Transfer Newsletter

Fall 2010

Transfer is the norm these days.  More than 45% of college students are transfer students.

You can start almost any bachelor's degree at Carroll. Our transfer agreements with all Maryland public colleges and universities, most Maryland private schools, and many out-of-state schools ensure that your courses will transfer.

Carroll offers the freshman and sophomore-level courses you need for your major.  Use ARTSYS  to select transfer courses in Maryland. In hard economic times, more and more people are selecting community colleges to enhance employability. We have great transfer agreements, including new agreements with the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, Messiah College and UMBC's programs in Information Systems and Business Technology Administration.

The Application

Four-year colleges and universities emphasize the importance of meeting application deadlines and provide these deadlines on their Web site. You can also find some of these deadlines on Carroll's Web site. If schools do not meet their quotas, they will extend the deadline - as Towson did this year. In which case, if you are late in applying, you might have an opportunity to be accepted.

Scholarship deadlines are just as important to follow because those deadlines may be earlier than the application deadline. For example, the scholarship deadline for Towson's fall semester is earlier than the fall enrollment application deadline of Tuesday, Feb. 15.

Another often overlooked requirement is sending a complete transcript as soon as your final grades have been recorded. You may not be admitted until those grades are submitted to your transfer institution.

Furthermore, you are required to list all the post-secondary institutions you attended on your application. Failure to do so could jeopardize your admission. Even if you think old grades will not apply or serve any useful purpose, have official transcripts sent from all your previous schools.

Many institutions use the Common Application for online applicants. No matter the form, be sure to follow directions. If you are asked to submit an essay of no more than 300 words, do not submit 302. Your application could be kicked out by a computer! Conversely, if you are asked to submit an essay of at least 300 words, your 299-word essay could be rejected.

Engineers

Carroll Community College will offer a new degree program in Computer or Electrical Engineering this fall (pending state approval). The program will transfer seamlessly to the University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, The Johns Hopkins University, Capitol College, Morgan State University, Loyola College of Maryland and Frostburg State University. If you are more interested in other types of Engineering, the new courses will benefit you too.

At this time, the following courses are "gateway" courses to the University of Maryland's Engineering programs:

Engineering majors are very specific and leave no room for electives!

Did You Know?
  • Maryland associate degree-holders are admissible to any of Maryland's public colleges and universities, contingent on space availability. Apply early. Some majors require GPA's higher than the 2.0 required for graduation.
  • To be eligible for the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, students must complete ACCT-101, ACCT-102, ECON-101, ECON-102, MATH-115 and MATH-135 within the first 45 credits of their college studies and have a 3.0 GPA in those courses. See an academic advisor and ARTSYS for details.
  • UMBC requires proficiency in a foreign language, as do many other colleges.
  • Salisbury requires HIST-101 and 102, Western Civilization 1 and 2.
  • When you apply, have official transcripts from your previous colleges sent to your intended institution. You may request a Carroll transcript by fax or visiting the Records Office. Be sure to have a final transcript sent as soon as you finish your last semester at Carroll.
  • You may take a course at McDaniel College for the cost of a Carroll course.
  • Carroll students may take a free course at Hood College every semester. 
  • You may receive a substantial tuition discount at Shippensburg University if you are Carroll graduate. You must apply to the Dual Admission program. See an advisor for assistance.
  • ARTSYS is a great transfer resource. Use it to choose the right courses for your major and transfer school.