission to the PharmD program in theCollege of Pharmacy and Health Sciences(CPHS) is offered only for the fall term.

Admission is not offered to transfer appli-cants at the pre-professional level.Students who will have completed

approximately 60 semester hours ofacademic credit in general educationcoursework plus courses in calculus,general biology, microbiology, organicchemistry (with lab), statistics andcomputing by the start of the fall term generally will be considered foradmission to the professional program.Detailed information on prerequisites and admission criteria is provided at www.pharmacy.drake.edu.All professional-program applicants

must complete the application offered bythe Pharmacy College Application Service(PharmCAS) which is only available atwww.pharmcas.org. Drake’s applicationdeadline is December 1, 2008, and earlyapplication is strongly recommended.Applicants must sit for the PCAT no laterthan October 2008, and scores must besubmitted directly to PharmCAS at code0104. A minimum cumulative grade pointaverage of 3.0 from all institutionsattended and a minimum PCAT score atthe 50th percentile, are required foradmission consideration. The CPHS willselect and invite qualified applicants tointerview for a place in the class.

HEALTH SCIENCES:The College of Pharmacy and HealthSciences offers a Bachelor of Science inHealth Sciences, a four-year degree thatprepares students for health sciencerelated fields. Students participate in aninterdisciplinary curriculum offering three tracks: Clinical and AppliedSciences, Health Services Managementand Pharmaceutical Sciences. Transferstudents may be considered for admission into health sciences beginningfall 2008 for sophomores and fall 2009for juniors. Detailed information on thecurriculum for each track is available atwww.pharmacy.drake.edu.

THE TRANSFER PROCESS

GRADE POINT AVERAGEDrake considers for admission to theUniversity transfer applicants with aminimum cumulative grade point averageof 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent,for all college work attempted. However,a 2.5 cumulative GPA is recommended.Transfer applicants must be in good academic standing at the lastinstitution attended. Although a student may be admitted

to the University, the followingminimum cumulative grade pointaverages are required for admission tospecific programs and majors:

Accounting 2.5 (at 42 hours)

Actuarial Science 2.5

Journalism 2.25

Professional PharmD 3.0Program

Teacher Education 2.5 (at 60 hours)

Oct./Nov. • Begin the application for admission process.

December 1 • Deadline for transfer students applying for theprofessional PharmD program.

January 1 • Begin filing FASFA. (Title IV code: 001860)*

March 1 • Priority financial aid deadline for federal, stateand institutional aid.

• Financial aid award letters are mailed asawards are completed.

Late March • Orientation and registration information ismailed to admitted students.

Mid-April • Individual registration, by appointment, for fallclasses begins for admitted transfer studentsand continues through mid-August.

June • Summer orientation and registration programsare held on campus.

July 1 • Deadline for Iowa resident students to apply forfinancial aid with the intent of qualifying forthe Iowa Tuition Grant Program.*

Late July • Residence hall room assignments are postedelectronically for students who applied for on-campus housing.

August • Welcome Weekend.

• Orientation session for new transfer students.

• Final registration for fall term.

January 1 • Begin filing FASFA. (Title IV code: 001860)*

February 1 • Begin application process for spring admission for the coming academic year.

March 1 • Priority financial aid deadline for federal, stateand institutional aid.

June 1 • Notification of admission begins for springterm; financial aid awards mailed as they are completed. Residence hall contract confirmations are mailed to students whoapplied for on-campus housing.

July 1 • Deadline for Iowa resident students to applyfor financial aid with the intent of qualifyingfor the Iowa Tuition Grant Program.*

October • Registration and orientation informationmailed to all admitted transfer students.

November • Individual registration appointments begin andcontinue until classes begin in early January.

December 1 • Deadline for applications and all requireddocuments for spring term. Applicationsreceived after this date will be considered ona space-available basis.

Early January • Residence hall room assignment notificationfor students who applied for on-campushousing.

Mid-January • Orientation session for new transfer students.

• Classes begin.

DRAKE ADMISSION CALENDARFOR FALL ENROLLMENT FOR SPRING ENROLLMENT

* The deadline for Iowa resident students to file the FAFSA with the intent of qualifying for the Iowa Tuition Grant program for any term in thenext academic year is July 1. All FAFSA forms must be received by the FAFSA processing center by this date.

Drake has taught me that I am in control of how much I want to learn and to take advantages of the opportunities around me.

– PHARMACY/MBA STUDENT KEJAL PATEL

DRAKE’S INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH MEANS YOU LEARN IN AND OUTOF THE CLASSROOM. NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF DRAKE STUDENTS HAVE HADAT LEAST ONE INTERNSHIP BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.

KEY PHONE NUMBERSStudent Financial Planning1-515-271-2905

Academic Services1-515-271-3751

Student Records & AcademicInformation1-515-271-3901

Drake Real Estate1-515-271-2196

Office of Residence Life1-515-271-3781

Off-Campus Housing Listings1-515-271-3711

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATEDEANS’ OFFICESArts and Sciences/Fine Arts1-515-271-3939

Business and Public Administration1-515-271-3142

Education1-515-271-3769

Journalism and Mass Communication1-515-271-2838

Pharmacy and Health Sciences1-515-271-3018

WRITE: Office of Admission

Drake University2507 University AvenueDes Moines, Iowa 50311-4505

CALL: 1-800-44-DRAKE, x3181CALL LOCALLY AND FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES: 1-515-271-3181

FAX: 1-515-271-2831

E-MAIL: admission@drake.eduFOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: international@drake.edu

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