Transfer Applicant

Thank you for your interest in applying to Georgetown University as a transfer student. Transfer students serve as a vital part of our University community and excel in each of the University’s five undergraduate schools. The University, through its Committee on Admissions, selects those transfer students most likely to profit from the educational offerings of Georgetown. Each year, the admissions committee evaluates approximately 2,300 applications for transfer.

Georgetown is committed to a holistic admission process, and transfer files are reviewed by Admission Committees. Typically, a cumulative B+ average or higher is recommended for transfer admission consideration.

Georgetown admits transfer students who have attended community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Transfer applicants must have graduated from high school or earned a high school diploma equivalent, and should have completed at least one full-time semester of at least twelve transferable credits, or the equivalent, on the college level but no more than four full-time semesters. High school students currently enrolled in a dual enrollment program, earning both high school and college credit towards their high school graduation requirements, must submit the first-year application.

In recent years the Admissions Committee has had the opportunity to consider transfer applicants for Spring admission (January 2025 for current applicants) in addition to our traditional Fall transfer class. The Committee’s ability to consider Spring transfer applicants varies from year to year. Applicants who indicate an interest in both Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 consideration will first be reviewed for Fall 2024 admission. Indicating an additional interest in Spring consideration will not lessen any applicant’s chances of Fall admission. (NB: As students must spend a minimum of four full semesters and earn 60 credits in residency at Georgetown to earn a degree, only candidates with an estimated 45 credit/hours or less of completed coursework by June 2024 – rising sophomores and not rising juniors – will be considered for January 2025 admission.)

Special note regarding Fall 2024 Capitol Applied Learning Lab (CALL) consideration: In addition to Main (Hilltop) Campus consideration, transfer applicants to Georgetown’s College of Arts & Sciences’ humanities and social science departments will have the additional option to be considered for admission to the CALL for CALL-specific coursework and Capitol Campus residence for the Fall 2024 semester with a planned transition to the Main (Hilltop) Campus starting with the Spring 2025 semester. Interested applicants are encouraged to review the CALL’s website and programs, affirmatively indicate their interest in CALL consideration when prompted within the transfer application, and provide a brief statement of interest in the CALL as related to personal and career goals. Indicating an interest in CALL consideration will not lessen an applicant’s chances for Main (Hilltop) Campus admission.

Transfer applicants must provide official college/university transcripts from all previous institutions, as well as a completed Dean’s Report, Professor’s Report and Secondary School Report that includes the final high school transcript. Transfer applicants are required to provide either an SAT or ACT exam as part of the application process, unless the candidate has been out of high school for five or more years prior to the date of intended matriculation at Georgetown.

For important information about the 2024 application process, we recommend you to download and review the Information for Transfer Applicants document.

We are, unfortunately, not able to guarantee alumni interviews for transfer applicants. If a volunteer alumni interviewer is available in your area, you will be contacted by email. Since we are unable to guarantee the availability of an interview, it is not a required part of the transfer application process. (NB: Alumni interviews, if available, are assigned according to a transfer applicant’s “academic year address” as noted on the Georgetown Transfer Application; interviews typically occur between late February and very early April.)

Since we communicate with candidates about scheduling alumni interviews as well as missing credentials via e-mail, we kindly ask that you allow access for georgetown.edu e-mail addresses through any spam filters you or your internet service provider employs. Blocked e-mails of a timely nature can hinder critical communication.

If you are interested in transferring into the undergraduate nursing program at Georgetown and have questions about the nursing program and BSN experience, please visit The School of Nursing website for additional information. For any questions related to the admissions process, please reach out to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Checklist and Deadlines

For Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025 transfer admissions
the following application materials must be submitted by March 1:

• Georgetown Transfer Application
• A non-refundable application fee of $75.00 – payable in USD; or a completed fee waiver
• Transfer Application Supplement
• Official college transcripts from current institution and any previously attended institution(s)
• Dean’s Report from current college/university
• Professor’s Report from professor preferably in major area of study
• Secondary School Report, to include high school transcript
• SAT/ACT results (Waived for applicants who graduated from high school five or more years prior to intended matriculation at Georgetown

The transfer application is available beginning in the fall each year. Applicants should have all transfer application materials submitted by March 1. The transfer admissions committee will notify applicants of their admissions decision by June 1. Admitted students have until June 15 to confirm their enrollment.

We appreciate your interest in Georgetown and look forward to learning more about you and your accomplishments in the coming months.

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