FAQs by transfer students

Enrolling for spring semester: You may apply any time between August and December. However, if you’re currently enrolled elsewhere, your application decision may be postponed until early December when your fall semester grades are received.

Enrolling for fall semester: You may apply any time between February and August. If you’re currently enrolled elsewhere, your application decision may be postponed until your spring semester grades are received.

Yes. Transfer students are eligible for transfer merit scholarships upon admission. If you applied to St. Norbert and were admitted your senior year of high school, then transferred after a semester elsewhere, you may be eligible to retain the scholarship your received as a high school senior.

Your cost will depend on several factors including which transfer scholarship you receive upon admission, plus any need-based financial aid you qualify for through the FAFSA.

If you’re enrolling for spring, you can update last year’s FAFSA to have it sent to St. Norbert College. SNC’s FAFSA code is 003892.

If you’re enrolling for fall, you can submit a FAFSA any time after Oct. 1.

As a residential campus, students live on campus throughout their college career, unless formally released by the office of residential education and housing. Transfer students can enjoy a wide range of housing options. Housing options are determined by a student’s age and their preferences for available options.

Learn more about applying for commuter status.

Log in to Transferology to see how your courses transfer.



Typically, college/university credits earned during or after high school (including community college and technical college) can transfer to SNC if the student earned a C or better in the course. How credits will transfer (i.e., as direct equivalents or as elective credit) will be determined by the registrar’s office after a student enrolls at SNC.

Following receipt of a transcript for evaluation, the registrar’s office reviews the institution’s website for information on accreditation, academic calendar, grade scale and credit-hour definitions. If the credits are not from an accredited institution (e.g., education travel course, military credit, training experience), the registrar’s office consults the credit recommendations of the American Council on Education (ACE). If ACE recommendations are commensurate with the level of a four-year institution, the process moves forward with evaluation by discipline coordinators, and credit is granted as evaluated by the faculty. ACE recommendations are followed for credit value and typically for level, unless SNC faculty evaluate the course as a direct equivalent. If a course is not in the ACE recommendations, a syllabus is requested of the student by the registrar’s office, if one had not been provided or was not readily available on the transferring or host (in the case of study abroad) institution’s website. The syllabus is shared with the coordinator of a discipline, who reviews the course content for possible transfer credit. Rigor, assignments, texts, applicable lab work and faculty credentials may be taken into consideration.

A course that would not be recommended for a four-year transfer is not awarded credit, such as a remedial prep course. St. Norbert College has no limit to online transfer courses since a 2015 update to the Faculty Handbook.

Prior to this, however, transfer students receive an informal credit evaluation from the director of academic advising once the student is admitted to St. Norbert College.

Students can also get an idea of how credits have historically transferred from other institutions by looking at our transfer guides. These are non-binding examples and are not an exhaustive list of institutions from which credit is accepted or what courses can transfer.

Yes. Orientation is highly recommended for all transfer students. This orientation will help you to acclimate to St. Norbert College as well as learn about all of the departments and services that are available to St. Norbert College students. Register online for transfer student orientation for the coming term.

It depends. As a general rule, a three or better on an AP exam will earn transfer credit. For IB, a student must earn a four or better on a Higher Level IB course examination for the credit to transfer. 

To receive college credit for your AP or IB courses, you’ll need to have your official scores sent to us. Contact College Board for AP Scores and IB Org for IB reports.

It depends. Depending on how recently you’ve previously applied, you may only need to provide a few pieces of information. Contact your transfer admission counselor to discuss what you’ll need.